SAEactive: You could have saved yourself a lot of cutting and pasting. I don't dispute that the SAE badge is protected property under copyright law. I am saying that selling an original mark (not a reproduction) is not in violation of that protection. There's a difference.
Bottom line is, if you're right and I'm wrong, then at some point in the last 4 years since GLOs first started going crazy over badges on ebay, SOMEONE would have successfully gotten them removed as a matter of policy. Ebay has a lot of lawyers, and they've looked at this carefully. The GLOs just don't have a legal leg to stand on. That's a fact.
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I know for a fact that not only are you a collector (possible seller) of things Greek, but that you also are in the habit of illegally trading esoteric rituals of fraternities and sororities. Don't bother denying this because I've seen your posts on other boards.
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Oh no! I've been outed! The horror!
Yup, I'm a collector. I've sold a few badges on ebay and I've bought hundreds. As for illegally trading rituals, that I deny. But I certainly have acquired GLO rituals and related materials for my personal use and study. And I would never reveal any of it publicly out of respect for the individual groups and the greek system as a whole. Nothing illegal about that.
And since we're on the subject, better get your head on straight and figure out who your real enemy is. While you're flexing your muscles at me, there's a crazy self-proclaimed minister out there who DOES intend to reveal as much ritual information as he can get his hands on. And SAE was one of the first rituals he received, as you probably know if you've spent any time at that other message board.
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