Another LAME attempt to steal a word: urban homestead, urban homesteading

Started by TehBorken, Feb 18 11 05:46

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TehBorken

 Yes, that's right- a tiny group of buttwipes are attempting to claim ownership of another bit of the English language.

This time it's the ignorant, greedy f*cks known as the "Dervaes family"  from Pasadena. They like to do stuff with "urban homesteading", which I fully support. What I DON'T support is them trying to trademark the phrases "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading".

That reeks of greediness and a scum-sucking "ownership mentality", where commonplace terms are now claimed to be "owned" by someone. Yeah, supposedly they claim that the terms "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading" belong to them and cannot be used without their permission.
 
The Dervaeses  aren't going after people who have ripped off their writings (which I would be fine with) but they're sending cease-and-desist letters to anyone using the terms "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading." For example, they sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Santa Monica Public  Library because the library dared to host a free event on urban homesteading.

The C&D letter tells people to stop using  the terms "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading":
"If your  use of one of these phrases is not to specifically identify  products  or services from the Dervaes Institute, then it would be  proper to use generic  terms to replace the registered trademark you are  using," the letter states. "For example, when  discussing general  homesteading or other  people's projects, they should be  referred to using terms such as  'modern homesteading,' 'urban sustainability  projects,' or similar  descriptions."[/p]Well, f*ck you, Jules and Justin Dervaeses, and that goes for the rest of the Dervaeses family too. You can't lay claim to part of the English language and then assert ownership of it. It doesn't work that way, you sanctimonious pricks. I and everyone else can and will use your Holy Terms of "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading" whenever and wherever we want to.

Personally, I like to use the words "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading". I think most of the people who run an "urban homestead" and do "urban homesteading" are good people. But SOME people who use the terms "urban homestead" and "urban homesteading" are clearly jerkoffs who think they can do whatever they want.

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To the Dervaeses family: Please feel free to send me one of your asinine cease-and-desist letters so I can ignore it.
 
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Russ

This is getting insane.

I agree with you TB. Heard some things about stuff like this happening, but this is getting more and more rediculous
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