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Submission + - EFF, Software Freedom Law Centre help Shareaza

Submitted by FrYGuY101 on Thursday May 22, 2008 @05:58PM

FrYGuY101 writes: Open-source peer-to-peer client Shareaza recently had its domain-name taken over, followed by an ongoing attempt to trademark 'Shareaza'. Recently, they announced both their plans for future development of the client (including making future versions cross-platform) as well as their plans on fighting the legal threat posed by the aptly named company attempting to hijack Shareaza: 'Discordia, LTD'.

Submission + - Shareaza website taken, soon to be trademarked? 1

Submitted by FrYGuY101 on Sunday March 30, 2008 @03:41PM

FrYGuY101 writes: Open source Peer-to-peer client Shareaza recently lost its website to a company, appropriately called Discordia Ltd. After closely recreating the look of the old Shareaza website, they've since gone one step further and have filed for a trademark for "Shareaza". The problem? The old Shareaza is still around. A timeline of events can be found here.

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