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Godzilla Getting Ready to Stomp Mozilla?

Posted by timothy on from the we-own-your-formative dept.

mrBlond writes: "Doing the rounds: Seems like Toho [jp], 'the owner of all rights in and to the trademark and service mark GODZILLA [jp] and the GODZILLA characters,' is coming down on Davezilla for use of 'zilla' in his domain name and his dragon logo, to set a precedent before attacking Mozilla."

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  1. Re:zilla != Godzilla by FortKnox · · Score: 1, Troll

    Your argument is somewhat rediculous. "Micro" was used before Microsoft, and has a meaning. Micro, was usually associated with computer terminology. Micro has a definition as something that is 1e-6.

    Zilla means nothing, and is only used in Godzilla.

    Quit reaching, and admit its a good claim. Sure, going after a non-profit project is low down, but its still in their rights.

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  2. Awful name by Animats · · Score: 2, Troll
    Maybe it's a good time for Mozilla to get a name that would look good on a mass-market product. Maybe go back to "Mosaic"? Yes, it's possible to succeed with a dumb name, but it takes a really big advertising budget.

    And would someone please help out the Ogg Vorbis people?

  3. Re:zilla != Godzilla by cetan · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're such a sad sad troll, Knox.

    http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=zilla
    A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs

    http://www.kar.nic.in/bellary/
    Bellary Zilla Panchayat is a three - tier Panchayat raj system with elected bodies at the Grama, Taluka and District levels constituted as per the 73rd amendment to the constitution for greater participation of the people and more effective implementation of rural development programs (and to function as units of local self government). The Zilla Panchayats were constituted as per the provisions of The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993.

    Google will give you the rest of the story.

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  4. Re:zilla != Godzilla by cetan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is it difficult to be as stupid as you are or do you have to work at it?

    Clearly you didn't even read any of the parent posts?

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  5. Re:Original version by n9hmg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure. I'll join in the ethnic stereotypes, and make a jingoistic confusion between Japan and China - All your zilla are belong to us.

  6. Re:As reported on the register. by ivan256 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The difference between slashdot and The Register is more that The Register claims to be a ligitimate news source, while slashdot acknowledges that it posts somebody else's stories.

    On slashdot when a story is incorrect or misquoted, you can look at the comments and find out that the poster/editor is an idiot. The Register will make shit up, then run stories based on the initial false presumption for months. Then, you have no way to tell that they are idiots if they're your primnary news source.

  7. WTF (was Re:Too Late) by sebol · · Score: 0, Troll

    Luckily 'World Wresting Federation' did not change their name to "World Twrestling Federation" (WTF)

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  8. Not necessarily such a bad thing... by sgage · · Score: 1, Troll

    I always thought "Mozilla" was a stupid name for a fucking web browser. Maybe they can have a contest to come up with a new name. How about "grp" (pronounced "Gurp"). Stands for Gecko Reference Platform. Whatever.