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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G Mark Deschane hit the nail on the head. UP and model trains with UP logos has been around a long time but not fuss has ever been raised before. Why now charge fees? In a simple word: Greed. It was predictable that sychophants of business would chime into this thread throwing their full support to UP and rolling over and crying: "Beat me; beat me!" [/quote] I do not support UP actions, nor do I like them , but they are well within their rights to take action on this for thier logo or any which they own at any time they so choose. As Michael Douglas said in Wall Street...Greed for lack of a better word in good. Greed is what built the American economy not good wishes. Do I think that UP is barking up the wrong tree.....yes Do I think that this is stupid...yes Do I think that they are going to get less money in return than they spend administering it .....yes Do I think it was a poorly timed and poorly thought out action...yes Do I think they are making a PR faux pas at a time when RRs need public support more than ever........yes Do I think they are wrong to do this......yes Do I think that they are within their rights though........yes, as unpleasant as that is.... But what I think isn't going to change the way they do business. And they are in business to make money. I don't think that this is Beat Me, Beat Me.... The simple fact is that most of us have no direct dealings with UP. Two things that business listen to are.....customers and shareholders......so unless one of those groups chimes up and says this is stupid knock it off, they are going to continue unless it becomes unprofitable to do so. And since this is free money to them, so as long as the income from licensing is greater than the cost of administering it.........it's free money. [/quote] I think I agree with Both posters here. This is nothing but corporate greed and there is no other name for it. I've been around for a lotta years and this isn't the first time I've seen this sort of thing. Ya, they have a right to protect their logo and branding, but at what expence. If everyone in corporate America protected their brandings at the model train hobbies expence, I really don't we would have a hobby to enjoy, at least not in the form we do today. It would be way too expensive. So where does it stop[V][V][V][banghead][censored][censored][sigh]
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