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Re: Mobil Threatens Legal Action Against UCSB

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From: Allan
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:00
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hnn@charm.physics.ucsb.edu (Harry Nelson) wrote:

:>  Greetings,
:>  Today, Mobil Corporation threatened UCSB with a lawsuit
:>over the images at URL:
:>
:>  http://charm.physics.ucsb.edu/hotline/
:>
:>  I established that Web Page in May, 1996, at the request
:>of Steve Greig of the Mobil Coporation, in order to help Mobil
:>advertise a hotline they maintain for smell problems in the
:>West Ellwood area of Santa Barbara County.
:>
:>  Although Mobil made the request for the Web page, they
:>threatened a lawsuit against UCSB for use of corporate logos
:>and images linked to the page.
:>
:>  The page has now been modified.
:>
:>   Harry Nelson
:>
Is there a point to this msg, or is it spin control? :-)
Allan
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Subject: Re: Mobil Threatens Legal Action Against UCSB
Date: 1996/06/21
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