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Subject:Re: Making up user names From:Kent Newton <KentN -at- METRIX-INC -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:04:33 -0500
On Monday, September 23, 1996 7:18 PM, Dick Pacholke wrote:
>>I use "Dale Arden" as the username whenever possible. Dale Arden is Flash
>Gordon's girlfriend; so the name is fictitious and cross-gender.
It's probably also copyrighted and trademarked, opening your company up
to an infringement suit. I'd try to stay away from any well-known
names, fictitious or not.
Kent
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>Kent Newton
>Senior Technical Writer
>kentn -at- metrix-inc -dot- com
