Using the word "DARK" doesn't mean it's a rip off. It's like saying your name is BOB so no one can use the name BOB. Darkcoin is not patented or trademarked. Take your fud somewhere else.
That's exactlty what it means. Someone had an original idea (Darkcooin - dark to mean anonymous in the context of digital currency), and dNote rebranded his coin in a way that blatantly appropriates that other person's idea, i.e. ripped it off. There's no fear, uncertainty, or doubt about it, it's a fact. You're correct, it's not a trademarked term, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a ripoff. I just find it weird that the dev wanted to go from having a relatively original name and branding for the currency to something that is last in line of a series of (mostly shit) coins to ripoff Darkcoin's moniker.
