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However, I feel that threatening those who took the time to set up and often community manage these pages is just\u00a0plain wrong<\/strong>. This does nothing to recognise the efforts of the administrator (the fan who set the page up), who essentially have being doing a job that the brand should really be paying for. Using the threat of legal action and copyright is a complete cop-out and smacks of the club not caring about their fans in the slightest, and only interested in \u2018having a larger Facebook follower\u2019 (Which any sensible person in social will tell you, isn\u2019t everything).<\/p>\n<\/div>\nGlasgow Rangers were asked to comment but have so far not replied.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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