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May 28, 2025: We/They

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When discussing your favorite sports teams, how should you refer to them?

  • They (50%, 6 Votes)
  • Don't care (33%, 4 Votes)
  • We (17%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 12

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11 thoughts on “May 28, 2025: We/They”

  2. This was a fun email to see this morning. bS getting us into some legal BS.

    Dear owner of https://wgom.org/2020/02/12/2020-wgom-draft-round-11/,

    I represent the Intellectual Property division for Big Cat Facts -
    Tiger. We have identified an image belonging to our client on your website.

    Image Details: https://i.imgur.com/7HKyODN.png
    Location of Usage: https://wgom.org/2020/02/12/2020-wgom-draft-round-11/

    We require that you credit Big Cat Facts - Tiger for this image.
    Please add a direct and clickable hyperlink to
    .https://bigcatfacts.net/tigers-vision-hearing-and-smell/ either
    beneath the image or in the footer of the page. This must be completed within
    the next five business days.

    Please understand the seriousness of this request. Simply removing
    the image will not suffice. If you do not comply within the given
    timeframe, we will have to start legal proceedings under case No. 86232,
    following the DMCA Section 512(c) guidelines.

    For historical image usage, you can check the Wayback Machine at
    https://web.archive.org.

    This is an official notice. We value your prompt response and
    cooperation. Please correspond in English.

    Regards

    James Harris
    Trademark Attorney

    Citi Legal Services
    1 Beacon St 12th floor
    Boston, MA 02108

    [email removed]
    www.clexperts.org

    First, simply taking it down is fine. Second, as the image URL on the WGOM says, "shutterstock", it's a stock image. Adobe must have bought them because you can find another image in the same series in their stock photo catalog. Another site with the same image cites it properly as from Shutterstock.

    Third, the image doesn't appear on that site. I guess the WGOM has some link clout and they're trying to harvest it.

  4. Ah, yes. I see that the Twins website home page now has a link to the standings in page-top navigation to replace the right sidebar condensed standings that they disappeared. Glad somebody's paying attention.

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