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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: It is time for an official protest
by
phillipsjk
on 20/12/2011, 16:47:10 UTC
Microsoft is a registered company and trademark. Windows is a registered trademark and patent. You want to play with decentralized fire, you should expect to get burned.

Point of order: "Windows" is a trademark, not a patent. Microsoft may use software patents to force you to "agree" to the EULA just by using the machine, or force you to pay licensing fees even if you are using a competing OS. However, none of those Patents are called "Windows." They are numbered and have titles like "No. 6,339,780: placing a loading status in the content viewing area of a browser" Source. I would have let it go, but you quoted yourself.

From an "any publicity is good publicity" perspective, percieved defemation may not matter. That bitcoin is so innovative that is must be illegal may be a good thing.