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Microsoft Declares Copyright Infringement on MikeRoweSoftMicrosoft would like Mike Rowe to stop. Mr. Rowe is a 17 year old high school student who has started his own web design business, MikeRoweSoft. Now say his business' name again, this time aloud. Get it? And that's why Microsoft is ordering Mr. Rowe to give up his domain name, MikeRoweSoft.com, telling him he is committing copyright infringement.
Here's my take on this: Microsoft should have thought ahead and purchased the domain before anyone else could, but since they didn't, tough titty, their loss. (Pardon my french.) Rather than make a big deal about it, they should just chalk it up as just something they didn't anticipate. A relatively minor obstacle in the scheme of things. I mean, it's not like the kid chose a name that would realistically be mistaken for Microsoft--like Microssoft or something. Nobody's going to mistake MikeRoweSoft as Microsoft, and it would take a heckuva lot of monkeys to mistype the famous software company's domain name to that extent. I'll also add that nobody trying to make it to Microsoft's website is going to accidentally stumble into MikeRoweSoft.com. If someone somehow does manage to do that, then perhaps Microsoft is better off letting MikeRoweSoft deal with them. Mr. Rowe could be doing them a favor. With Microsoft spending their resources on minor legal skirmishes like this, they may as well change their name to Microsuit.
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