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I don't care to have a login for nytimes.com, but I did notice that the word "Microsoft" gets a big, fat "TM" mark in the first sentence of the article. For an
by bediger 16y ago
I don't care to have a login for nytimes.com, but I did notice that the word "Microsoft" gets a big, fat "TM" mark in the first sentence of the article. For an article about pirates, not bad. But maybe someone with the patience to read that monster can say if the NY Times stayed consistent and put "TM" on every instance of "Microsoft"? Did they put an "(R)" on other possible registered trademarks? Did they denote other uses of copyrighted material?
- w1ntermute 16y agoHuh? What are you talking about? http://i.imgur.com/85d8G.png http://i.imgur.com/85d8G.png
- kiba 16y agoPerhaps NYTime is conducting an A/B experiment to see which readers make more money. So one guy get a registration link, the other guys get to read the article.
- there 16y agoi think if you have long-standing nytimes.com cookies, you still get prompted to login. if you delete them, you will be able to access everything normally.
- w1ntermute 16y agoI actually made an account, so that's why I have direct access. You can also circumvent the issue with the BugMeNot browser extension, a referrer modifier extension to set the referrer to google.com, or by searching for the article title on Google and then clicking through. Either way, I was referring to the "TM" thing, not to (not) being able to log in.
- techsupporter 16y agoI read the whole thing and didn't see a "TM" anywhere in the article, nor was I prompted for registration. The latter seems to be hit-or-miss with nytimes.com, but I've never seen them mark a trademark inside an article.