Paymium, I remember seeing that in my mailbox... Yep, the guys who registered a "bitcoin" trademark in France to steal the bitcoin.fr domain. Hope now they know that no, it's not "legit" to register a trademark for the purpose of taking over a domain name.
How could anyone think it is possible to "steal" a domain name by registering a trade mark ?
This is both defamatory and insulting.
By the way, mt gox registered the trademark first. Our registration in some classes is to prevent troll registration and trolls in general to use the bitcoin name. It's also to go against the stronghold that mt gox is building on bitcoin.
Yes the bitcoin.fr is wasted by the current owner who is describing bitcoin on the home page as follows:
"On reproche à juste raison à cette monnaie d'être une aubaine pour les mafias : pas de trace, pas de contrôle. "
Translation:
"This currency
has been criticized rightly to be a boon for the mafia : no trace, no control."
I am not talking about the wbesite design that would make any mt gox website design look good.
Yes this is problematic for the adoption of bitcoin in France because anyone googling bitcoin in France will get this page FIRST.
So I confirm: we (Paymium) would like to convince the current owner to sell it or otherwise hand over the control to the Foundation.
Mr Karpeles, your unjustified, reiterated accusation does not bode well for your tenure of the board seat you purchased at the bitcoinfoundation.
In my view you do not belong in the Bitcoin Foundation because your dominant market share among exchanges is a threat to the decentralization of bitcoin.
You intend to take over the bitcoin.fr domain like a white knight to further your own interests: that's why you do not hesitate to denigrate your competitors with false accusations.