Request mods eliminate @AudioGene
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Why? He hasn't broken any rules, unless he's a dual.
He's something alright...
Let's see... He insults members here (even I don't do that... Most of the time), Is argumentative, is firmly in the Axanerd camp, is putting out slanderous material
Want me to go on?
I don't see anything there that would be cause for him to be banned.
Yesh. Go to a Ren Fair for a few hours, and there's five more pages of postings to wade thru when I get home.
At face value, it looks like Monster had a legitimate complaint with a competitor and sent a typical C&D letter. I have no problem with that. Said competitor replied questioning the validity of the complaint. Again, fairly typical. You either say "Our bad, we'll fix it" or "What are you talking about?" Axanar pretty much told CBS "Stick it in your ear."
That's one example of Monster sending a C&D letter. Once or even a few times seems normal. If they do it ALL THE FREAKING TIME for ever little tiny detail they think they can lay claim to, then yes, this would be the patent troll you're looking for.
The thing about the golf course was total overreach. If perhaps the golf course used an icon/logo that was too similar to Monster Cable, then yeah that's a valid complaint. Or did a junior staff member get carried away and do something stupid that Monster Cable CEO didn't sign off on? I've seen that happen a time or two.
By the way, the two cases you mentioned were from 2008. Any idea how they were resolved? And do you have more recent examples of your company standing up to trolls???
Don't know anything about Monster Cables, so in the ten minutes or so I scanned the documents ....
At face value, it looks like Monster had a legitimate complaint with a competitor and sent a typical C&D letter. I have no problem with that. Said competitor replied questioning the validity of the complaint. Again, fairly typical. You either say "Our bad, we'll fix it" or "What are you talking about?" Axanar pretty much told CBS "Stick it in your ear."
That's one example of Monster sending a C&D letter. Once or even a few times seems normal. If they do it ALL THE FREAKING TIME for ever little tiny detail they think they can lay claim to, then yes, this would be the patent troll you're looking for.
The thing about the golf course was total overreach. If perhaps the golf course used an icon/logo that was too similar to Monster Cable, then yeah that's a valid complaint. Or did a junior staff member get carried away and do something stupid that Monster Cable CEO didn't sign off on? I've seen that happen a time or two.
By the way, the two cases you mentioned were from 2008. Any idea how they were resolved? And do you have more recent examples of your company standing up to trolls???
We would really LOVE to hear his answer. Seriously. If you get him on-record, please let us know what he says. Before you ask him, be sure to tell him how great he is and that you're rooting for him. He'll probably spend a couple hours bragging about all the good he's done for Trek that all the haters just can't appreciate.
To breach a copyright is, by its very definition, illegal, so it's impossible to "legitimately breach" a copyright. I would have left the wording as "taking advantage of copyright". Or better yet, "improperly taking advantage of CBS's intellectual property."
Disagree. Just because someone says we don't like, doesn't mean we ban them. We are not AP. As someone wiser than I has said, I may not agree with what he says, but I will fight for his right to say it. I will argue with him and hope he sees my POV, but I won't stand by if we treat him like the Axanar folks treat "haters".
Correct if I'm wrong, but I do believe that could be read as wanting to do bodily harm to another Trek-BBS member, which is against the rules, no?
I never suggested that
We just beam his atoms into space on a wide dispersal pattern - like what they were going to do to Pulaski
THERE it is. Thanks.
To which line in what post do you refer?
There's a reason, why I liked your post. And I won't unlike it.
You know Star Trek is just a TV show, right?
HATER! HATER! HATER! HATER! HATER!
Yes, I do now that - can't stop me from dreaming though
If you're able to formulate that opinion so quickly without actually reading our content or knowing our industry accolades, than I'd rather you not be a regular reader of my site or trust the content therein. There are plenty of other AV websites you can get your information from. Your choice and I have no desire to win you over as a reader.
If you had no wish for it, why post here in the first place?
AudioGene wrote and allegedly published an article stating items as fact, some of these items could be at the heart of C/P's lawsuit. If AudioGene indeed has done his investigative due diligence and uncovered facts to support his/her statements he/she could find him/herself involved somehow into this lawsuit.
He/she presented his/her literary work to this thread in which many of us made attempts to point this out to him/her but sadly to little avail.
Somehow he/she indicated our mothers were somehow in part to blame for our misguided comments at which point I could care less about any future correspondence with said person.
He/she presented his/her literary work to this thread in which many of us made attempts to point this out to him/her but sadly to little avail.
Somehow he/she indicated our mothers were somehow in part to blame for our misguided comments at which point I could care less about any future correspondence with said person.
I have already received a response from Alec Peters again claiming they are NOT a for-profit business. I am waiting to get further elaboration when their PR guy Mike Bawden gets back to me. If I hear nothing, then the article remains as is and will receive a followup treatment after the lawsuit is settled.
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