On 4/15/06, Dominik Riebeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just received the following mail today -- I guess because I recently > edited the wiki page (at least it shows me as the last editor of the > page up to now) and my mail address can be found on the wiki. I'm > somewhat unsure how to react to this -- at least the mail doesn't seem > to be forged. Should I direct him to rockbox-dev? Or is there any > other "official representative" for stuff like this? > > I hope we can solve this issue pretty quickly. > > - Dominik > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dave Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Apr 14, 2006 11:18 PM > Subject: Remove PluginJewels from RockBox downloads immediately > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Dave Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Mr. Riebeling: > > The game PluginJewels, for use on RockBox and available at > http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginJewels, is a blatant > copyright violation of Bejeweled, the popular match-three game owned by > my company, PopCap Games, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, USA. I am > writing to you to demand that you remove PluginJewels from > www.rockbox.org and all other sites where users may download this game > for the Rockbox, no later than April 30, 2006. PopCap Games takes > seriously all copyright and trademark violations of our games and, if > necessary, we will enforce our rights to the fullest extent of the law. > > Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. I await your > response. > > David K. Haas > Chief Operating Officer > PopCap Games, Inc. > >
Whilst I realise this is a serious matter, you'd think that the Rockbox userbase was large enough to represent a serious threat to their profits. How sad. I wonder whether this is due to the recent slashdotting. -- Joe Jones -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT/MU d-- s+:-- a-- C++ UL+ L++ E---- W++ w M t(++) 5++ tv D++ e+ h-- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
