Michele White writes:
>I am seeking information about the contestation over the name "Louvre."

According to Pioche he and the Louvre are pals though I don't know if the
museum feels quite so chummy.  Here is part of a reply he wrote last June
that was posted to the cni-copyright list :

>No, there is no lawsuit between the Louvre Museum and myself. I am in
>good terms with the French Ministry of Culture, whose representatives I
>meet at various levels every few weeks, and we exchange ideas about how
>all those online things are evolving.


He has his own rather elaborate copyright page that is quite entertaining,
particularly the US Lawyer section:
http://www.oir.ucf.edu:80/wm/about/license.html



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