Make sure to sue in *his* state, but not necessarily his jurisdiction. Then, you can pretty reliably prevent him from using that term on .Ī trademark will help you achieve number 1, above, and virtually guarantees number 3, below.ģ. You may have to take a collection for this. ICANN generally frowns on people trying to subvert security software.Ģ. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.Įmphasize that its a *security* site. As far as I know, if you have a business name, you are virtually guaranteed the domain name. If you can show you started the project, you'll be in *really* good shape, I think. Even if you loose, its not a bad way to go. Use the name, MethLabs LLCįile a cybersquatting request. Then they hand you the 'keys' to the castle, so to speak.ġ. You send them the *signed* (can be signed electronically, using the US gov't standard, which is a bit silly \ \ ) LLC articles of incorporation, showing either that the administrator member had no right to do that, OR that he wasn't a member of the LLC. If, for example, had been the property of methlabs, LLC, and the administrator tried to boot you off, you could send an e-mail to your registrar from the 'director' of the LLC, indicating that the administrator was not acting in the interest of the LLC.
#Peerguardian sourceforge net license
Give all assets that you want to protect to the LLC.ĭistribute ownership of the LLC among ALL memebers, and require license changes/ownership changes/policy changes/domain changes, etc, either unanimous consent or a 2/3 (maybe 3/4) vote.įundamentally, the purpose of a business 'shell', in any small organization, is to put your assets in one place so that no one can legally mismanage them.
This reporter, on this little story, in a little tech backwater, is exercising exactly the professionalism that most of the people in their industry wouldn't recognize if it faced them across an interview desk. We expect journalists to be "objective" to the extent that the journalist disappears, acting only as a stenographer for whoever gets access to them as a channel for that interested party. We've watched "journalism" turn into a farce precisely because we no longer expect the journalist to use good judgement in reporting, highlighting what they find to be true. Which is why it helps to read some reporters for a long time, to understand their track record, their blind spots, biases, vested interests, and insights. We still all need to take any story from where it comes. Really good journalists make good judgements and back it up, earning the ongoing confidence of their readers. Good journalists back up their judgements with representative quotes and descriptions of evidence to bolster the reader's confidence in their version. And then telling it so readers get the most accurate version of the story in our heads. But that's what separates good reporters from bad ones: their skill at finding the most accurate story version. That's not to say the reporter's version is the most correct, or even correct at all. They don't just report "he said / she said", which reduces the reporter and the publication to puny PR outlets for anyone with a version of the story, no matter how self-serving. That's what real reporters do: they find all the sides of a story, decide which version is the most correct, and tell the story. The reporter has "heard from both sides", and said that the Methlabs team is correct.
However, after speaking to the Methlabs team and various connected members of the community, P2Pnet, SuprNova and Slyck can all confirm that the original story that the domain has been hijacked is genuine." " UPDATE: William Erwin, now confirmed as the hijacker, has posted news on, claiming the hijacking news is false and stems from a revolt by former team members.