ergophobe - 12:06 am on Jan 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

What planet are they on?

>>They refuse to allow links to their site on sites getting revenue from ads... contact information

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I presume they are therefore not in the phonebook. At least in the United States, every phone book I have ever seen sells ads, both on the cover, on the inside and, of course, in the Yellow Pages. Of course, they have an unlisted number because it would be unseemly to appear in a directory with advertising (and remember, many phone books are not published by the phone company, but are solely independent ventures published for the purpose of selling ads).

I assume they do not allow the local television and radio stations to tell people that there's no need to go out and pay for a dog when they could get one for free at the shelter because, Oh My God!, those nefarious stations sell ads! I shudder to think of the shame brought upon the shelter by getting mentioned on a commercial station.

Of course, and this should be obvious, they do not allow the local newspaper to show pictures of poor little creatures needing homes because that evil paper probably -- OH MY GOD! -- publishes ads! Of course, the shelter itself would NEVER actually demean itself by BUYING an ad from one of these evil publishers.

Meanwhile, I'm sure that Lindsay Lohan doesn't allow links from blogs that talk about her arrest and Microsoft doesn't allow links from forums that abbreviate their name M$.
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Using their logo without permission is probably a service mark violation (a service mark is the same as a trademark, but for entities that offer services).