At 08:40 AM 5/6/2002 -0700, you wrote: >http://slashdot.org/yro/02/05/06/1216256.shtml?tid=123 > >Posted by timothy on Monday May 06, @08:16AM >from the don't-mention-any-names dept. >hij writes: "The NY Times has an article that gives >details about how the LSU Law School is suing one of >its own students for a web site he maintains. The web >site contains information about the Law School and >also includes articles that are critical of the Law >School." > >This is nutz. Where is our free speech promised us in >the Constitution?
I'm not really siding with either party, but LSU's main problem is that the guy's site was setup to look very much like an LSU affiliate site. He did have a disclaimer at the bottom though, so it's a difficult question. I can see how his site could cause confusion. There was a decent article in the Reveille about the LSU deal. I wonder if they archive their issues? I do believe in trademarks, although companies are going too far these days with url protection. Should Compaq be able to run a site named http://www.gateway-pc.com? What about http://www.gatewayinc.com? Or http://www.gatewaysucks.com? Iffy on all of those, although I'd say the last one is a statement of belief rather than a commercially-motivated name. But what if they sold computers on gatewaysucks.com? Regards, Dustin --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
