Hi everyone,

I don't know the people involved. I just came across the name and
realised the possibility of name confusion. They have registered the
domain <ourmedia.org> and the system will run under that address. They
are also discussing a p2p file sharing system under the same name.

> It seems it could be a wonderful project for this network to connect
> to, if we can avoid confusion and conflict over the name.

The beta version of the <www.ourmedia.org> website will go up on
December 10 so it is a good time to contact them.

Marc Canter (founder of Macromedia) seems to be one of the leading
persons. His email address is marc [at] broadbandmechanics.com

I am sure there is a way to avoid confusion and make a connection.

Greetings, Maja

P.S. I am sorry I don't write Spanish or Portugese. English is not my
language either.

> Trademark is possible, but it would have to belong to an organization,
> so some institution would "own" it or the current network would need to
> incorporate a new entity. Both of those things take time and legal
> expenses, even if there is a chance we would win any battle since we
> have used the name since 2000.
>
> Quizas alguien en nuestro grupo conoce uno de las personas del otro
> proyecto "ourmedia" y puede empezar una discusion sobre el uso del
> mismo nombre. (Informacion en ingles:
> http://www.open-media.org/about.html) - Yo no conosco ellos pero tengo
> amigos que conocen.
>
> Parece que este otro proyecto puede ser un buen amigo o "partner" a
> nuestro red, si podemos evitar confusion y conflicto sobre el nombre.
>
> Para tener una marca registrada sobre el nombre "ourmedia" necesitamos
> un institucion .. en los disciones en el red mucha gente dice que les
> gusta que "ourmedia" no tiene una casa en un organization. Tambien,
> nececitamos dinero y tiempo para obtener o defender una marca
> registrada.
>
> Aliza Dichter
>
Maja van der Velden
http://www.globalagenda.org