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 ================================================================= Steve Howie Email: [log in to unmask] NetNews and Listserv Admin. Phone: (519) 824-4120 x2556 Computing and Communications Svcs. Fax: (519) 763-6143 University of Guelph If it's not Scottish its CRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP =================================================================