Comments on: Trying to free-ride on my business name? http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/ A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:56:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-302 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:30:40 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-302 Thank you Jan... I wish however that there was more regulation/recourse on global Internet matters: Plagiarists feel so untouchable when their victims live in a different country... In the case of copyright, the international aspect is not a big deal as web hosts have an incentive to remove plagiarized material no matter where the claim comes from. But on other issues — like this individual cybersquatting and using my business name — victims are left with the only prospect of pursuing an expensive legal battle only big companies can afford. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Thank you Jan…
I wish however that there was more regulation/recourse on global Internet matters: Plagiarists feel so untouchable when their victims live in a different country…

In the case of copyright, the international aspect is not a big deal as web hosts have an incentive to remove plagiarized material no matter where the claim comes from. But on other issues — like this individual cybersquatting and using my business name — victims are left with the only prospect of pursuing an expensive legal battle only big companies can afford.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Jan Visser http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-301 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:04:12 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-301 Nice job, Maria. I can't believe people do this kind of stuff and actually think they can get away with it. Unbelievable. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Nice job, Maria. I can’t believe people do this kind of stuff and actually think they can get away with it. Unbelievable.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-236 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-236 Oh, I doubt they do... He just lifted the words straight from my web site. For some, that's much easier to do than actually producing good and professional work that makes your customers happy. I'm surprised that Yaw/Alantee doesn't claim to be an Industrial Engineer and Duke MBA also. I suppose all other lies sounded ok to him, but the two above may be too much (?) OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Oh, I doubt they do… He just lifted the words straight from my web site.
For some, that’s much easier to do than actually producing good and professional work that makes your customers happy.

I’m surprised that Yaw/Alantee doesn’t claim to be an Industrial Engineer and Duke MBA also. I suppose all other lies sounded ok to him, but the two above may be too much (?)

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Ana Maria Quijano-Wittemann http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-234 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:00:08 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-234 By the way, I tried to leave a message in his web page. But it wasn´t possible. Very professional... Quite honestly I am surprised that people "rave" about his designs If I was a potential customer I would leave his page in panic. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] By the way, I tried to leave a message in his web page. But it wasn´t possible. Very professional…

Quite honestly I am surprised that people “rave” about his designs

If I was a potential customer I would leave his page in panic.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Ana Maria Quijano-Wittemann http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-233 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:41:01 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-233 Schwesterlein, its great to hear that there are good people like Jonathan that can help you. With pleasure I can start a campaign to discredit this uncreative unethical fool... OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] Schwesterlein,

its great to hear that there are good people like Jonathan that can help you.

With pleasure I can start a campaign to discredit this uncreative unethical fool…

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Mafe Maria • The Notion of Paradise http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-228 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:36:16 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-228 [...] There are enough worthy challenges in life to also have to deal with those caused by individuals who just ruin the world for the rest of us: Terrorists bombing our cities, criminals killing our loved-ones, lazy talentless “vivos” copying our work for profit, disturbed mental freaks raping us, terrorists hijacking our planes, terrorizing our societies and ruining everyone’s air travel, unscrupulous amateurs typosquatting our business, friends or strangers stealing our possessions, guerrillas kidnapping us, corrupt politicians mismanaging resources, and all other losers that make us feel unsafe to live in this planet. [...] OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] […] There are enough worthy challenges in life to also have to deal with those caused by individuals who just ruin the world for the rest of us: Terrorists bombing our cities, criminals killing our loved-ones, lazy talentless “vivos” copying our work for profit, disturbed mental freaks raping us, terrorists hijacking our planes, terrorizing our societies and ruining everyone’s air travel, unscrupulous amateurs typosquatting our business, friends or strangers stealing our possessions, guerrillas kidnapping us, corrupt politicians mismanaging resources, and all other losers that make us feel unsafe to live in this planet. […]

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Jonathan Bailey http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-227 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:20:47 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-227 First off, I am very sorry to hear about your problems. I can relate to them as I have dealt with over 400 plagiarists of my own work and shut them all down. If the person you list is indeed stealing your copy, I can probably help. Just send me an email via the contact form on my site with the other site's information and I'll see what your options are. It shouldn't take long and this is something I do for free. Just let me know what I can do to help and I am at your service. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] First off, I am very sorry to hear about your problems. I can relate to them as I have dealt with over 400 plagiarists of my own work and shut them all down. If the person you list is indeed stealing your copy, I can probably help. Just send me an email via the contact form on my site with the other site’s information and I’ll see what your options are. It shouldn’t take long and this is something I do for free.

Just let me know what I can do to help and I am at your service.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-226 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:36:59 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-226 I guess not. In his reply this morning, he says: <blockquote>I appreciate your concerns as it appears that we almost have used your copy and your name [...] I am not doing anything wrong by us having similar company names, it might be an infringement of rights in the United States but not in international law. However on the copy which seems almost like yours, I will change it in the very near future so it will not look like we are affiliated.</blockquote> Usually copyright infringers are very quick to admit their actions, but Mr. Yaw Osafo-Ansong goes beyond audacity in assuming that I'm going to believe that two people in different continents can come up with the same exact eight to ten full paragraphs of web copy. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] I guess not. In his reply this morning, he says:

I appreciate your concerns as it appears that we almost have used your copy and your name […] I am not doing anything wrong by us having similar company names, it might be an infringement of rights in the United States but not in international law. However on the copy which seems almost like yours, I will change it in the very near future so it will not look like we are affiliated.

Usually copyright infringers are very quick to admit their actions, but Mr. Yaw Osafo-Ansong goes beyond audacity in assuming that I’m going to believe that two people in different continents can come up with the same exact eight to ten full paragraphs of web copy.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Petie http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-225 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:12:31 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-225 I think more than spamming is needed here! How disgusting... I hope he cleans up his act before you're forced to take more action. OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] I think more than spamming is needed here! How disgusting… I hope he cleans up his act before you’re forced to take more action.

]]> OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] by: Joey http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-224 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:23:21 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/trying-to-free-ride-on-my-business-name/#comment-224 With really nasty comments telling him to choose a new name and get rid of the copied copy? OjO : [Content from mafemaria.com] With really nasty comments telling him to choose a new name and get rid of the copied copy?

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