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Mike Rowe Being Strong Armed
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 7:06am |
 Coolness: 339885 | [ www.canoe.ca ]
VANCOUVER -- Like any good fledgling businessperson, Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his website design company. Being possessed of a sense of humour and the cheekiness of a typical 17 year old and given his name, what better than to register his Internet domain name as [ mikerowesoft.com ] As in, but not quite, Microsoft Corp. "Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," the Victoria Grade 12 student said. But the folks at the world's biggest software company aren't smiling. They've demanded he give up his domain name. Mike, a self-described computer geek, registered the name in August. In November, he received a letter from Microsoft's Canadian lawyers, Smart & Biggar, informing him he was committing copyright infringement. He was advised to transfer the name to the corporation. "I didn't think they would get all their high-priced lawyers to come after me," Rowe said. He wrote back, saying he'd put a lot of time and effort into his business and asked to be compensated if he was to give up his name. Microsoft's lawyers wrote back offering him $10 US. Rowe asked for $1,000. Then, last Wednesday, he received an ominous, 2.5-centimetre-thick package with a 25-page letter accusing him of trying to force Microsoft into giving him a large settlement for his name. "I never even thought of getting anything out of them," he said, adding he only asked for the $1,000 because he was "sort of mad at them for only offering 10 bucks." Now he's going to sit back and see if the organization that registers domain names will take his name away from him. No one from the law firm or Microsoft would comment. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cloud9ine replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 7:44am |
 Coolness: 138940 | LOL
thats bullshit. its not copyright infringements. man. wack. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 9:39am |
| Coolness: 339885 | it's his name, he should be allowed to make a company from his name if he wants to. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 9:44am |
 Coolness: 145640 | yeah fucking lawyers....."a large amount"?! it's Microsoft!!!!....and they offered 10$....these guys are full of it... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 10:08am |
 Coolness: 685810 | First the RIAA sues a 12 year old, an elderly couple who don't own a computer and impersonate a swat team, now Microsoft is suing people who's name sounds close to theirs? Remind me never to run a web page with my own name on it in case I get sued by the creators of the Flintstones because being named Fred is copyright infringement. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 12:24pm |
 Coolness: 69195 | i wanna get sued by microsoft! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» bob_ replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 12:29pm |
 Coolness: 102425 | so ridiculous... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 12:43pm |
 Coolness: 201445 | the funny thing is microsoft surely spent more than 1000$ on this already if they had their lawyer sent a huge threatening package |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 2:21pm |
| Coolness: 339885 | to their legal dept. it's about the principal of the thing i bet.
and of course they see themselves as being right. |
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