Where: Express tracks on the 7 at Shea Stadium
What: A discarded green MetroCard thrown out by a Mets fan heading back toward Manhattan.
For some reason, I don’t think this is what the MTA had in mind when they started their green campaign. A MetroCard thrown on the tracks is litter even if it’s yellow, green or blue. I thought there was something poetic in the irony of an environmentally themed MetroCard lying on the tracks as just another piece of subway trash.
Sirs:
We fully apprciate the first amendment protections your website is entitled to. However, the subway map is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without MAT’s permission, which you do bnot have. Furthermore, MetroCard is a registered MTA trademark and you use of the mark without a clear disclaimer raises potential for confusion.
Based on the above, we respectfully request:
1. Immediate removal of the subway map from your website.
2. Addition of a conspicuous disclaimer on your home page to the effect that your website neither associated with nor endorsed by the Metropolitan Transoprtation Authority.
Please respond at your earliest convenience.
Lester Freundlich
Senior Associate Coounsel
MTA
Email: Lfreundl@mtahq.org
347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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