Subway and Quiznos User-Generated Content Suit


	Subway and Quiznos User-Generated Content Suit

juliapatriciaroy

1-29-2008 10:06 AM

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juliapatriciaroy says:

Read the whole article, very interesting. I'm particularly interested in how this will affected consumer generated contests.

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