Music Industry Steals Boinc

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ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7140 Credit: 3,686,065 RAC: 986	Message 1143882 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 16:16:15 UTC
	A rather curious naming that is going to confuse all and sundry: Boinc music service to launch by year end Beyond Oblivion poised to unveil Boinc music service Too confused to be good publicity? Or just another example of Music Industry nefariousness? Or just simple crass brand hijacking? Can one of the moderators alert Dr A?! Keep searchin', Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
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GalaxyIce² Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8748 Credit: 1,232,764 RAC: 0	Message 1143936 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 17:25:45 UTC - in response to Message 1143882. Last modified: 22 Aug 2011, 17:27:28 UTC
	Can one of the moderators alert Dr A?! They have the website www.boinc.com and they have the name, Body odour inc. What does Dr A have? ____________
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34161 Credit: 344,874,392 RAC: 547,924	Message 1143937 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 17:27:24 UTC
	There is also a thread on this in the Cafe... Online music site. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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GalaxyIce² Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8748 Credit: 1,232,764 RAC: 0	Message 1143938 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 17:29:20 UTC - in response to Message 1143937. Last modified: 22 Aug 2011, 17:29:53 UTC
	There is also a thread on this in the Cafe... Online music site. Aha, merge the threads and get them to merge their music with the boincing here. ____________
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kenzieB Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3913 Credit: 1,578,136 RAC: 674	Message 1144093 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 22:49:00 UTC
	It may be a good thing. Right now, if you google 'BOINC" you get the BOINC homepage at the very top. Even if this music service becomes hugely successful, I would imagine that our BOINC would still be on the first page of any search. Folks could find and become interested in distributed computing by search engine accident. ____________
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8943 Credit: 36,717,477 RAC: 60,786	Message 1144109 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 23:25:28 UTC - in response to Message 1144093. Last modified: 22 Aug 2011, 23:27:06 UTC
	talk about ripping a name off. Did they even consider googling the name. We'll be fielding questions by the thousands on how BOINC doesn't play their music. Murdoch has deep pockets. I bet this gets ugly ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Blurf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 6347 Credit: 5,678,780 RAC: 5,605	Message 1144110 - Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 23:27:19 UTC - in response to Message 1144109.
	talk about ripping a name off. Did they even consider googling the name. We'll be fielding questions by the thousands on how BOINC doesn't play their music. Tell them we'll let em play their music if they donate to Seti :) LOL ____________
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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10325 Credit: 5,096,398 RAC: 6,297	Message 1144123 - Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 0:25:02 UTC - in response to Message 1144109.
	talk about ripping a name off. Did they even consider googling the name. We'll be fielding questions by the thousands on how BOINC doesn't play their music. Murdoch has deep pockets. I bet this gets ugly This one is for the Regents of the University to settle. I have a feeling a letter from a Government saying it is our name just might get their attention. Governments have more money to spend on lawyers than private business. ____________
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Slavac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,120 RAC: 8	Message 1144124 - Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 0:31:59 UTC - in response to Message 1144123.
	Hate to say it but the music company didn't technically steal anything, they were the first to file their trademark application. ____________ Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22775 Credit: 4,522,762 RAC: 5,663	Message 1144250 - Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 10:05:50 UTC
	As I've commented over in the other thread, we may get loads of free publicity!
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8943 Credit: 36,717,477 RAC: 60,786	Message 1145430 - Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 16:22:39 UTC - in response to Message 1144250.
	or loads of complaints about BOINC not giving them their music ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34161 Credit: 344,874,392 RAC: 547,924	Message 1145433 - Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 16:27:15 UTC - in response to Message 1145430.
	or loads of complaints about BOINC not giving them their music I can see it now.... I have downloaded 500 tunes, and Boinc shows them running, but I can't get the audio to work. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 502 Credit: 2,283,987 RAC: 1,908	Message 1145883 - Posted: 27 Aug 2011, 16:31:56 UTC
	Just because someone registers a domain, does not always mean that they can carry on using that domain name. They are called Cyber Squatters. For example, within hours of the death of Amy Winehouse, some lovely person registered a domain containing her name, whilst having no connection to her. Things like this are done, in the anticipation of making some money. I hope it won't be long before the domain names are 'seized'. Personally, I'll always connect BOINC with bad programming, rather than music. ____________ Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34161 Credit: 344,874,392 RAC: 547,924	Message 1146019 - Posted: 27 Aug 2011, 20:21:05 UTC - in response to Message 1145883.
	Just because someone registers a domain, does not always mean that they can carry on using that domain name. They are called Cyber Squatters. For example, within hours of the death of Amy Winehouse, some lovely person registered a domain containing her name, whilst having no connection to her. Things like this are done, in the anticipation of making some money. I hope it won't be long before the domain names are 'seized'. Personally, I'll always connect BOINC with bad programming, rather than music. I assume that Beyond Oblivion will have some bad music too....LOL. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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Slavac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,120 RAC: 8	Message 1147248 - Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 15:03:00 UTC - in response to Message 1145883.
	Just because someone registers a domain, does not always mean that they can carry on using that domain name. They are called Cyber Squatters. For example, within hours of the death of Amy Winehouse, some lovely person registered a domain containing her name, whilst having no connection to her. Things like this are done, in the anticipation of making some money. I hope it won't be long before the domain names are 'seized'. Personally, I'll always connect BOINC with bad programming, rather than music. Sadly this isn't a domain issue, it's a TM issue. As far as the website they're running is concerned, I know next to nothing about that field of law. ____________ Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org
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rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 5455 Credit: 20,894,128 RAC: 130,616	Message 1147455 - Posted: 31 Aug 2011, 12:01:15 UTC
	Perhaps Dr.A should consider this as a potential income stream? For every tune that is downloaded the real BOINC gets a percentage cut. Of course this is on top of any once-off payment required to establish the legal and technical interfaces required. ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 1066 Credit: 2,010,413 RAC: 2,645	Message 1150897 - Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 18:24:48 UTC - in response to Message 1144124.
	How can someone make a trademark on material which already has a copyright? "[ Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing // http://boinc.berkeley.edu // Source: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source_code.php // Copyright(C) 2002-2007 University of California // // This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; // either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // To view the GNU Lesser General Public License visit // http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html // or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., // 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA // // // wxWidgets Library Licence, Version 3.1 // http://www.wxwidgets.org/ // Source: http://www.wxwidgets.org/ // Copyright (c) 1998-2005 Julian Smart, Robert Roebling et al // // // cURL & libCURL // http://curl.haxx.se/ // Source: http://curl.haxx.se/ // Copyright (c) 1996 - 2006, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>. // // // OpenSSL & SSLeay // http://www.openssl.org/ // Source: http://www.openssl.org/ // Copyright (c) 1998-2005 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. // Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) //][/quote] ____________
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34161 Credit: 344,874,392 RAC: 547,924	Message 1150898 - Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 18:26:32 UTC
	Does anybody know if Dr. Anderson is indeed aware of this issue, and if he has made any response? ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22775 Credit: 4,522,762 RAC: 5,663	Message 1150918 - Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 19:35:22 UTC
	Mark, Eric was most certainly made aware, and was going to directly inform Dr. A. I assume that he did. ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10325 Credit: 5,096,398 RAC: 6,297	Message 1150998 - Posted: 10 Sep 2011, 23:15:23 UTC - in response to Message 1150918.
	Mark, Eric was most certainly made aware, and was going to directly inform Dr. A. I assume that he did. I hope one or both of them informed the Regents, as this is above their pay grade. It would be nice to know if that happened and what if anything the Regents have decided to do. ____________
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