A discussion about the breaking of the Internet

Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by Guyag on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @03:48PM (#11347625)

I'm no lawyer, but if Kik's assertion of 'because you have to enforce trademarks or you lose them' is true then I understand their actions - that's just the world we live in.

It was decent of the Kik guys to try and amicably sort it out before calling in the lawyers given the situation, though admittedly it's also cheaper for them this way. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect confusion between Kik's product and Azer's node module - the names are identical. NPM's stance is kind of covered by their policy[0], point 3.

[0] https://www.npmjs.com/policies/disputes#description

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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by ubernostrum on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:21PM (#11347873)

I'm no lawyer, but if Kik's assertion of 'because you have to enforce trademarks or you lose them' is true then I understand their actions - that's just the world we live in.

To which I say:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4bnrn4/a_discu...

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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by brazzledazzle on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @05:54PM (#11348574)

How is not attempting to negotiate the price a decent move? If you want to negotiate and someone asks for a price that you believe is unreasonable isn't it normal to counter that offer?

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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by jdbernard on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @03:55PM (#11347671)

> that's just the world we live in.

All the more reason for azer to opt-out. There is no reasonable recourse within the existing system.

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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by KingMob on Thursday March 24, 2016 @01:05PM (#11354482)

Using polite language to threaten only seems amicable. And believing you have to make threats because of the law doesn't mean you're not an asshole.

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