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Posted 2004-01-19, 07:25 PM in reply to Tyrannicide's post starting "That is pathetic, how is it copy right..."
Actually, reading the article FARK posted, MS actually DOES have a valid complaint.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...wesoft19m.html

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his Web-site design company.

"Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," said Rowe, a 17-year-old computer geek and 12th-grade student in Victoria, B.C.
Based on the fact that he wanted to make it a COMPANY, Microsoft is fully within their rights. It's definately a copyright violation here. You're not going to start a beverage company named "Koka-Cola" even if your name is Koka, simple as that. Mr. Rowe wanted name recognition by sounding like a major software company. Now, if it were a parody site or something, Rowe would have a case..
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