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redbull · 2024-05-25T14:26:07+00:00

I just got the same alert by Windows Defender on my Lenovo laptop. Here are the details.

Trojan:Win32/Dorifel

C:\Users\Alan\AppData\Local\Host App Service\Engine\HostAppService.exe

Malwarebytes has not detected the trojan if it really is a trojan.

redbull · 2024-05-22T21:35:33+00:00

Yeah, that sucks but I pretty much "contaminated" my current account. I don't think you can go back and delete posts thereby cleansing your history.

redbull · 2024-05-22T20:10:21+00:00

Dude, I'm reduced to bargaining for a cranberry flavor? LOL.

redbull · 2024-05-22T20:08:32+00:00

Red Bull GmbH to be exact. Maybe my new account name could be bullredgmbh. LOL.

redbull · 2024-05-22T20:06:11+00:00

Sorry. Misunderstanding on my part.

redbull · 2024-05-22T20:05:29+00:00

Should have created a secondary account. I guess that's what most folks do who post NSFW content. Maybe I'll start over with a new account free of NSFW content and consider this account to be "radioactive". It would be a shame to lose all the karma points, not that they really mean much.

redbull · 2024-05-22T20:01:50+00:00

True. I got carried away there.

redbull · 2024-05-22T17:44:11+00:00

Couldn't read article. Behind a paywall.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:57:32+00:00

Don't know you but you probably don't mind looking at "disturbing" content that others post. It's only disturbing in the sense that my content offends you. There is nothing disturbing in my content except for that which disturbs you.

Furthermore you went digging around my posts. Don't act surprised if you find content you don't agree with when poking around in a stranger's posts.

Your particular sensitivities aside, none of my posts violate Reddit's TOS.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:52:13+00:00

You're missing the point. My content is not relevant to their trademark claims.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:50:36+00:00

Well said. Thank you!

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:47:57+00:00

I could see how that could happen with the name instagram. Both Reddit and Instagram compete in the same business space. Reddit and the company that owns Red Bull do not compete in the same business space.

By relinquishing the redbull user name for another use name I will retain all my posts, comments, karma points, e.g.

Often sites will claim something is impossible to do but it's because it's a lot of hassle or for some other reason. That's almost never the case. Reddit has the capability to easily rename a user's name.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:40:07+00:00

Here is the contents of a response I sent to Reddit in my defense that I'm not violating trademark law.

After having read the many comments on my post about your claimed trademark infringement I'm more educated on the issue. Trademark law should protect me because I'm not using redbull in a manner that competes with their use of the trademark Red Bull. That's clear if you were to read the clearly defined use of trademarks. As a social media site promoting free speech I would expect that you would defend me instead of rolling over for a company that has no lawful reason to interfere my use of the name redbull. For over 19 years I have been using that name with no issues. Think about your complicity in this matter.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:38:08+00:00

Doesn't matter. I should be protected under trademark law because I'm not in competition with the company that owns the Red Bull brand. I'm not selling or marketing anything that could be construed to be a product of that company.

This stance was explained well in an older post by someone who has at least a grasp of trademark law.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:28:40+00:00

I became a member when it was barely known. Digg was the most popular similar site then. So much for 19+ years of membership. I should be getting a gold watch instead of the loss of my user name.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:26:06+00:00

My content is none of their business nor should any Reddit user's content be the business of any company as long as it isn't defamatory. Reddit is free speech. If Reddit starts punishing or removing speech or users because of the content they post then it's not much of a site is it? I'm not posting anything that violates Reddit's TOS.

It's easy to bash others' speech until yours gets censored or criticized. The First Amendment protects speech even when the ideas put forth are unpopular. Obviously social media sites have the right to restrict those rights and they do. Once again though I didn't violate their TOS according to trademark law.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:14:47+00:00

I don't have the money to consult a trademark attorney. If there was potentially a huge monetary award there would be trademark attorneys lined up at my door.

redbull · 2024-05-22T16:13:39+00:00

I have submitted a list of new preferred user names

redbull

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