Whew boy... the electrifying Al Gore is going to blow another fuse, when he gets wind of this !
Posted on 02/22/2006 5:44:21 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
Fresh off a trademark skirmish with a local web site, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is taking on a bigger target: Al Gore and his Internet television network, Current TV. A suit filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota claims that Current TV LLC, based in San Francisco, is interfering with the trademark of MPR's mold-breaking music station the Current -- broadcast locally on 89.3 and 88.7 FM, but also transmitted via the internet -- causing confusion among potential consumers.
MPR estimates that 37 percent of the Current's listeners are from outside Minnesota, including many abroad, said communications director Jennifer Syltie Johnson.
Current TV (www.currenttv.com) is a national cable and satellite channel that features alternative news and "citizen journalism," or amateurs who send in their own news and videos. It is geared to a young audience often turned off by traditional media. According to its web site, viewers contribute about one-third of the station's content. Gore was among those who founded the concept.
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Heh, heh....
Yeah, just like Err Amerika is still on.
On life support.
It's actually not a bad radio station. It plays alternative music, but in the true sense of the word, not like all those "Edge" type stations that play Nickleback all day long.
I think MPR should settle down and wait a few weeks. Al Gore's station shouldn't be on the air for that much longer without, you know, viewers.
Whew boy... the electrifying Al Gore is going to blow another fuse, when he gets wind of this !
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