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As to model trains being free advertising, well, that's not really true because how many of us wonder who we are going to use to ship our next consignment. I know I do it all the time. As to protest and boycotts, well who and what would you not buy? The UP hauls coal to the powerplant here. Stop using electric? UP has a right to their trademark and its likenesses just like Coke, Pepsi, and Bachmann. I can't imagine them really thinking that they can make more money off of the small hobby market than they can hauling unit trains of coal. If you owned a business you would feel different. It's your name and reputation on the line. Say a child gets his finger ran over and cut by a HO model UP train. Could you sue UP for the injury? I am sure it will be tried by todays lawers and the public with their "lottery jackpot lawsuit" mentality. Then the UP will have to defend themselves. That's free! If I was UP and UPS I'm not sure I wouldn't want my logos used by others. As to charging a fee, why not? It's intellectual property that UP owns, it's not public domain. Can you brew beer and put Budweisers logo on it? How about printing an Encylopedia and putting World Book on it? It's the law, and a really old one too.
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