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    • Lyle_JPL
      Lyle_JP @Capeman
      last edited by

      @Capeman It's a "burn it all down and salt the earth" tactic. It would destroy RetroPie with it.

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      • CapemanC
        Capeman @Lyle_JP
        last edited by

        @Lyle_JP I know, just being facetious

        Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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        • pjftP
          pjft
          last edited by

          I am deeply saddened to hear about this. Let me check on Monday if there's anyone I know that could help here. Also, EFF is definitely a good lead. And I'm all up for trademarking it in Europe if more domains would help. Just say the word.

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          • Lyle_JPL
            Lyle_JP
            last edited by

            Well, the next time anyone who bought a pre-built pi with games wanders in here and demands support, I know whose email address I'm giving them.

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            • obsidianspiderO
              obsidianspider
              last edited by

              Based on the trademark filing he has a product website, and wow, this guy has no shame in blatantly ripping off others' work for profit.

              📷 @obsidianspider

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                EctoOne @obsidianspider
                last edited by

                @obsidianspider wow, his faq even links to the Retropie.org.uk wiki to tell which systems are included.
                I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @EctoOne
                  last edited by

                  He has his custom images up for download if it would help to look at them. I don't feel right about linking them, but the highest version is 4.2.1 if you can wrap your brain around that absurdity.

                  RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators
                    last edited by

                    Thanks everyone for your support and ideas. We are looking into a number of options currently.

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      protious
                      last edited by

                      if you go to http://retrogamingconsole.com/ hit support and then report to https://freshdesk.com/contact that https://retrogamingconsole.freshdesk.com/support/home is not legit we could get his support kicked. he wants to be back stabbing, customers have the right to report fake services and sites!

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                        protious @protious
                        last edited by protious

                        LOL nevermind the site that they use for the ticketing is giving.

                        ERROR

                        The request could not be satisfied.

                        This distribution is not configured to allow the HTTP request method that was used for this request. The distribution supports only cachable requests.
                        Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
                        Request ID: NYsUDppjG9ZWRx8-6K5khpZCeFlqT6Hh0tsxRbjn7b628zFYI6LWdA==

                        Ended up emailing the company
                        With
                        https://retrogamingconsole.freshdesk.com/support/home
                        as the subject and letting them know that the "company that has the account is a fraud!

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @BuZz
                          last edited by

                          @BuZz if you contact these guys they should be able to help you out. https://www.fsf.org/licensing

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                            steveieboy
                            last edited by

                            Consider writing to The Register: http://theregister.co.uk they have been supportive to me in the past in publicising similar 'silliness'.

                            The Register love a good Pi story, and I'm sure they'll get their mits on this story one way or another?

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                            • RionR
                              Rion
                              last edited by

                              @hunterk posted this link on the Libretro forums.

                              Does "prior art" apply to Trademarks?

                              Interesting read with answers from 8 different lawyers.

                              There is also some reddit threads if you just search for "retropie legal help". Some with god info and some with more personal attacks and hateful comments. Like always.

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                              • FruitybitF
                                Fruitybit @mediamogul
                                last edited by

                                @mediamogul said in Legal help needed:

                                I don't believe in karma as being some sort of magical force, but I do believe that people who move through life with no regard for other people ultimately find themselves in a situation where they have no one willing to support or tolerate them and many even actively working against them to make their life difficult. If this is to be believed at all and that his actions here represent a pattern of despicable behavior, then I have no doubt that Aditya Rawat will find himself on the losing end of life before long.

                                Reading reviews and such on what appears to be the domain registrant, Domains by Proxy, I hope karma comes around sooner rather than later for him.

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                                  DanielD
                                  last edited by

                                  Found him on ebay:
                                  http://www.ebay.com/usr/retrogamingconsoles?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

                                  one semi good thing is he is giving everyone selling retropies a trademark violation, so he can be the only seller lol
                                  hes got over 500 sales

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                                  • adamspcA
                                    adamspc
                                    last edited by adamspc

                                    Wow.

                                    Let us know if donations are needed for legal help.
                                    I gave a some just to show my support.

                                    https://www.othermod.com

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                                      retrogamingcon Banned
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks like there is a lot of head on topic and I am here representing the retrogamingconsoles

                                      The trademark is not hurt or jeopardize the project but a weapon to protect from the commercial users violating the rules and jeopardizing the project.

                                      The takedowns been done only against the folks who were loading the roms illegally and making retropie a piracy project.

                                      What trademark is all about.

                                      A weapon against anybody:

                                      • loading roms illegally and selling it online for profits jeopardizing the project itself.
                                        -Not respecting the non-commercial clauses and scarping the non commercial cores from end project.
                                        -Not respecting the GNU principals and codebase when the project is in a commercial product.
                                        -using the project commercially and not providing a official support, taxing the forum.

                                      What trademark is NOT about:

                                      • to be used against makes who make profit and share their work around the project.
                                      • to be used against the interest of the project
                                      • take over the freedom and future of the project

                                      The commercialization also plans to donate percentage of profits to the project directly and hire developers to add features to the project.
                                      All contributions will remain open source as long as the founders keep it that way.

                                      Commercializing and bastardization of the project has already been going for months, all this is to protect the movement and not act against it.

                                      Happy to have a educated conversation without the hate speech and blames and work on common grounds to help project this movement.

                                      Long live retropie !

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                                        DanielD @retrogamingcon
                                        last edited by

                                        @retrogamingcon
                                        Did you ever consider contacting the developers first?

                                        looks like you got a couple of hundreds of sales on ebay, any of that profit went to developers?

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                                        • adamspcA
                                          adamspc @retrogamingcon
                                          last edited by

                                          @retrogamingcon said in Legal help needed:

                                          What trademark is all about.

                                          A weapon against anybody:

                                          • loading roms illegally and selling it online for profits jeopardizing the project itself.
                                            -Not respecting the non-commercial clauses and scarping the non commercial cores from end project.
                                            -Not respecting the GNU principals and codebase when the project is in a commercial product.
                                            -using the project commercially and not providing a official support, taxing the forum.

                                          alt text

                                          This is your eBay feedback. No illegal ROMS?

                                          https://www.othermod.com

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                                          • flopF
                                            flop
                                            last edited by

                                            What about sending him "some" e-mails XD?

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