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This came from geeknewscentral.com. Is this for real?:

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Cease and Desist letters going to a few Podcasters

I am not at liberty to say at this point as their is likely a legal battle
about to begin between some podcasters that have been asked to change their
show names in an attempt by a company to very liberally protect their
trademark. Here is an example: "Best Darn Show" cease and desist letter have
been arriving saying using the word "show" in your podcast is infringing on
our trademark, stop now.

I have referred two shows to the the EFF and if they decide to challenge the
request hopefully they will help them out, if you are a lawyer and have some
pro-bono time you would like to contribute to help a podcaster out, in what
I think is likely a company that is being a bit over zealous with their
Trademark enforcement.

Whats said is this particular company according to Google searches have went
after quite a few people.

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Scott


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... Cease and Desist letters going to a few Podcasters I am not at liberty to say at this point as their is likely a legal battle about to begin between some...
Scott Parent
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Why doesn't the post (from Todd, I assume) go ahead and name the company??? Don't make us play a guessing game. ... -- Matthew Wayne Selznick MWS Media ...
Matthew Wayne Selznick
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Mar 1, 2006
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I think his hint was pretty telling. The word up for debate seems to be "show." To me, that means Podshow. ... -- ... American Cliche ...
Scott Parent
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Mar 1, 2006
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... I hope this is not the case, but it makes sense. Now that Podshow has money, the lawsuits will start coming in. I just love living in a latigious nation:) ...
Paul Puri
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I really hope it's not true as well. Maybe it's just a big misunderstanding.... ... -- ... American Cliche http://www.americancliche.net [Non-text portions of...
Scott Parent
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Mar 1, 2006
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The word that is triggering the c&d is something else and it is not that company I choose a bad example word. Todd.....
GeekNews
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Mar 2, 2006
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... Ya think? But what's with the secrecy? I realize you didn't make the initial post to the list, but you pull the "chicken little" stunt on your website. If...
Evo Terra
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Mar 2, 2006
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Evo I am awaiting the decision of the shows in question whether they are going to change their name or fight, I don't want to cause them any additional legal...
GeekNews
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Mar 2, 2006
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... Fuckin' Aye. -- Matthew Wayne Selznick MWS Media http://www.mwsmedia.com 760-964-8044 SKYPE / GIZMO: mwsmedia "Because doing it yourself should never mean...
Matthew Wayne Selznick
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Mar 2, 2006
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... "The food your eating for dinner could kill you and your family right now. Tonight at 11" ;) Paul Puri The Podcast Guild Planning Commitee. ...
Paul Puri
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Just FYI... some of us are part of the "mainstream media" and don't particularly like our life's work being referred to as "crap." I know nothing about this...
Patsy Terrell
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Mar 2, 2006
4:42 am

... But maybe you are not mainstream media. Maybe you are exceptional media. Why lump yourself with the talking heads on the 24 hour news channels? ;) Paul...
Paul Puri
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Mar 2, 2006
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Well, of course, therein lies the problem... "mainstream media" encompasses any traditional media - from local radio to NPR to newspapers to CBS to magazines...
Patsy Terrell
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Mar 2, 2006
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... I agree. The problem with a lot of the media AND listeners, is they have an agenda. I don't want opinion pieces. I want news. When I want to know if 880 is...
Paul Puri
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Mar 2, 2006
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... You do realize, I hope, that that's an opinion you've just distributed via media to further your agenda. >8-> (Yes, this mailing list counts.) ... I also...
Stephen Eley
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Mar 2, 2006
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... And my agenda is the only one that counts;) ... But there is difference between telling the facts your way, and telling the facts YOUR way. My local news...
Paul Puri
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This is absolutely true. You have to make choices about what to cover and how to cover it. There is no way you can share every tidbit of information about...
Patsy Terrell
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Mar 2, 2006
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Ah, this is interesting. I am currently working on an article about error in information sources for my regular gig at Searcher magazine. I'm interviewing...
Paula Berinstein
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Mar 2, 2006
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... 'they should just tell me the facts' Deceptively simple. Which facts? If there is speculation about the reason for something is that not itself a fact? How...
Andy Armstrong
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Mar 2, 2006
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... Which sells more newspapers... facts or opinions?...
andrew clarke
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Classifieds and comics sell newspapers. We have to get old enough and rich enough to care about newspapers. Readership increases as you get older and more...
Patsy Terrell
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Mar 2, 2006
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... He may not know all the specifics, or may know the people being sent the C&D's. I for one would like to know the who's and why's so we know how to protect...
Paul Puri
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Mar 1, 2006
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I recommend looking at http://www.chillingeffects.org. Many of these letters are overreactions that are not actionable. There's some good info at this site...
Paula Berinstein
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Mar 2, 2006
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... So... It's a vague hint from Todd, but the connections he's hinting about are other podcasters rather than big industry players. And it was posted by...
Stephen Eley
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Mar 2, 2006
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I recorded a show the other night and listened to it today before making it live for Tuesday. I hear a definite echo of what I'm saying in the background. ...
George L Smyth
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Hi everyone: ... [snip...] Do you have some sort of echo feature on your recording device that has been somehow enabled? If so, that would be the next place I...
Pat Cook (Pat's Podca...
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Pat - Actually, I hear the echo when playing a file I created with my digital recorder (which is definitely not the source) in Windows Media Player, so it has...
George L Smyth
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... Hey George, Send me a link to the file and I will play it in WMP and try to reproduce it the problem. Paul Puri The Podcast Guild Planning Commitee. ...
Paul Puri
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Could it be a 5.1 emulation sound driver on your side? I know my motherboard sound driver adds an echo in trying to emulate 5.1 sound. HTH, Joel ... [Non-text...
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