# WHOA! TMHP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 1999, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010 "1999-11-13T01:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![VegForLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@VegForLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegForLife)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/81 "1999-11-17T22:46:00Z")
I hope I didn’t appear to be trying to win any third party support. I’m not, I don’t really care how the issue gets resolved, or who gets pissed off in the process. I was just questioning the call for some sort of licensing agreement because it seems that several people think it’s a reasonable alternative. While the Chicago Reader is certainly welcome to enter into such an agreement if they see fit, I don’t think that a failure to do so is in any way unreasonable. Rich ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/82 "1999-11-17T22:57:00Z")
I agree with you, VegForLife. Many posters do not seem to realize that the CR legal department’s primary responsiblity is protecting the interests of the Chicago Reader, not kissing the asses of this board’s members. * * * Armed, dangerous… and off my medication. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/83 "1999-11-18T02:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Is all of the above essentially true? > > Does the Chicago Reader object to all uses of “The Straight Dope” in Opal’s website or just to the use of it in the e-mail service? > > If the Chicago Reader only objects to its use in the e-mail service is it now satisfied by the change in the name of the service? > > If the Chicago Reader does not require OpalCat to remove all references to “The Straight Dope” from her website has it told her this? > > Does the Chicago Reader feel licensing the use of the phrase to Opal for use on her website (as described by Frankd6) would be a valid possibility and sufficient defense of their trademark? Well, at this point let’s just say that I have no intention of linking to this site or mentioning it or supporting it in any way from the TM homepage, and hell would have to freeze over before I would PAY them for the opportunity to do so. At this point, the Straight Dope is shit in my book, and I only stay on the message boards because I like the people here. * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/84 "1999-11-18T02:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Careful, OpalCat. That’s what the creator of “The Disfunctional Family Circus” thought, until he got nastygrams from King Features Syndicate. The difference, of course, is that the DFC used _actual strips_ from the FC and simply posted alternate captions. I think if they had written an entirely new strip, they would have been legally in the clear. * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/85 "1999-11-18T02:29:00Z")
Well, it’s looking like my “amicable settlement based on mutual good will” scenario is becoming more and more remote. This is the point at my job where we’d start issuing batons and helmets. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/86 "1999-11-18T04:27:00Z")
. . . and I start issuing subpeonas! [Note: the foregoing was a joke, for the humor-impaired.] -Melin ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/87 "1999-11-18T05:07:00Z")
If someone can get the two together in a locked room, I’ll provide enough Tullimore Dew to solve the problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010/88 "1999-11-18T17:13:00Z")
Folks, you can keep this up all day, but the situation is resolved, the page is backup, the email is changed, and everyone is happy again. Hugs, ## John 😉 Miskch’s Law- It’s better to have a horrible ending than horrors without end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-tmhp/3010.md?page=4)