On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Brian Crawford wrote:
 
> At 11:59 AM 1/7/97 -0500, Mentor Cana wrote:
>
> > The list is open to general public and anyone interested in the subject
> > matter of the list can subscribe. The list is not commercial and it is run
> > on *.edu LISTSERV.
> > Does this make a difference?
> >
> > I'm still wondering: how many lists are out there in the similar
> > situation?
>
> All of the lists I am associated with are for Baseball teams in the U.S. All
> of them use the team nickname (a registered trademark) as the list name. The
> lists are for discussion and not for commercial gain. If anything, they are
> good publicity for the teams who own the trademark.
 
Good point. Maybe a letter to the organisation in question may be in
order, pointing out the pluses of the publicity.
 
Scotty
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