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Article: Web site operators get royal treatment from Dolphins.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- August 28, 2004
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Byline: Sarah Talalay
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The invitation to spend a weekend with the Miami Dolphins left the operators of a few fan Internet sites scratching their heads. Some operators said they are used to communication from the team in the form of a cease-and-desist letter over copyright infringement.
"I thought someone was sending an April Fool's joke," said Doug Ford, whose phinatics.com, based in Birmingham, Ala., is five years old.
Last weekend, in an NFL first, the Dolphins hosted the operators of 14 fan web sites at what they hope will become an annual Dolphins Web Weekend. The group of roughly 40, which spends hours collecting ...