Re: A2Central.com

[firead <noneoy@rbiznes.org>]

In article <3957CB17.F0ECA4DB@inetnebr.com>, Roy and/or Janet Miller 
<millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:

> Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> 
> >
> > I don't think there is a need in this case.  You can't copyright a
> > word and the A2Central.com site is not using A2-Central's trademarked
> > logo.
> 
> Jeff, I'm not so sure you're right on that. McDonald's, I believe, owns 
> the use of
> "Mac*" and I think Apple had to pay them a few to call Lisa's little 
> brother
> Macintosh. Further, they did have to make a deal with Coke to use the 
> work
> "Classic" with the MacClassic.
> 
> Roy
> 

Actually, it was another computer company that Apple had to pay for the 
rights because other said company had already used 'Classic' to name a 
computer. Coke is a separate classification of product so there's no 
copywrite infringement. I wish I knew the name of said company but I 
can't find it, I thought it was in my copy of The Mac Bathroon Reader 
but it must have been another of Owen's books....