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From: Mike Easter on 19 Apr 2010 16:20 Jenn wrote: > "Mike Easter" >> mbam had a legal conflict with IOBit, claiming iobit infringed IP. During >> that battle would have been a good time for iobit to claim that mbam >> harbored 'gremlins', but it did not. It only claimed that it didn't >> intentionally infringe IP and that remedies had been taken about mbam's >> concerns. > > What does *infringe IP* mean? IP is intellectual property (rights) in this context. So the infringement is on the property rights. <wiki> On November 2, 2009, Malwarebytes accused rival IOBit of incorporating the database of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (and several products from other vendors, which were not named) in its security software IOBit Security 360. ... Malwarebytes claims to have served DMCA infringement notices against CNET Download.com and MajorGeeks.com in order to have the download sites remove the IOBit software. </wiki> DMCA = Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a US copyright law -- Mike Easter
From: Jenn on 19 Apr 2010 16:30 "Dustin Cook" <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D5F9C402CE21HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247... > "Jenn" <me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway> wrote in > news:hqhprl$tle$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> "Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote in message >> news:83350kFrb1U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> ~BD~ wrote: >> <snip> >>> mbam had a legal conflict with IOBit, claiming iobit infringed IP. >>> During that battle would have been a good time for iobit to claim >>> that mbam harbored 'gremlins', but it did not. It only claimed that >>> it didn't intentionally infringe IP and that remedies had been taken >>> about mbam's concerns. >>> >> >> >> What does *infringe IP* mean? > > IP=intellectual property. IOBit reverse engineered mbams database and used > alot of it, line for line; as was copy/pasted from ours. Infringe means > they used it, without permission. > IOBit is another company like malwarebytes? (never heard of it before) -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/
From: Jenn on 19 Apr 2010 16:59 "Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote in message news:833s8rFgvgU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Jenn wrote: >> "Mike Easter" >>> mbam had a legal conflict with IOBit, claiming iobit infringed IP. >>> During that battle would have been a good time for iobit to claim that >>> mbam harbored 'gremlins', but it did not. It only claimed that it >>> didn't intentionally infringe IP and that remedies had been taken about >>> mbam's concerns. > >> >> What does *infringe IP* mean? > > IP is intellectual property (rights) in this context. So the infringement > is on the property rights. > > <wiki> On November 2, 2009, Malwarebytes accused rival IOBit of > incorporating the database of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (and several > products from other vendors, which were not named) in its security > software IOBit Security 360. ... Malwarebytes claims to have served DMCA > infringement notices against CNET Download.com and MajorGeeks.com in order > to have the download sites remove the IOBit software. </wiki> > > DMCA = Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a US copyright law > thanks Mike! -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/
From: Mike Easter on 19 Apr 2010 17:09 Jenn wrote: > IOBit is another company like malwarebytes? (never heard of it before) IOBit denial of mbam's complaint http://blog.iobit.com/declaration-from-iobit_95.html IOBit front page http://www.iobit.com/ Like mbam, it also has free & pay. mbam has more reputation in freeware discussion groups. -- Mike Easter
From: David H. Lipman on 19 Apr 2010 17:14
From: "Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> | Jenn wrote: >> IOBit is another company like malwarebytes? (never heard of it before) | IOBit denial of mbam's complaint | http://blog.iobit.com/declaration-from-iobit_95.html | IOBit front page http://www.iobit.com/ | Like mbam, it also has free & pay. mbam has more reputation in freeware | discussion groups. IOBit was guilty -- there is no doubt! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |