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By: Tube Map-o-rama | London Metblogs

Tube Map-o-rama | London Metblogs — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:08 +0000

[...] sad story here (harms TFL’s image much more than some silly [...]

By: Mark Porter - Veni Creator Spiritus » Tube maps

Mark Porter - Veni Creator Spiritus » Tube maps — Fri, 19 May 2006 22:52:50 +0000

[...] Just a brief heads up to http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/?p=235 – I saw it via a link from Simon Cozen’s blog and it really is worth a look. Comisserations to the guy for getting caught up in the workings of corporate *rude word* [...]

By: Teery

Teery — Sun, 14 May 2006 07:35:01 +0000

HERE YOU GO http://tubes.150m.com/

By: Ish

Ish — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:21:16 +0000

Can we stop the lawyer bashing? TfL have made the commercial decision to control publication of the map/roundel. They have instructed their lawyers to enforce that decision. Ergo, its TfL and not the lawyers who need bashing!

By: Svenson

Svenson — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:21:59 +0000

Geoff, if you ever gat a banner made, I’ll gladly link to you.
Surely they can’t take on the ‘internet’ and win?…

By: elrond

elrond — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:16:47 +0000

And here I thought that this sort of waste was a silly American pass time. Nothing like a bunch of lawyers to muck up a good thing.

By: Dave Bugland

Dave Bugland — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:07:04 +0000

I read the article in Time Out that Tfl have bullied you with their lawyers in taking the tube maps of your site. If Tfl concentrated on running a transport system rather harrassing people who are only having a some none-profitable fun, I think that we would have a more safe and efficient transport system. I am getting extremely pissed with Tfl, they seem to allow the buses to be driven by people whose only apparent qualification is an out of date television receiver licence and who drive the vehicles as if they were fairground rides. There was a recent bus crash down the New Kent Road in the middle of the rush hour, so traffic is moving slowly, the road is straight but the driver had managed to drive the bus into a tree! causing injuries to a number of passengers. Safety considerations, it seems, are not high on Tfl’s list of priorities; corporate image is – this is a wonderful example of triumph of image over substance.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:50:02 +0000

A couple of years ago, TfL liked the Tube Animals thing so much that they even plugged it on their free page in Metro.

I wonder why this didn’t confuse the poor, befuddled travelling public…

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:29:29 +0000

Oh dear. Sorry to hear that TFL’s solicitors have gotten to you too Geoff and thank you for hosting my anagram map. I had a similar brush with Sallianne Cockerham of Healy’s solicitors who represent TFL. I host the London Underground Anagram map myself for now though others have offered to mirror it; but what I’ve also done is to share the image on a peer to peer filesharing program (I use Emule). If you also use a similar program why not share them this way too? All the best with your site; it’s great.

By: Steve 'WeaselBoy'

Steve 'WeaselBoy' — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:28:53 +0000

I think the ‘rude map’ is going to be very popular after this, it seems to make more sense now. Maybe it was just ahead of it’s time (match the rude names with those who run the company). Anywho, your not filthy stinking rich so your busted, but keep on smiling (they really hate the look of smiling faces).
One can only hope that in the near future someone even richer than they sues them for something similar (like in the beginning of THHGTTU, by Douglas Adam).