UKTerrorist
Posted by arsen at 01:02 13/2/2004.
It's been six months since the single major American IRC network at the time, GamesNET, was shut down due to a trademarks fiasco. However, it now appears the court case has been settled between the 7 GamesNET directors and Donald 'CoolHandLuke' Wasylyna, who filed the charges claiming the IRC network had infringed on trademark laws by using the GamesNET title.
Mr Wasylyna, who was successful in his case against the IRC network, has now reclaimed the rights to the name 'GamesNET', and has announced the return of the once major network. The 7 guys who once ran the GamesNET network, are currently in charge of it's replacement, known as 'GameSurge'.
The re-formed GamesNET will be a whole new IRC network, with just the name being in common with the old network. This has the potential to divide America's gamers between the 2 networks, although popular opinion at the moment favours the GameSurge network.
It seems the new network is set to go live in the next 24 hours. Keep an eye on http://gamesnet.com/ for the latest info.
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fightclubclan
01:32 13/2/2004
ImaGine
01:33 13/2/2004
fightclubclan
01:41 13/2/2004
01:41 13/2/2004
so silly that this happened in the first place [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
01:42 13/2/2004
/me shurgs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
01:46 13/2/2004
no it wasnt, it continued to operate until last week when the guy won his lawsuit. then they renamed it to gamesurge [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fightclubclan
02:17 13/2/2004
[Edited by Dev at 03:43, 13/2/2004] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ForsakeN
05:17 13/2/2004
fightclubclan
06:01 13/2/2004
10:02 13/2/2004
Head Arse
UKTerrorist
11:42 13/2/2004
Lite
12:19 13/2/2004
Online Multiplayer Gaming
13:19 13/2/2004