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View submission: [Recap] The great xkcd mod-sidebar blowup
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Comment by Bearjew94 at 12/02/2014 at 06:04 UTC
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I've heard this before but it's not a good idea. Lets say the guy who made minecraft got control of the subreddit and decided to ban anyone who criticized the game. Would that be a good thing?
Comment by ANewMachine615 at 12/02/2014 at 13:55 UTC
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It makes me wonder if there's a trademark issue here. I'd wager XKCD isn't registered, but that's not required for certain limited-scope trademarks. I wonder if Monroe could assert a trademark claim over the XKCD subreddit based on the potential for confusion, arguing that the scope of the mark is the online marketplace, rather than a specific geographic one.
That said, I doubt highly that Monroe would be interested in this type of litigation. But it'd be very interesting to watch.
Comment by Reason-and-rhyme at 12/02/2014 at 05:42 UTC
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I remember on a Roosterteeth podcast a few years ago, Burnie Burns talked about how much of a hassle it was to register "Roosterteeth" as a user for every fledgling social network or media site, on the off chance that it might end up being the Next Big Thing. And apparently there was a guy who occassionally registered before them. I think they ended buying the twitter profile @roosterteeth from him for a few hundred bucks.
Comment by porygonzguy at 12/02/2014 at 17:20 UTC
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The problem is /u/xkcd isn't very active, so if something came up he wouldn't be around to fix it.
It would be like /u/skeen all over again.