this whole thing is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. heres why:
you have a kid that knowingly registered another's trademarked name, and when pitchfork asks (not tells, not purchases like so many re-blogs imply) tumblr for control of what appears to be a dead blog (IMO it wasn't producing anything worth-while anyways), tumblr hands over control. shame on tumblr for not making more of an attempt, and double shame on this kid for running to his real blog to cry that his fake blog was stolen by an evil corporation. then, half of the tumblosphere blindly and automaticaly reblogged his post.
pitchfork responded and the community mostly accepted it - no ill will on their part. tumblr has yet to officially respond past an immature blog post from a 25 year old 'director of outreach', but i bet they will and i bet they will provide evidence to their claims. they have millions of real dollars behind them, and no reason to jeopardize that. i also wager that this kid is trying harder to make a scene than he is to actually reclaim his name. his email to tumblr was very polite while his blog posts have not been. why? has he emailed pitchfork? they are not some nameless faceless corporation like exxon.
here is another point i would like to make: you don't own your username. read the terms of service. use your brain. just because you signed up does not mean you are actually entitled.
and another thing while i am shaking my cane: to all of you that reblogged it on tumblr without following up on the story or adding insight of your own: why?
and hey, why not? i was amazed at the attitude difference between his blog post (extremely angry, implying that tumblr SOLD it to pitchfork and did not care of his interests) and the letter he sent to tumblr (polite, to the point). whats more, it doesn't look like he waited to hear back from either party before the letting loose the slander and finger-pointing. did he even email pitchfork for an answer???
hopefully tumblr will release some sort of official position on it like pitchfork did. and 3.5 months is not very long, but the its not like the posts were actually anything important accorindg to that screen shot. maybe tumblr should add a new feature that shows a message on login to let the user know that their domain may be reclaimed.
you have a kid that knowingly registered another's trademarked name, and when pitchfork asks (not tells, not purchases like so many re-blogs imply) tumblr for control of what appears to be a dead blog (IMO it wasn't producing anything worth-while anyways), tumblr hands over control. shame on tumblr for not making more of an attempt, and double shame on this kid for running to his real blog to cry that his fake blog was stolen by an evil corporation. then, half of the tumblosphere blindly and automaticaly reblogged his post.
pitchfork responded and the community mostly accepted it - no ill will on their part. tumblr has yet to officially respond past an immature blog post from a 25 year old 'director of outreach', but i bet they will and i bet they will provide evidence to their claims. they have millions of real dollars behind them, and no reason to jeopardize that. i also wager that this kid is trying harder to make a scene than he is to actually reclaim his name. his email to tumblr was very polite while his blog posts have not been. why? has he emailed pitchfork? they are not some nameless faceless corporation like exxon.
here is another point i would like to make: you don't own your username. read the terms of service. use your brain. just because you signed up does not mean you are actually entitled.
and another thing while i am shaking my cane: to all of you that reblogged it on tumblr without following up on the story or adding insight of your own: why?