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We've been in there since April with no problems. I don't see why I should change it now when we're all a part of inforoo.
Make the infomods chat mods and I wont have a problem with it. When it is modded only by you and boothead, and has a history of mods acting like 12 year old's is when I have a problem with it. If there is an issue I sure do not want to have to count on either of you two to fairly take care of the issue.
Make the infomods chat mods and I wont have a problem with it. When it is modded only by you and boothead, and has a history of mods acting like 12 year old's is when I have a problem with it. If there is an issue I sure do not want to have to count on either of you two to fairly take care of the issue.
wow. nodepression really has all of you drinking the koolaid, doesn't he???
i agree with everything sang has said.
sorry but the only people that are defending the room are the people who "run" it and/or butt buddies with nodepression. all the issues are NOT quickly resolved.
i think the copyright stuff is kind of silly myself, but i do see roofanintn's point about how maybe they just don't want it associated with the board. i don't think that's unreasonable.
for all the new people out there, they don't really talk about music. when i used to be "allowed" to go in back in the day topics of conversation were usually limited to these things:
-sports -poop/jizz -bashing other people on the board
so in other words, don't feel too bad about missing out.
It's really not fair to put such bad light on the chat when your reasons for saying that and issues with the chat stem from childish personal dealings with NoD. And if I'm not mistaken, just because he has you on ignore doesn't mean you are "banned". Also, there may be breathing periods, but music is always discussed at length.
I agree with you to a certain extent, sang, it's somewhat annoying for Booth to ban or kick people, but at the same time, it isn't like he's cutting off phalanges. There's no sense in it, but there's also no sense in acting like a cry baby. NoD best have a talk with him and that be that.
Note to anyone using this thread to "tattle": You are completely ridiculous and should be spanked like the baby you obviously are.
Roofan, I understand and appreciate your concern, but thank you for dropping it. I hope everyone else follows suit.
pretty sure you could have just stopped at "there's no sense in it". i'm not crying about it. i'm already done with it. but i would like to add that it's pretty neat that the 2 people that have the biggest problems with the banning, me and eap (who i have talked to when she use to chat and she was nicer than most of the people chatting there and i don't understand why everyone hates her) are the 2 that have been banned the most. and we are both painted as the bad guy and told to stop crying. we have both now chose to stay away from the chat (even though we are not being banned anymore), but banning still goes on and everyone else think it's fine. i wonder how they would feel if they were the ones being banned? pretty differently, i think.
Ok - I just spend 10-15 min of my life that I will never get back reading through 6 pages and all I got out of it was this:
Wahhhhh - I got banned from a chat room Cool - we are unbanned The chat room mods are unfair The mods in the chat room should be infomods
AND out of all the crap the only thing that really stood out to me was the same thing that Jess and Roofan seem to be concerned about - trademark infringment and people acting stupid with the Inforoo name.
6 pages of dribble people ^^^^summarized by that - wow. Guess I'm getting old and cranky also because I just don't have patience for stupidity in the world anymore.
And seriously, anyone that went to a lawyer and tried to sue a chatroom group of people over a trademarked name I'm sure would either be laughed at in their faces or presented with this form by the lawyer! Seriously there's more important things in life than worrying about what people are doing in chatroom or forum, LOL.
Hmm - really. It's called Internet and Technology law and there is actually a whole category of people who do nothing but Internet Copyright and Trademark Infringement.
Lamebook sued Facebook - Facebook sued Lamebook (who do you think will win?)
"We don't believe Faceporn should be able to trade on our name and dilute and tarnish our brand while doing so," Facebook spokesman Simon Axten said Friday via e-mail. "Where there is brand tarnishment, dilution, or confusion as there is with Faceporn and Facebook, we must enforce our rights to protect the integrity of our trademark."
Hmmmm sound familiar to anything anyone has said in any of the previous posts about trademark infringement?? Yup - it sure does.
It does happen and people who have trademarked names win every day ANd there are attorneys out there that can, will and do take the cases. Never underestimate what an attorney will do for $$$$ or fame!
^I don't know what you are talking about Meg they have very right to use the good name of inforoo to ban new users who do not know they are unaffiliated with us, use homophobic slurs and make dick jokes.
Not here we go again - I had not had a chance to put my opinion and knowledge about the topic out there.
I've been in the legal field for right at 20 years now - I know just a little bit about it - enough to know that I decided I did not want to go to law school - I'm doing just fine as a paralegal.
And I've been on Inforoo since 2006 - long enough to know that I love my Inforoo friends and they love me - I try to take care of them when I can and vice-versa.
Inforoo has a good reputation. The result of which AC and Superfly let us be and leave us alone and even, occasionally, play along with us (Roo's Clues). I'd hate to see someone with a chat room using the Inforoo name and being irresponsible ruin everything that WE (all of the members of Inforoo) have worked hard to establish.
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Not here we go again - I had not had a chance to put my opinion and knowledge about the topic out there.
I've been in the legal field for right at 20 years now - I know just a little bit about it - enough to know that I decided I did not want to go to law school - I'm doing just fine as a paralegal.
And I've been on Inforoo since 2006 - long enough to know that I love my Inforoo friends and they love me - I try to take care of them when I can and vice-versa.
Inforoo has a good reputation. The result of which AC and Superfly let us be and leave us alone and even, occasionally, play along with us (Roo's Clues). I'd hate to see someone with a chat room using the Inforoo name and being irresponsible ruin everything that WE (all of the members of Inforoo) have worked hard to establish.
Ever been in the chatroom? Know a single thing about it other than hearsay? Yeah, thanks for your opinion.
Here's a crazy idea: Let the mods and admins decide what to do with their trademark. How about that?
^I don't know what you are talking about Meg they have very right to use the good name of inforoo to ban new users who do not know they are unaffiliated with us, use homophobic slurs and make smurf jokes.
Here's a crazy idea: Let the mods and admins decide what to do with their trademark. How about that?
And there is the heart of the entire discussion. The mods didnt get to decide what to do with it. There was a chat room created without the mods consent.
And it isnt the mods and admins, it is one Admin....Adam, that owns the trademarked name "Inforoo". It is his decisions and his alone!
As I said earlier, there is nothing I can do about it, but as soon as Adam reads my PM, I am sure there is something he WILL do about it!
Not here we go again - I had not had a chance to put my opinion and knowledge about the topic out there.
I've been in the legal field for right at 20 years now - I know just a little bit about it - enough to know that I decided I did not want to go to law school - I'm doing just fine as a paralegal.
And I've been on Inforoo since 2006 - long enough to know that I love my Inforoo friends and they love me - I try to take care of them when I can and vice-versa.
Inforoo has a good reputation. The result of which AC and Superfly let us be and leave us alone and even, occasionally, play along with us (Roo's Clues). I'd hate to see someone with a chat room using the Inforoo name and being irresponsible ruin everything that WE (all of the members of Inforoo) have worked hard to establish.
Ever been in the chatroom? Know a single thing about it other than hearsay? Yeah, thanks for your opinion.
Here's a crazy idea: Let the mods and admins decide what to do with their trademark. How about that?
yeah - I think I read enough in the last 6 pages of dribble to get a good idea of what goes on.
I had a nice well thought out post to respond to you and I just deleted it because - truthfully - as I said before, I have no patience for stupidity in this world at this point in my life.
Fact it - using the Inforoo name without Adam's permission - for good or bad - is trademark infringement. That's just a fact whether you like it or not - it's an illegal act. If Adam chooses to act on it - that's his right.
The unfortunate thing is that over the last year - there have been more and more immature little punks who have no manners and no home training with a complete lack of respect to their elders, common sense and any type of law or rule put in place that poke their heads up because they have access to the internet. It won't go away but I can walk away from it because it IS just the internet and not worth my time to sit and argue over something that I know what I am talking about because I get paid to practice what I preach every day.
yeah - I think I read enough in the last 6 pages of dribble to get a good idea of what goes on.
This thread does not even come close to providing an accurate representation of what chat is like. Sorry.
The unfortunate thing is that over the last year - there have been more and more immature little punks who have no manners and no home training with a complete lack of respect to their elders, common sense and any type of law or rule put in place that poke their heads up because they have access to the internet. It won't go away but I can walk away from it because it IS just the internet and not worth my time to sit and argue over something that I know what I am talking about because I get paid to practice what I preach every day.
So basically, you want all the young hooligans to get off your lawn?
So what is the most you can do? Make them change the name.
It's not going to make any difference, the chat has thrived and is centered around the board. It has been a compliment to the board.
It's a chat full of Bonnaroo's people, it's friendly and fun. This thread is making it even more popular.
Change the name and do not advertise it on the board, I do not want to be affiliated by association with the crap I saw in there yesterday. If you started throwing gay slurs around on here you would get modded pretty quick right?
Post by nodepression on Jan 7, 2011 13:48:54 GMT -5
You know what, fuck it. I'm not even going to engage this argument anymore.
We're not changing the name. It's just not going to happen. We're going to keep advertising on the board (I didn't even know we did that to be honest) and we're going to continue to be in that chat. If anyone wants to come in and spy on us, that's cool too. Just use your real username next time.
So what is the most you can do? Make them change the name.
It's not going to make any difference, the chat has thrived and is centered around the board. It has been a compliment to the board.
It's a chat full of Bonnaroo's people, it's friendly and fun. This thread is making it even more popular.
Change the name and do not advertise it on the board, I do not want to be affiliated by association with the crap I saw in there yesterday. If you started throwing gay slurs around on here you would get modded pretty quick right?
I'm with you 110%, Sproat should be banned. If only nodepression would listen to me. Nazi dictator
So what is the most you can do? Make them change the name.
It's not going to make any difference, the chat has thrived and is centered around the board. It has been a compliment to the board.
It's a chat full of Bonnaroo's people, it's friendly and fun. This thread is making it even more popular.
Change the name and do not advertise it on the board, I do not want to be affiliated by association with the crap I saw in there yesterday. If you started throwing gay slurs around on here you would get modded pretty quick right?
Here's a crazy idea: Let the mods and admins decide what to do with their trademark. How about that?
And there is the heart of the entire discussion. The mods didnt get to decide what to do with it. There was a chat room created without the mods consent.
And it isnt the mods and admins, it is one Admin....Adam, that owns the trademarked name "Inforoo". It is his decisions and his alone!
As I said earlier, there is nothing I can do about it, but as soon as Adam reads my PM, I am sure there is something he WILL do about it!
well this web address contains a trademarked name. inforoo is in no way an official part of bonnaroo and that doesnt keep the web address from being bonnaroo.proboards.com.
people just need to relax and get the stick out of their ass. truth of the matter is nobody is banned on the chat. theres not much if anything said in that chat that doesnt get said on these boards.
jess complains about people making off-colored comments in there, but he has never actually spent time in there. people may make fun of each other back and forth, but guess what, they come back the very next day. you want to know why? because people are joking with each other. the regulars in that room have grown to know each other, and as a result you will see them mess with each other, you know just like people do in real life once they get to know each other.
if anyone wants to come chat, your more then welcome to stop on by. if you get your feelings hurt in there, your likely to get your feelings hurt on any message board you frequent anyways.
Hello, this is "Boothead", the founder of the IRC channel #inforoo. Amidst all of the speculation and disinformation, I'd like to take a brief moment to clear a few things up about myself, my channel, and its users.
It has been brought to my attention that two displeased chat users have decided to splinter off and create their own channel. I hope that this post finds both of those gentlemen enjoying great success and prosperity in the new year, and I wish them all the best. As of my last check, they are growing by the day so it would seem that they are well on their way and don't need my well-wishing anyway!
Regarding the potential trademark infringement, my staff and I feel that it is a moot point. It's quite laughable, though, to believe that a website hosted on a free ProBoards server is going to take any legal action against us for using their name. We welcome you to try, though. Our team of lawyers is eagerly awaiting your cease-and-desist letter. Your landmark victory in this case will pave the way for the shutdown of every website, message board, and chat room in the world run by fans of every trademarked entity. Maybe the publicity from the trial will bring this message board the traffic it has been sorely lacking for so many years. As I stated previously, though, it's a moot point because we received the blessing from forum administrator Dirty Jerzee to use the Inforoo name, and at one point the link to our chat was even a stickied topic in this very forum. When he personally retracts said blessing, I will give due consideration to changing the name of the channel. Until then, consider the matter discussed and settled upon.
Finally, I would like to make a plea to the users of this forum. Please don't form an opinion of our chat and users until you have experienced it for yourself. We love the fact that the chat is growing and subsequently welcome new users with open arms. Just don't mistake us not tolerating stupidity for "elitism". Actual bans that aren't obviously intended as jokes and reversed within seconds are taken very seriously and given thoughtful consideration. There are plenty of forums and chat rooms on the internet that demand and enforce a certain quality of contribution. We don't assume ourselves to be better or more worthy of chatting than anybody else, but we expect from new users the same courtesy of coherent thoughts and adherence to the culture of the chat that we extend to each other on a regular basis. Just like any self-respecting community should, I believe. Unfortunately, it would seem that this forum never received the memo.
I hope that this post serves to clarify things and put some matters to rest, so that we can all continue to enjoy the respective communities we belong to.
Thank you so much for your continued interest in #inforoo,