2008/11/25 Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>rg>:
I can't imagine you have that feeling about
[[trademark dilution]] law,
though. I don't think people are going to cry "fraud" when they find out
their coffee mug isn't really the coffee mug that anyone can edit.
What I said is that its fundamental _intentions_ are benign and
reasonable, not that even the implementation in current legal code is,
let alone some interpretations thereof. I do believe the free culture
movement needs to develop a code of best practices for trademark use
and enforcement, but we shouldn't start with a reflexive assumption
that it's evil.
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