http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-to-sue-misusers-of-its-name/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 /bittorrent-to-sue-misusers-of-its-name/#comment-669 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:38:07 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=120#comment-669 funny thing is, he’s the one who chose to release the protocol… the “BitTorrent protocol”… to the public… IANAL, but doesn’t that make it hard to enforce whatever trademark rights he may have had, before he made it public domain? He hasn’t enforced whatever trademark rights he may or may not still have all this time. It is kinda hard to believe he can just take back something he freely gave away.

]]> /bittorrent-to-sue-misusers-of-its-name/#comment-627 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:28:56 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=120#comment-627 haha, not everything is illegitimate most of the torrent websites now say that your not allowed to use them for “illegal purposes” therefore putting the responsibility onto you.

]]> /bittorrent-to-sue-misusers-of-its-name/#comment-624 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:12:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=120#comment-624 I really am glad to see this happen, the last thing bittorent needs is to be associated with “illegitimate” things, no sarcasm i swear..

]]> /bittorrent-to-sue-misusers-of-its-name/#comment-622 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:29:41 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=120#comment-622 well this seems like a good step against the whole adware/spyware spread, but will they really be able to protect the legit programs? i guess we will have to see…

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