Comments on: After Hijacking Site, Scammers Move to Seize Shareaza Trademark

By: tumbleweedius

tumbleweedius — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:22:00 +0000

Isn’t discordia the greek goddess of chaos (also known as eris)? Rather appropriate choice of a name, if you ask me.

By: kez

kez — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:08:24 +0000

this is just another example of the pure evil of the insane capitalist system….which just encourages the worst behavior in people.

this whole economic system is dominated by greed and immorality.

Any people who try to do good, and who are not motivated by greed & profits, always get stamped all over.

By: Arthur Wesley

Arthur Wesley — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:07:38 +0000

I rarely bother with comment blocks on e-magazines; but an observation may be helpful in this instance. DevilsAdvocate is a paid troll. Last I counted this issue took 152 comments, and only a handful remained on-topic. Do you get it? The whole point of an industry-sponsored troll is to spend his or her time searching for issues on a list. Once discovered, they use multiple nicks to blast the comment block or forum with a single purpose: disrupt the community; keep the argument off-topic. I believe they earned their pay here. There are two methods to expunge a troll: one, ignore, they are easy to spot , think before you respond; two, keep a moderator on the board to delete and ban those few who abuse the community. Keeps this in mind and pass it around. Thanks.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:03:25 +0000

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SHAREAZA FORUM:
I had to say something, for what it’s worth. I’m disgusted. The check is in the mail. (http://shareaza.chipin.com/shareaza-support-fund)

—– Original Message —–
From: Arthur Wesley
To: action[at]eff.org
Cc: information[at]eff.org
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 6:37 AM
Subject: Overview of EFF’s Efforts to Protect P2P

Re: Shareaza (shareaza.sourceforge.net/) — legitimate and (shareaza[dot]com/) — forgery?

Please, in all honesty, how can you assert your support of P2P and ignore this blatant act of fraudulent abuse?

I am a software developer. You must understand the implication of not supporting open-source engineers. If corporate interests continue to bully, threaten and win, independent open-source software developers will simply give up. Shareaza is not the first… the death of Shareaza and *free* P2P will set a precedent! I dare not develop a fair and *free* public open-source alternative to “for-profit” offerings for fear of becoming too popular… suffering the wrath of this new model “corporate internet.” I remember when the internet was *free* and innovative — A *public* model for *free* communication and exchange. I have no affiliation with the (once *free*) P2P offerings. But I am not ignorant to what is behind this continued assault: The issue is not the millions of dollars lost in media revenue — are we that stupid? … Before the internet came to exist EVERYONE shared a good song or movie with a friend, just as you did or do. But if I enjoy the media, I would rather own it than STEAL it, just as you would…

SonyBMG is being sued for software piracy. We could both name countless other corporate monsters who stand accused or convicted of doing the same and worse… hardly breaking news. This marks the birth of a new internet: Pay as you go. Watch out! — big-brother is following… Whom do you support? I must have misunderstood…

Thank you.
(No reply is expected or desired.)

—

Now, this reply was not marked confidential, and there were no conditions appended, so I am posting it here. If this posting is inappropriate or in error, then I apologize. I just want the community to understand that their efforts on behalf of this cause matter:

Arthur,
EFF is currently in contact with Shareaza’s legal department. Those
communications are confidential, so I am unable to comment further.
Regards,
Eva Galperin
eva[at]eff.org

(http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewforum.php?f=46) http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/

By: kill

kill — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:39:32 +0000

KILL THEM ALL THE NAZI FUCKERS!

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By: Zwartbaard.nl » Blog Archive » The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell

Zwartbaard.nl » Blog Archive » The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:49:26 +0000

[...] what is possibly the most audacious step so far, Discordia Ltd filed for a trademark on “Shareaza” with the USPTO on January 10, 2008. [...]

By: annon

annon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:40:52 +0000

they sound a bunch of wankers dont they just claiming some company as their own ?

By: Commissioner Pravin Lal

Commissioner Pravin Lal — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:53:41 +0000

As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.
Commissioner Pravin Lal, “U.N. Declaration of Rights”

By: Will

Will — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:17:47 +0000

So does this mean shareaza doesn’t work any more as it won’t work on my system.