Re: reference Re: Titanic

From: James Rogers <jetan[_at_]ionet.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:02:02 -0600 (CST)

On 11/11/98, Ruth Gana Okediji <gana8857[_at_]msmailhub.oulan.ou.edu> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what became of the claim by the owners of salvage
> rights to Titanic that their property rights precluded others from
> making commercial gain from pictures of the wreck?

    Last I heard the claim was about to be litigated. Can't recall who the opposing party was. The putative salvors -in- possessesion were also involved in a tradmark battle based upon their use of the name R. M. S. Titanic, Inc. (this seems a predictable difficulty, no?).

                                    James

James Michael Rogers
jetan[_at_]ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi Received on Thu Nov 12 1998 - 15:02:35 GMT