Three little words - You've been sued

Kris_J " ...reports that AOL is suing AT&T for the use of some e-mail related phrases, including "you have mail" and "you've got mail." H: AOL is also cranky about "buddy list" and "IM" Sheesh-I feel like I need to put a copyright by those.

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"Even our masters don't know the web we weave"

[jmce]

I've just sent the comment below to AOL.
The quotation is from "The Dogs of War" by Pink Floyd. By the way, I find the full lyrics of
that song (see for instance http://holly.colostate.edu/~xartan/lyrics/moment.h tm) to best most appropriate for describing what is happening with the media and, unfortunately, more and more on the Internet too.

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Good morning, America Online, Inc.

You have mail.
From me.

To show my indignation concerning your arrogance
on your presumed ownership of the expression
"You have mail".

Currently, it can only be expected that companies
like you are going to try to trademark every
single bit of our lives, including our language. And then sell us what
used to be free.

Please stop trying to convince us about some
form of AOL commitment to open source development.
You have shown your true face even to those naive
enough to have believed you.

Have a nice day, America Online, Inc., and thank you for your attention
to these "consumer comments".

"For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters don't know the web we weave"

P.S. I hereby deny America Online, Inc.
permission for usage of my email address for any purposes---except
replying to this message or reproducing it in its entirety on the World
Wide Web---including but not limited to marketing purposes or disclosure
to third party companies, government officials and law enforcement agencies.