Microsoft's Ridiculous Censorship

[renzokuken]

cant help but laugh.........

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-Live-a-Linux-Unix-Hater-64635.shtml

[Ozor Mox]

Haha, pathetic! Makes me happy I don't have one.

[aktiwers]

Hah Thats just stupid.. must be a joke right?

[EndPerform]

Unfortunately, it's not really a censorship issue, it has to deal with trademarked names, so it's not really that big of an issue. *shrugs*

[Depressed Man]

I remember reading this on slashdot, and the conclusion was it's censored because it was a trademarked name. Or something like that?

[hidey]

I remember reading this on slashdot, and the conclusion was it's censored because it was a trademarked name. Or something like that?

Yeah and you can't pick Microsoft or Windows either.

[renzokuken]

I remember reading this on slashdot, and the conclusion was it's censored because it was a trademarked name. Or something like that?

ahhh i see, guess i jumped to conclusions there then.......

[Depressed Man]

Yeah I don't think you can pick Pepsi, Coke, and other names like that too.

[DoctorMO]

Yes it is a trademark, but companies usually don't go out of their way to stop such usernames without a request from the trademark owner; and I don't see Torvalds asking Microsoft XBox Live division to prevent trademark problems.

[southernman]

*Bill Gates says to the Xbox Devs* Guys, you've created a fabulous product :^o, but I have one more request... Make those FOSS guys stop picking on us! [-o<

[Depressed Man]

Yes it is a trademark, but companies usually don't go out of their way to stop such usernames without a request from the trademark owner; and I don't see Torvalds asking Microsoft XBox Live division to prevent trademark problems.

Technically since they are usernames, it falls under some law that allows their use. Microsoft just wants to cover their asses (in a just in case there's a lawsuit thing). Even though they are usernames for accounts created by people and not Microsoft.