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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by technotarek on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:50PM (#22003546)
In terms of MTA motivation, aren't they just trying to protect it as an asset to limit its usage and thereby increase its potential value so that they can best monetize it? In this day and age where some spend their days trying to dissemble and neuter government traditional means of raising revenue, I don't necessarily find the approach problematic (putting aside the particulars of this specific case).
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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by icebraining on Thursday January 09, 2020 @01:15PM (#22003795)
But the MTA does not seem to be monetizing their maps.
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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by technotarek on Thursday January 09, 2020 @02:22PM (#22004524)
You sure?

"That article also claimed the MTA received $500,000 a year in licensing revenue, a whopping .003 percent of the agency’s 2013 revenue."

Perhaps this isn't from the map, but either way, the logic of my suggestion applies equally to protecting the asset for future monetization as much as current monetization.

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