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« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2013, 01:09 PM »I spoke too soon. That didn't stop the behavior. I also tried restarting, but that didn't help either.
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Example:
If I sell drugs on a site vs if I have a site that people sell drugs is the same to you guys now? there is a slippery slope if doing the former leads to an arrest?
(It has nothing to do with legalization by the way, I am not against that but have yet to hear how legalization is going to be applied. Every corner store or limited sellers and where exactly those seller are bringing their supply from...)-rgdot (October 03, 2013, 12:45 PM)
Action and participation are clearly different and distinguishable from any other involvement (passive, 'providing means', etc), both in law and in practical terms.
Legal vs illegal is only a slippery slope when those applying the rules are allowed to apply it the way they choose.-rgdot (October 03, 2013, 12:13 PM)
Really? Who are we talking about again? We aren't talking theory, we're talking the reality.If the part of the indictment that he was actually involved in it and not just a 'platform provider' is true then of course it has be shut down. The whole issue of NSA snooping being bad is because normal, legal and fair things are being infringed upon, if we are going to get mad that a site used for various long illegal activities is shut down we are going way too far.
(Before accusing me of things remember I am using IF here)-rgdot (October 03, 2013, 11:26 AM)
I think this may just be worthy of a crowd-sourced attempt to invalidate that Trademark with the USPTO. Are there any goodwill lawyers among us who'd be willing to organize the charge?
It's an insanely broad trademark that apparently covers "parlor games and card games" (the "board games" target was deleted), so it shouldn't be too difficult to find prior art. I'd think it could be argued that any game which uses cards as one of the primary methods of gameplay is a card game.
A quick search of BoardGameGeek provides a multitude of games with "Things" in the title which came before that 2002 filing with the USPTO, could be somewhere to start.
>Funny Things Happen (1930)
>http://boardgamegeek.../funny-things-happen
>Dinosaurs and Things (1986)
>http://boardgamegeek...dinosaurs-and-things
>Kings & Things (1986)
>http://boardgamegeek...game/58/kings-things
>Shape Of Things (1989)
>http://boardgamegeek...5867/shape-of-things
>Hordes Of The Things (1991)
>http://boardgamegeek...hordes-of-the-things
>Things In My House (1993)
>http://boardgamegeek...9/things-in-my-house
USPTO Record: http://tsdr.uspto.go...rchType=statusSearch
Trick question! It's bad news. Last week, just prior to the close of our Kickstarter campaign, we received a cease and desist letter from Perkins Coie, a big fancy law firm employed by Quinn & Sherry, the publishers of "The Game of THINGS…" They claim that "TERRIBLE THINGS: The Party Game Where Everyone Loses" infringes on their trademark.
We could spend a lot of time picking apart the absurdities in their argument, but in the interest of efficiency, we thought we'd just re-post their letter here. We think the insanity speaks for itself:
Just to make sure we weren't making a mountain out of a molehill, we asked them to clarify their position:
"Jack and I are confused about what the actual infringement consists of, and would greatly appreciate some clarification so that we can best remedy the situation. Is your position that any board game published with "Things" in the title infringes on Quinn & Sherry's trademark?"
Their answer was a simple "Yes.":
"A game with the word THINGS in the title may appear to consumers to be a variation or themed version of the THINGS... game. Thus, a name with THINGS in it is likely to be too close to the THINGS… trademark. Quinn & Sherry has invested significantly in building brand recognition for the THINGS… trademark over the past ten years. We hope we can reach an agreed resolution and avoid formal proceedings. Litigation is costly and time consuming for everyone. However, my client will defend its rights. Having not yet started manufacturing, changing the name of your game at this stage would be the most cost effective. Accordingly, we look forward to your confirmation that you will select a different mark for your game – one that does not include the term THINGS."
And there you have it. Quinn & Sherry is willing to take us to court for DARING to publish a game with the word "things" in the title, because they believe they own that word. The word "things." Seriously.
So here's where we are: this has already pushed back our publishing date, and we don't want a ridiculous legal battle to delay the game any further. So we're changing the name. Starting over is a time and money suck, but this is simply the least bad option available to us. Here was our response:
"In the interest of preventing further delay or cost in publishing our game, we have decided to change the name to a mark that does not include the word "Things." Not because you're right, but because we simply don't have the resources to defend ourselves.
You should be ashamed of yourselves."
We want to be very clear: we think this whole thing is BULLSHIT. We just simply can't afford to deal with it right now. They could bring us to court, try to enjoin Amazon from releasing the campaign funds, or do a million other things that we seriously don't have the time or the money to fight against, and our primary goal is to get this game out there, whatever its name.
Stay classy, everyone.
-Terrible People
And according to his timeline, in February 2001 — some six months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — he was approached by the NSA and asked to spy on customers during a meeting he thought was about a different contract.-article
Wait...what? I was always of the impression this nonsense was (9/11) overreactional. But this would make it rather decidedly premeditated.
-Stoic Joker (October 01, 2013, 06:31 AM)
D__ch_b_gg_ry. Would you like to buy a vowel?-Renegade (September 30, 2013, 06:04 PM)
The idea behind it is pretty cool. Kind of like digital geocaching. The problem that I see with it, is there isn't anything but trust and morals to stop someone from putting a virus on one of the dead drops. Yeah, someone who knows a decent amount about tech would know not to open an exe they found on one of the drops, but the average Joe that only knows how to surf the web and check their email, wouldn't know not to open an exe.-nite_monkey (September 29, 2013, 02:28 PM)
Does this still count as a mini review?-Tuxman (September 24, 2013, 10:07 AM)
Downloaded Zeus Lite. Installation. Open file --> error.
Uninstall.-panzer (September 24, 2013, 02:33 AM)