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[ # ] Cease and desist … and I would Love to Scream right now!
February 15th, 2008 under Useless rants, Useless news, Useless opinions, Totally Useless



…Make up your mind…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

This capture was taken by yours truly and describes best the title of this post and this is why I am using it. This morning when I checked my email all the lovely thoughts and memories of the Valentines Day yesterday vanished. Why? Because of the email that I received from the attorney of a huge and world known company, asking me to cease and desist the use of a domain name and the web site that goes with it, as according to them, I am in breech with the Intellectual Property Rights of the company they are working for…

Needless to say it but I got cold shivers all over me. The though that first crossed my mind was - how can I go against them - it would be crazy to even try. You see, I am like the ant against the elephant here. No matter how good of an attorney I have I would never win this battle as I do not have the time, nor the cash to bear with the consequences that a probable loss would mean for me. Ceasing the use of the domain name and site would mean for me cutting my bread and butter for at least 3/4 of what I now make a month. Meaning I would have to do with barely a 1/4th of what I earn right now. And the entire amount is worthless and not even enough to make me pay the monthly costs of the server I am using alone :(

Really my friends, I am so distressed and upset right now that I need to take a break and see to put my mind together and come up with a good enough plan as to where I will go from here on with my online venture. Will talk to you soon, and if you don’t see a post from me in a week means that I am too busy with this problem as they have given me only 10 days to solve the crisis. Bye for now.


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[ # 1168 ] Comment from Hungry Mother [February 16, 2008, 3:24 am]

Here’s a link for information on domain name conflict resolution.

[ # 1171 ] Comment from Bob [February 16, 2008, 2:39 pm]

That really sucks, good luck with the battle!

[ # 1173 ] Comment from Totally [February 16, 2008, 3:22 pm]

Thank you Bob and Hungry Mother, and yes, I am definitely not going to step back in this battle here. No matter whatsoever how tiny I feel in comparison with whom I am going to fight with. I hate even more feeling a looser, so the choice wasn’t that hard after all. I am simply pondering some more the way I am going to write them back with. Thanks again :)

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