Re: African Advance fee fraud, euro lotteries, ....

From: Mark Randall (mark[__OKTHISISFAKE_)
Date: 11/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 05:51:29 -0000

"Alun Jones" <alun@texis.invalid> wrote
> Hormel have been very sporting about not suing the pants off everyone who
> uses the term "spam" to refer to something that nobody wants

Is this even possible anymore? I got the distinct impression that (in Europe
at least) once a phrase becomes common usage and listed in dictionaries it
is a lost battle to try and sue people for using it. 

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