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Re: MTA Demands Slice of the Action at Brooklyn Bagel Shop or Else

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Mar 17 08:26:18 2005, in response to Re: MTA Demands Slice of the Action at Brooklyn Bagel Shop or Else, posted by Allan on Thu Mar 17 08:12:26 2005.

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Just for giggles, let's take another tack on this issue ...

Does the MTA license "dining services" in its various properties (sorta like NEDICK'S in the good old days) to use MTA logos as a means of "making it more official a vendor", thus worthy of PREMIUM rent? I'm trying to find a priory where the MTA makes food concession determinations which involves the licensing of that logo for food service purposes ... some basis by which these guys are ripping off the MTA for some food service "branding" thingy ... THAT would be something "spongeworthy" as an argument.

I understand that the MTA went and copyrighted, patented, yada yada but I find it HIGHLY offensive that a government agency would engage in prior restraint of trade without some worthy purpose other than jacking up the taxpayer ... I mean, we're talking COMMERCE here, not political subdivions and authorities. Why did they do that in the first place? It's not like the subways (and associated paraphernalia) are proprietary or private property. Or are we dealing with minds SO small that somebody decided to do that so that the "adult entertainment" couldn't do a film called "Going (D)own on Senator Joe?" :)

But don't mind me ... as the signals go dead, the tunnels fill with smoke and "you can't get there from here" ... it kinda irks me that THIS is an issue the MTA lawyers would be involved in. Shouldn't they be suing Bombardier or marking documents "top secret" that have Al Damato's "While you were out" slips? Or something USEFUL? Strikes me as a potential cost savings ... :(

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