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Quote from: BTCat on July 28, 2014, 12:30:20 PM

Quote from: bitsmichel on July 28, 2014, 11:10:11 AM

Quote from: BTCat on July 28, 2014, 10:26:37 AM

How about Biebercoin BRC, chance to survive?

I think the guy is too full of himself to notice it, once his market department finds out they'll make a decision.
Probably they would do the same as Kayne, but you never know.

If biebercoin gets that much attention it will be huge marketing ... Think i'll buy a few Grin

Actually, they did originally use his face, then they changed to the fish.

Launch Announcement (Jan 3rd 2014): http://www.coindesk.com/coinye-west-cryptocurrency-coming-soon/

Unleash the lawyers! (Jan 8th 2014) http://www.coindesk.com/kanye-west-lawyers-coinye/

Ars picked up the results of the settlement on the 24th July 2014: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/who-gon-stop-me-kanye-west-finally-crushes-cryptocurrency-coinye/

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Someone should try 'PrinceCoin' , maybe they can set a new world record for quickest legal action evah!

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nobody has to kill an altcoin.

they die on their own Grin

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Does that mean I should dump my Peter Todd coins? Is Mr. Todd litigious?

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Quote from: Spoetnik on July 28, 2014, 01:03:48 PM

Quote from: Brooker on July 28, 2014, 09:00:28 AM

Quote from: joshraban76 on July 28, 2014, 08:49:08 AM

This does not really shock me to be honest because of the name they used, anything that involved itself with the name Kanye West was always going to end up in a legal issue in the end even if it did take time. I personally though feel he really did take it a little too far when he did sue them.

It didn't involve the name Kanye West. It was called Coinye West. It was a parody which is completely protected legally. The devs just obviously didn't have the balls to fight it which is a shame.

have you seen the coin icon ?

google search it right now.. that is a picture of him. soooo uhhhhh

Nope.

It's the Gayfish from South Park. Which is a parody of Kanye West, so, really, nope.

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Quote from: Brooker on July 28, 2014, 09:00:28 AM

Quote from: joshraban76 on July 28, 2014, 08:49:08 AM

This does not really shock me to be honest because of the name they used, anything that involved itself with the name Kanye West was always going to end up in a legal issue in the end even if it did take time. I personally though feel he really did take it a little too far when he did sue them.

It didn't involve the name Kanye West. It was called Coinye West. It was a parody which is completely protected legally. The devs just obviously didn't have the balls to fight it which is a shame.

have you seen the coin icon ?

google search it right now.. that is a picture of him. soooo uhhhhh

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Quote from: bitsmichel on July 28, 2014, 11:10:11 AM

Quote from: BTCat on July 28, 2014, 10:26:37 AM

How about Biebercoin BRC, chance to survive?

I think the guy is too full of himself to notice it, once his market department finds out they'll make a decision.
Probably they would do the same as Kayne, but you never know.

If biebercoin gets that much attention it will be huge marketing ... Think i'll buy a few Grin

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I love how Coindesk is always late.

I think this happened before July. Sort of old news. Anyway, they didn't even use his face for the logo. They used the Gay Fish.

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Quote from: Brooker on July 28, 2014, 09:00:28 AM

Quote from: joshraban76 on July 28, 2014, 08:49:08 AM

This does not really shock me to be honest because of the name they used, anything that involved itself with the name Kanye West was always going to end up in a legal issue in the end even if it did take time. I personally though feel he really did take it a little too far when he did sue them.

It didn't involve the name Kanye West. It was called Coinye West. It was a parody which is completely protected legally. The devs just obviously didn't have the balls to fight it which is a shame.

It was probably a money issue vs a balls issue. Big law firm with lots of bucks vs a joke coin with none.
:-)

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Quote from: BTCat on July 28, 2014, 10:26:37 AM

How about Biebercoin BRC, chance to survive?

I think the guy is too full of himself to notice it, once his market department finds out they'll make a decision.
Probably they would do the same as Kayne, but you never know.

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How about Biebercoin BRC, chance to survive?

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Quote from: Baitty on July 27, 2014, 03:05:47 PM

http://www.coindesk.com/kanye-west-sues-coinye-altcoin-oblivion/

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Rapper Kanye West has managed to kill an altcoin named in his honour, six months after it was launched by a team of developers.

Called Coinye West, the altcoin was subsequently renamed Coinye in an attempt to continue its business activities even in the face of legal pressure.

The developers envisioned Coinye as a fun and simple altcoin for the hip-hop community, and even tweeted news about its development to the rapper in the hopes he would embrace the concept.

Just another junk coin, nobody really loses - except the hiphop community and kayne himself.
but, junk music too Grin

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Quote from: joshraban76 on July 28, 2014, 08:49:08 AM

This does not really shock me to be honest because of the name they used, anything that involved itself with the name Kanye West was always going to end up in a legal issue in the end even if it did take time. I personally though feel he really did take it a little too far when he did sue them.

It didn't involve the name Kanye West. It was called Coinye West. It was a parody which is completely protected legally. The devs just obviously didn't have the balls to fight it which is a shame.

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This does not really shock me to be honest because of the name they used, anything that involved itself with the name Kanye West was always going to end up in a legal issue in the end even if it did take time. I personally though feel he really did take it a little too far when he did sue them.

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Quote from: escrow.dude on July 28, 2014, 06:29:54 AM

The altcoin was always stupid and it's only advantage was that it's name was catchy and was similar to a famous person.

I agree that the coin never had any potential but I just find it silly that kayne went that far. especially with his big ass lawyers which he paid millions for that which only took a week in trial.

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The altcoin was always stupid and it's only advantage was that it's name was catchy and was similar to a famous person.

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Imagine that - a coin representing a 1%er who thinks he's a 99%er failing.

"I'm sorry, but Cosbycoin had one of the best devs of all time!"

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Kanye's freaking music sucks anyway. Not to mention his attitude.

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I don't understand how he even had any grounds to sue. It was clearly a joke. It wasn't even using his name. Kanye needs to get over himself.

Oh, and op you need to format the title with the date. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/post-format-yyyy-mm-dd-site-headline-246823

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