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BitTorrent to Sue Over Trademark
joe 155 writes "The people at BitTorrent are to begin to
protect their rights through lawsuits if necessary: "The company will set the lawyers on anyone using the BitTorrent name, and trademark, if they are using it to distribute spyware or adware" They also plan to put into action a system where by people will have to pay a licence fee to use the name in the hope of cutting down on adware distribution."
I know that BT is used in many cases to distribute legitimate, legal content... but an article about BT protecting their intellectual property has to get a little chucle out of you.
Bury me in mashed potatoes.
"They also plan to put into action a system where by people will have to pay a licence fee to use the name"
Game over.. But for who? Clients like azureus and utorrent, or for BitTorrent itself?
(Coming to a net near you : BitSwirl! Doing Everything(TM) BitTorrent never did!)
Have all these companies gone fee crazy? Next thing you know there will be a fee for posting on Slashdot to reduce the spam.
I wish we could deal with these situations in a less-civilized manner. I wish we could go back to locking them in the stocks and as a humorous twist, use their behinds as a pincushion for added effect. I think the intimidation factor would be increased a thousand fold. And believe you me, there ought to be such a punishment for people that hijack OSS software like that to make a sleazy dime.
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others
Exactly. My new client is The Program That Used To Be Known As BitTorrent.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
*ears perk up* What was that about Microsoft patent lawyers?!?
This guy's the limit!
Exactly. My new client is The Program That Used To Be Known As BitTorrent.
It has gotten tired of that and now just goes by 'The Program'
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
There is trademark law. That say you call you produckt xxx and nobody else can call themself xxx.
I'm pretty sure that "XXX" is in the public domain now. Otherwise I'm in trouble ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Vin Diesel might think otherwise....
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