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Bug 634406 - larrythecow.org potentially(?) profiting off of Gentoo mascot's name.
Summary: larrythecow.org potentially(?) profiting off of Gentoo mascot's name.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Foundation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Proposals (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Board of Trustees
URL: http://larrythecow.org/
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-10-16 05:35 UTC by R030t1
Modified: 2023-10-02 20:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description R030t1 2017-10-16 05:35:37 UTC
Please see http://larrythecow.org/.

Per discussion on the mailing list, the website used to be Funtoo related but seems to have since been commercialized.

It might be wise to do something about the website. Personally, it looks like the content is commercial enough to be trying to provoke someone into taking action, but not commercial enough to actually provide much revenue for whoever is running the website (i.e. a successful claim against the owner would result in little to no money).

Respectfully,
     R0b0t1
Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2017-10-16 06:11:45 UTC
This is Trustees territory, therefore reassigning.
Comment 2 Matthew Thode ( prometheanfire ) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-10-22 20:18:03 UTC
Meeting today had the following action

email them to inform of logo usage guidelines (to get them to stop using our logo), failing that, contact hosting provider

I'll be emailing them some time this week
Comment 3 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-11-07 00:23:48 UTC
For the record, prometheanfire emailed them on 2017/10/30. Trustees@ were CC'd.

As of 2017/11/06, there was no response yet.
Comment 4 Matthew Thode ( prometheanfire ) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-11-26 19:14:11 UTC
No response to the emails, next step is to contact the hosting provider.
Comment 5 Matthew Thode ( prometheanfire ) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-12-14 23:40:21 UTC
contacted and taken down
Comment 6 Matthew Thode ( prometheanfire ) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2017-12-16 22:19:13 UTC
closing as the situation has been dealt with.
Comment 7 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2019-06-05 17:36:25 UTC
That site is online (still? or again?).

Reopening.
Comment 8 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-06-09 01:46:07 UTC
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #7)
> That site is online (still? or again?).
> 
> Reopening.

Hosting provider contacted.
Comment 9 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-07-06 16:05:45 UTC
Second email sent 20190706 to QuadraNet hosting provider.  Failure to reply will result in a DMCA request being filed.

"Quadranet, I am emailing once again before proceeding with a DMCA request
against larrythecow.org which is hosted on your infrastructure.

If you could please assist on this matter it would be greatly appreciated."
Comment 10 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-07-06 16:26:08 UTC
Hosting provider contacted via phone. Email was not received. Email forwarded to support and abuse aliases @quadranet.com. 

Support analyst confirmed receipt via phone and stated a response will be given within 48 hours.
Comment 11 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-07-06 17:08:05 UTC
Email received back from QuadraNet:

"Subject: [#9130409] Fwd: Re: larrythecow.org"

"Ensure that all abuse reports contain a single IP address in the body of your email. Failure to provide an IP address will cause a delay in abuse processing and multiple IP addresses may cause a delay in abuse processing.

Our typical reaction time is 72 hours. If your abuse issue isn't handled within 96 hours please respond to this message or call us at: +1 213-614-9371 x1"

"Thank you for your report of abuse. We have a strict policy regarding abuse and are forwarding this report to our customer. As is the standard for abuse issues, our clients have between 24 and 48 business hours to comply with this issue. If you still see this issue after this time, please feel free to respond to this ticket, and we will investigate further."
Comment 12 Francesco Turco 2020-03-18 10:54:15 UTC
It seems they dropped the logo. Can anyone confirm?
Comment 13 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2023-10-02 20:57:04 UTC
(In reply to Francesco Turco from comment #12)
> It seems they dropped the logo. Can anyone confirm?

Ack.

Closing, as discussed in today's trustees meeting.