It seems that the Linux Foundation has decided that both “systemd” and “segmentation fault” (lol?) are trademarked by them.

  • @wmassingham@lemmy.world
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    2811 months ago

    No, patent trolling is when you patent a bunch of stuff and make money by suing people instead of actually producing that product.

    Filing complaints on behalf of someone you don’t legally represent is fraud.

    • @moonpiedumplings@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      Well damn, I guess fraud must be a lot more widespread than I thought. Because no one seems to get punished for this behavior. Just recently, Lockpick, a tool for getting Nintendo Switch roms off a physical device, was dmca’d, and the person who filed the complaint admitted to doing so on twitter. They received no punishment.

      I think it’s likely that this is a similar case.

      • @thesmokingman@programming.dev
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        711 months ago

        Unless the company you’re impersonating does something, nothing will happen. Hosts like Twitch and YouTube don’t care about whether or not a DMCA is fraud because it’s just easier for them to remove the content and delegate resolution to not them. It’s easy to abuse and often is; no one with money cares enough to do anything.

      • themeatbridge
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        411 months ago

        Fraud is a lot more widespread than most people think, across all categories.