;-p
will
Critter wrote:
> oi William!!
>
> i thought i had read mikerowe.com was already taken
>
> --
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ Help me fight to keep my son in the US ]-=
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ http://keepmysoninthe.us ]-=
>
> Thursday, January 22, 2004, 2:42:53 PM, you wrote:
>
> WHB> You're right, M$ does not have a trademark on the word "soft" but
> they
> WHB> *do* have a trademark in Microsoft. And this brings to mind the only
> WHB> problem I have with this case. Mike Rowe used MikeRoweSoft
> instead of
> WHB> MikeRoweSoftware or MikeRoweDesign or any other clever name that
> WHB> would/could advertise his web design skills (MikeRoweWeb,
> WHB> MikeRoweKickAssWebCreationPortfolio). He deliberately chose a
> name that
> WHB> sounds phonetically like Microsoft.
>
> WHB> Why *not* simply choose MikeRowe.com?
>
> WHB> Now, I don't believe that M$ should have come down on this kid
> with both
> WHB> boots like they did and I don't think there is truly a case of
> WHB> copyright/trademark infringement here, but I do think that Mike Rowe
> WHB> could have used better judgement, and I believe his true intention
> WHB> despite what he might be saying was to engender a reaction from
> Redmond.
>
> WHB> And he got one...
>
> WHB> my $0.02
>
> WHB> will
>
> WHB> Matthew Small wrote:
>
> >> Hmmm... so you're saying he can't use the word "soft" I thought
> >> Microsoft had a trademark on "Microsoft", not "soft".
> >>
> >> - Matt Small
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Bushy
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:11 AM
> >> Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
> >>
> >> Not at all as long as its www.mikerowe.com
> >>
> >> --Original Message Text---
> >> From: Matthew Small
> >> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:51:21 -0500
> >>
> >> You have a problem with a person looking to make a buck from his own
> >> name?
> >>
> >> - Matt Small
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Bushy
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:33 AM
> >> Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
> >>
> >> Well I do!
> >>
> >> --Original Message Text---
> >> From: Matthew Small
> >> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:36:39 -0500
> >>
> >> You're right, he knew it might get someone's attention and he
> >> wanted to make a buck from it. I don't have a problem with that.
> >>
> >> -Matt Small
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Schuster, Steven
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:25 AM
> >> Subject: RE: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
> >>
> >> The kid probably knew it would get attention. Are people so
> >> stupid to think
> >> stuff like this doesn't go unnoticed?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:57 AM
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Subject: Re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
> >>
> >> What's surprising to me is how virulently angry you are with
> >> this kid.
> >> It's not like he went around a neighborhood breaking car
> windows or
> >> kicking dogs or something. He's merrily tweaking a gigantic,
> >> clumsy
> >> corporation to see what happens. Why not? Is Microsoft now an
> >> untouchable, universally loved entity that no patriotic American
> >> should
> >> dare make fun of? Would you suggest we prostrate ourselves
> >> before our
> >> right-honorable corporate masters now, or should we wait until
> >> it's part
> >> of the EULA?
> >>
> >> Personally, I like the fact that he was able to not only elicit a
> >> response from the Beast From Redmond, but also caused them to
> >> seriously
> >> embarass themselves in the process, as they're currently
> trying to
> >> extricate themselves from the whole brouhaha right now:
> >>
> >> http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5143614.html?tag=nefd_pop
> >> <http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5143614.html?tag=nefd_pop>
> >>
> >> MS can throw their corporate weight behind fighting piracy and
> >> crackers
> >> and virus writers all they want. They'd also have a much
> >> stronger case
> >> if "MikeRoweSoft" were actually, say, putting out an operating
> >> system or
> >> an Office suite or an incredibly shitty web server, but even they
> >> realize now it was a mistake to even bother with this.
> >>
> >> - Jim
> >>
> >> Bushy wrote:
> >>
> >> >No. Just a little puke.
> >> >
> >> >--Original Message Text---
> >> >From: Tim Heald
> >> >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:47:45 -0500
> >> >
> >> >satire? hello? Fair use?
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Bushy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:00 AM
> >> > To: CF-Community
> >> > Subject: re: www.mikerowesoft.com domain
> >> >
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > Whats your thoughts on this frigg'in puke in British Columbia
> >> CANADA
> >> >trying to monopolize on www.mikerowesoft.com.?
> >> >
> >> > To be fair to MS it is copyright infringement.
> >> >
> >>
> > http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/20/rowe.fight/index.html
> >>
> <http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/20/rowe.fight/index.html>
> >> >
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> WHB>
>
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
