Thank you choker for sharing the information links. While I do find that informative reading, it still fails to define with authority which side would legally prevail.
There has been a tremendous amount of posturing on both sides of the fence, and unfortunately taken on a carnival like atmosphere.
Although it is clearly evident there are various issues at stake in this matter, and would suggest that embellished name-calling and disparaging comments does not enhance the opportunities of an amicably satisfactory resolve of disputed elements.
While simultaneously appreciating choker?s position, and understanding most software published and distributed is protected by copyright law. Copyright is given to the software developer, and individual copies are licensed to individual users.
In this matter, both TURBO TRAFFIC TRADER and CJOVERKIL are each the developers of their respective adult web traffic trading software. Each of these developers maintains a Internet web site making their programs downloadable and freely available to the general public.
Aside for the overall design of their websites, each makes reference to technical contact information as well as they both maintain a BBS destination for end users. Again, both developers have produced similar competing free products. Both side acknowledge, in varying degrees, one product is the enhancement, revision, and/or manipulation of the other. These acknowledgements appear in various adult industry public bulletin boards, dating back to at least March 2003.
Upon review of the various postings, it is clear the dispute between the two developers continued to escalate till the present without resolution.
Additionally there is the expectation, a software developer should and would patent his/her software offering. Here in the United States, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been issuing software patents, it still remains controversial in many competing respects.
While visiting the USPTO website, I conducted searches for both Turbo Traffic Trader and CJOVERKILL. Unfortunately the search returned ?0? documents for both software titles.
Under USPTO Class Definition(s) 709-714, there appears to be several patent sub-classes, which key elements may or may not apply to both Turbo Traffic Trader and CJOVERKILL.
Granted the absence of a productive search, did not in whole or part, provide a clear answer, because either or both could actually have bee issued patients under slightly varied titles.
After visiting both the web site for Turbo Traffic Trader and CJOVERKILL, there were elements, which intrigued me. Within the EULA (End User License Agreement) TTT
http://turbotraffictrader.com/downloads.shtml , Item 4 acknowledges.
Although Choker has remained steadfast on the insistence, that as a ENDUSER, of CJOVERKILL, I am a thief, for using the CJOVERKILL software product.
I do and continue to dispute and question the validity of his argument and claims.
Absence any third party watchdog group with authority and expertise in this area, or legal authority, I will continued the use of the CJOVERKILL software title on my owned and operated websites.
If at some future time, the developers of one or both of the competing traffic software products are able to provide proof of legal authority and rights to one or both, this matter remains unresolved.