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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
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 See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
There is also a thread on this in the Cafe... Online music site. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
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. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
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 In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8964 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
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 |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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. |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
or loads of complaints about BOINC not giving them their music In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
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. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
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! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
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. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
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 |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
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? |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11416 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
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] |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Does anybody know if Dr. Anderson is indeed aware of this issue, and if he has made any response? "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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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