# 451 Jeroen Haan on 2007-11-06 03:38:15 // this contribution is flagged

I changed the colour of my logo into magenta: www.haan.net Who joins my alternative protest? Let’s change everything into magenta!! Maybe we must setup a charity fund to support the victims in court! Cheers

# 445 Rachel on 2007-11-06 00:40:44 // this contribution is flagged

You can't copyright a colour... That's like saying 'Ok, God, give me a quarter everytime You put out the rainbow!'

# 444 Troy Servent on 2007-11-06 00:23:26 // this contribution is flagged

T-Mobile:... Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? ...Guess they can't hear me. Will have to use some other service.

# 427 Jeroen Holthuis on 2007-11-05 19:54:38 // this contribution is flagged

Hi T-Mobile hater, I am one of the guys involved in this action, and I want to assure you that this is NOT a viral marketing campaign to promote T-Mobile. That would be the complete opposite of what we are trying to achieve here! We are designers, and we try to come up for OUR's and EVERYONE's right for the freedom of expression. Freedom of design, and the freedom in general is being taken away by big corporate companies. We want to fire-up the discussion about this subject. Cheers

# 426 Isak Ström on 2007-11-05 19:24:02 // this contribution is flagged

I was inspired to make a few brutal edits to my weblog's stylesheet. http://isakstrom.blogspot.com/ Free Magenta!

# 411 Travis Morrow on 2007-11-05 17:34:23 // this contribution is flagged

You can't own a color. Sorry. No. Nice try. Points for creative attempts at stealing something but you can't own a color. That's like owning a word. Doesn't happen.

# 400 Cal on 2007-11-05 16:31:27 // this contribution is flagged

My T-Mobile SIM card is going in the bin. This company is going down the toilet - they used to be great, now they rip me off and act like asshats.

# 386 Alfre on 2007-11-05 15:42:48 // this contribution is flagged

All of a sudden, my most popular photos on flickr turned magenta!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfredolietor/sets/72157602930466022/ So i decided to create a flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/reclaim_magenta/

# 368 retsof on 2007-11-05 14:37:23 // this contribution is flagged

T-Mobile owns the color magenta, they say. Why don't we keep the BILE since we all have livers? Even their lawyers are suspect, although they may not have hearts. MO is the US Postal Service abbreviation for Missouri. so they own that. That leaves T-. Mrs. Dash owns dash or - and Sesame Street has rights to the letter T for their alphabet songs. That doesn't leave much.

# 356 Wolfcastle on 2007-11-05 13:52:53 // this contribution is flagged

Trademark Magenta? The ACTUAL COLOUR? Its way too general a subject to be trademarked. The person who allowed this to happen must be 5 different kinds of idiot. To get around this you could just say its 'pink' instead of magenta ;)

# 348 Grant on 2007-11-05 13:00:01 // this contribution is flagged

There're a few grey areas here. Colours should be free. End of issue. They shouldn't be allowed to be trademarked in the first instance.

# 309 Henri Weijo on 2007-11-05 09:50:39 // this contribution is flagged

I'm all for this, but remember that they're not the first (and last) company to copyright a color: Ferrari, Pepsi, Coke have all done it.

# 308 Magenta™ on 2007-11-05 09:49:13 // this contribution is flagged

Piss of T-Mobile, I already own the rights to Magenta™

# 291 brian on 2007-11-05 04:32:15 // this contribution is flagged

it doesn't get more childish than saying that's my favorite color so you can't like it too

# 290 Ian on 2007-11-05 04:11:42 // this contribution is flagged

This is probably the most idiotic thing I have every heard of. If they want a magenta, get one specially made via Pantone.

# 275 Kirsten Blair on 2007-11-05 00:00:26 // this contribution is flagged

It's hard to imagine how one can legally claim ownership to a mixture of reflected light...

# 219 mlokas on 2007-11-04 16:00:41 // this contribution is flagged

So what comes next, after claiming the 500–530 nm wavelength? Claiming O2?

# 186 Luke Morton on 2007-11-04 11:52:29 // this contribution is flagged

You have got to be kidding. T-Mobile is doing this because to protect a trademark, you also have to prevent something coming into widespread usage. T-Mobile, magneta was in widespread usage before you came around!

# 163 Magenta on 2007-11-04 03:45:29 // this contribution is flagged

Yeah go TMOBILE!!! ... also, why sto there .. CocaCola can take Red, McDonalds can take Yellow, Blue goes to Ford ... etc ... yeah !!! in pre-school they will teach - that the sky is Ford, and th sun is McDolands

# 160 mandipants on 2007-11-03 23:17:46 // this contribution is flagged

for the entire month of november, i shall only use magenta objects, eat magenta food, wear magenta clothing, and design in only magenta. & i will not call anyone with a t-mobile phone. this bs shall end here.

# 136 Andrew Scrase on 2007-11-03 20:44:49 // this contribution is flagged

If you wanted to get all touchy with a colour, then you should have picked one that wasn't in the default colour swatch. Grow up, the companies you have sued aren't even competing in the mobile phone market.

# 119 Andres Cominetti on 2007-11-03 19:59:38 // this contribution is flagged

Copyrighting Colors is totallly insane.

# 94 Brian on 2007-11-03 18:51:58 // this contribution is flagged

This is great! I registered the letter "T" last year and now have exclusive rights to use that letter. T-Mobile, get ready to pay up!!

# 89 william on 2007-11-03 18:44:28 // this contribution is flagged

things that are percieved differently cannot be copyrighted.what if i am colourblind. i could be comitting a crime that i didnt know of

# 86 Markus on 2007-11-03 18:20:25 // this contribution is flagged

I will stop using your sirvices, shame on you!

# 69 Greg Formager on 2007-11-03 17:25:48 // this contribution is flagged

If they can own Magenta then I'll claim all rights to holding a slice of pizza with your right hand while holding a drink in your left.

# 62 Jeroen Holthuis on 2007-11-03 16:47:10 // this contribution is flagged

The colorspectrum is a natural phenomenon that should be owned by every human being. Even every flora and fauna if you ask me. When T-Mobile is claiming the exclusive right for this color, what will be the next step? Some big corporate that is claiming the use of AIR that we breathe? Color space is public space too!

# 45 Luís Ricardo on 2007-11-03 15:23:12 // this contribution is flagged

The color is a human cultural heritage. Leave magenta free!

# 42 Levi Beach on 2007-11-03 15:20:07 // this contribution is flagged

You shouldn't be allowed to own something that is only a piece in the creative puzzle. Just like no one should be able to own the note A# or C major. These things are tools to create something that you can copyright and own.

# 40 Kasper on 2007-11-03 15:16:26 // this contribution is flagged

Allright ladies and gentlemen, there is a facebook group up and running as well! Anyone that would like to reclaim magenta please join this group!

# 22 Ben on 2007-11-03 13:41:24 // this contribution is flagged

KPN once tried to steel the Green colour. Apart from that no-one complained they didn't succeed and that will also happen with T-Mobile.

# 20 Naan on 2007-11-03 13:09:44 // this contribution is flagged

Pink is the symbol for dreams. Pink clouds, pink glasses, pink elephants, and don't forget, the pink car of Lady Penelope! Don't let them steal our dreams!

# 15 GetALife on 2007-11-03 07:44:56 // this contribution is flagged

Years ago there was a similar issue with the color green and KPN (PTT Telecom). The only valid resean to sue someone is when they use the specific color to draw customers away. In this case Compello isn't even in the same line of business. FUD if you ask me.

# 13 Wouter on 2007-11-03 02:46:35 // this contribution is flagged

Belgacom a Belgium telecom operator has registered Cyaan as a brand with the BMB (Benelux Merkbureau or Benelux Brand Depot). The BMB didn't allow this for obvious reasons, however a court ruled the claim of Belgacom to be just, so it could register the color as a brand, in fact BMB was forced by the court to register it as a brand. In my opinion that was a sad day, and I can only hope that this kind arrogance is not tolerated by the public. Link: http://www.boip.int/nl/arresten/AR3122.html (text in Dutch) "Veroordeelt het BMB tot inschrijving van het depot nr. 898.697 voor klassen 9, 35, 37, 38 en 42;"

# 3 vord on 2007-11-02 20:27:58 // this contribution is flagged

NO damn company can steal a color for its own! No patent on smell, Taste or Color!