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Failure to "police" a mark by stopping infringing uses can result in the loss of protection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_trademark_law#De...
Two sponsors on the website, yet numerous parties issuing press releases:
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This changes the moment you realize your 'assets' have free will, a capacity to discern, and really strong opinions
Then it's your fault for not acting to neutralize those risks.
Should I be falling over myself, trying to find a way to monetize it, or should I enjoy that people are using it, and smile when I see one?
Most of us already have good jobs, our bills are (mostly) paid, and we're not in danger of going hungry.
Startups are great, and I encourage people to start one when there's something with a real revenue model, but don't try to force your fun little quirky project into being something it's not.
Try to force a quirky fun project into being a revenue producing startup, is like charging you friends to watch your Garage band play. I understand the motivation, but it's kinda sad.
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Then it's your fault for not acting to neutralize those risks.
I have a website, Robohash.org, that's embedded in websites around the world. It gets millions (!) of loads every week. Should I be falling over myself, trying to find a way to monetize it, or should I enjoy that people are using it, and smile when I see one? Most of us already have good jobs, our bills are (mostly) paid, and we're not in danger of going hungry. Startups are great, and I encourage people to start one…
EDIT: btw I like robohash. Good work.
Descriptive terms immediately describe the goods, or some important characteristic of the goods. Trademark law does not protect descriptive terms unless achieve "secondary meaning" in the minds of consumers. That is, trademark rights accrue when the public comes to associate the descriptive term with a particular company rather than the product in general. [...] Failure to "police" a mark by stopping infringing uses…
> it's trademarks
I try not to harass people on HN and Reddit with grammar, but I do expect better from a legal document.
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Then it's your fault for not acting to neutralize those risks.
I have a website, Robohash.org, that's embedded in websites around the world. It gets millions (!) of loads every week. Should I be falling over myself, trying to find a way to monetize it, or should I enjoy that people are using it, and smile when I see one? Most of us already have good jobs, our bills are (mostly) paid, and we're not in danger of going hungry. Startups are great, and I encourage people to start one…
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Then it's your fault for not acting to neutralize those risks.
I have a website, Robohash.org, that's embedded in websites around the world. It gets millions (!) of loads every week. Should I be falling over myself, trying to find a way to monetize it, or should I enjoy that people are using it, and smile when I see one? Most of us already have good jobs, our bills are (mostly) paid, and we're not in danger of going hungry. Startups are great, and I encourage people to start one…
So its essentially SSH-fingerprint-art, but waaaaay cooler.
Do not monetize it - the world will come back around and reward you one day.
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I have a website, Robohash.org, that's embedded in websites around the world. It gets millions (!) of loads every week. Should I be falling over myself, trying to find a way to monetize it, or should I enjoy that people are using it, and smile when I see one? Most of us already have good jobs, our bills are (mostly) paid, and we're not in danger of going hungry. Startups are great, and I encourage people to start one…
just to clarify - robohash is a image made up from discrete robot parts (ears, nose, etc) and assembled according to say every 8 bytes in a SHA1 hash? So its essentially SSH-fingerprint-art, but waaaaay cooler. Do not monetize it - the world will come back around and reward you one day.
And I think that's exactly the right attitude ;) It's not something I need to make money on, it's just something cool to have added to the world. (It's OSS, too!)