CokeStudios.org is closed FOREVER!

[Jacobgolden]

Remember it........ it will never be back again :( Tom got sued praise cokestudios.org remember it remember when it first gave us all those helpful filters and cheats to make a cokestudios life better remember it....... it will never be back again.... no more sumograbber no more furni dye........

[oOD-richOo]

How do you fucking kno all yo here is shit go into your ears and come out your mouth stfu you yourcoke noob

[W a r n i n g]

Cokestudios.org will never be back unless Tom sells it to someone he isnt going to bring it back up. He got sued by coke.

[p1nba11]

o wtf?? he got sued??? for what?

o yea lol, making people who work at cokemusic lives miserable lol

[Randy]

he got sued because he had "cokestudios" in the site name, and cokestudios is copyrighted by Coke.

i told him he was gonna get sued :|

[Bobbeh]

Most of the stuff that was on there is/will be on here. While it was a good site and all, ThyElite has the potential to be as great, and greater.

:eusa_boohoo:

[Kingcoke]

oh shit sucks for him, any idea how much he got sued for :$

[Skooled]

theres like 5 damn topics on this. 1 said 4,000 and the other said 8,000. i think.

[zzzzzz]

coke sued him because they are poor selfish bastards thats why the y made 2.0 do u really think it was a upgrade

[Digitalicious]

coke sued him because they are poor selfish bastards thats why the y made 2.0 do u really think it was a upgrade

No, they sued him for something called Copyright Infringement. Time for a lesson on copyright infringement from Uncle Dan.

Copyright Infringement involves engaging in one of the practices that are exclusively reserved for a copyright owner or a violation of the rights secured by a copyright, without a license to do so.

The term Coke™ is trademarked. Also trademarked is Coke Studios™; coincidentally, V-Ego™ is also trademarked. Using these names or items in a fashion that is not per the owners request can result in a lawsuit; i.e. registering a domain with one of those terms.

Upon discovery of said infringement, Coca-Cola™ can choose one of two options. Provide proper licenses to allow the user continued use of said trademark, or sue the shit out of 'em. In this case, they chose the latter.

[Kingcoke]

No, they sued him for something called Copyright Infringement. Time for a lesson on copyright infringement from Uncle Dan.

Copyright Infringement involves engaging in one of the practices that are exclusively reserved for a copyright owner or a violation of the rights secured by a copyright, without a license to do so.

The term Coke™ is trademarked. Also trademarked is Coke Studios™; coincidentally, V-Ego™ is also trademarked. Using these names or items in a fashion that is not per the owners request can result in a lawsuit; i.e. registering a domain with one of those terms.

Upon discovery of said infringement, Coca-Cola™ can choose one of two options. Provide proper licenses to allow the user continued use of said trademark, or sue the shit out of 'em. In this case, they chose the latter.

w/e that means :S

[PlatinumAudio]

w/e that means :S
Your a fucking dumbass dude if you didn't know what that meant.

[Kingcoke]

yea dumbass for not being a nerd yep sure... u fuckin daush i knew what it ment i just dident think all that shit was neccessery

[PlatinumAudio]

And whats wrong with being a nerd? I'd rather be clever than a total dumbfuck. And it was neccessary because it explained in a simple way for people who didn't understand.

[Kingcoke]

there is a difference between being a nerd and smart so :stfu:

[PlatinumAudio]

You have to be smart to be a nerd :x
Edit: I'm going to end it here because I really couldn't careless anymore and we're going of topic and I don't want to be banned.

[oOD-richOo]

mycoke.org should get sued

[Vis]

How does anyone at all know that he got sued? these are just rumors going around.

[oOD-richOo]

How does anyone at all know that he got sued? these are just rumors going around.

thats what im saying

[gurprizzle]

holy shit man that is fukin gaaaaaay if thas that then mycoke.org will probly get sued too OMG:eusa_doh:

Edit: Sorry for doubleposting

[oOD-richOo]

holy shit man that is fukin gaaaaaay if thas that then mycoke.org will probly get sued too OMG:eusa_doh:

Edit: Sorry for doubleposting

i hope they do

[W a r n i n g]

Ricki. He is friends with Takeshi, in real life. He told me.

[Vis]

Haha, no he isn't. LMFAO.

[Matt_Hardy]

ye i think mycoke.org should get sued too as they nicked the mycoke section so i think they did anyways becuase it aint back up yet wow i think the guy who owns it must be a n00b and poor for takeshi i was just getting to 400 posts on there too :(

[X0G]

Ricki. He is friends with Takeshi, in real life. He told me.


LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL



I doubt he got sued

[VivaLABam89210]

lol how do u get sued over a game cheat website?

[Digitalicious]

Because you all seem so retardedly fixated on the problem, I am pinning this topic. The next person to make a CokeStudios.org topic is banned.

[tennisluvr8]

Well this answers like 20 million questions!

[Digitalicious]

Well this answers like 20 million questions!

I don't see why we need a new topic for each one of them. This is the new CokeStudios.org thread. I'll be merging all the others with it. Post here about it.

[DefectiveProduct]

Hmm.

I wouldn't be suprised if Takeshi did get sued.

Naming your own website after a copyrighted term that you have no rights of isn't exactly a smart idea.

[Teenager]

I believe Tom really got sued. I am kind of surprised mycoke would take the time to sue anyone but the fact that his site is closed and he hasnt been on msn makes me wonder. If I was sued for $4,000 because I created a site with a copyrighted name, knowing its copyrighted. To top that my site had cheats & filters related to the copyrighted site name. My parent would probly get the internet cut off and throw my pc out the window. I wouldnt blame them because $4,000 is a lot of money to waste with school starting & gas prices.

[Vis]

1. MyCoke gives all users a 30 day notice to remove their content before taking any action.
2. Tom's parents probably saw this and freaked. They made him take his site down and grounded him from the computer.
3. Coke wouldn't do shit, even if they could.

[Sifter]

Yes, but has there been any clarification? Seriously, there hasn't. I'll do a google search... but I dunno. Maybe his computer broke or something, and he hasnt the time to fix it, and maybe he wasnt able to pay the fee for the site, and since his computer was broken, he wouldnt be on MSN. But even if that were the case, I doubt the site would say, "This forum is currently unavailable."
So I dunno if rumors should be going around about this, if there was no clarification that he was sued.
Coke also may have reported to Macromedia/Adobe about the Photoshop CS2 download.
Since coke uses shockwave, they problably had some type of affiliation. And since Shockwave is owned by Macromedia, now Adobe, they may have taken action. I'm not sure, but that may be the real reason. Even if it isnt, we have no clue as to what it really is yet.

[Teenager]

I dont know because I dont know what type of parents he have. My parents have very low knowledge of computer use. They can go to websites & check email but they dont even know what a "domain" is unless I explain its to them. They wouldnt know if my site was closed or open.

Then again if they knew a lot about computers they probly wouldnt freak out and make him close his site. I also dont believe they would ground him for some threat.

[Prophet-]

to go along with what vis said...

no where in the copyright does it say that cokestudios is a registered trademark of the Coca-Cola company....

© The Coca-Cola Company, "Coca-Cola", "Coke", "V-ego", The Contour Bottle,
The Dynamic Ribbon and MyCoke are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

realize... no CokeStudios... the name is not registered so he cant be sued...

[Digitalicious]

cs.org will come back

no where in the copyright does it say that cokestudios is a registered trademark of the Coca-Cola company....

Yeah, but Coke is. =/ That's all it takes.

[Prophet-]

coke may be refered as anything.... for one its slang for cocaine... they cant get him on that...

[Digitalicious]

coke may be refered as anything.... for one its slang for cocain... they cant get him on that...

© 2006 The Coca-Cola Company, “Coca-Cola”, “Coke”, “V-ego”, The Contour Bottle and The Dynamic Ribbon are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

[Sifter]

Yes, but look; © The Coca-Cola Company, "Coca-Cola", "Coke", "V-ego", The Contour Bottle,
The Dynamic Ribbon and MyCoke are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.
Coke Studios is part of MyCoke, so I dunno.

[PlatinumAudio]

Yes, but look;
Coke Studios is part of MyCoke, so I dunno.
Yeh, you got a good point there.

[Matt_Hardy]

Right Sorry for the language but:

This Is thyelite not damn cokestudios.org fuck that site this is thyelite on here you talk about thyelite not cokestudios.org the site is down big wow why do you all have to make a fuss he may have been sued but who cares,cut the shit and get used to it :)

[TheMagicalHindu]

Matt hardy is my hero i agree with him completely on everything...:eusa_clap:

[tennisluvr8]

This Is thyelite not damn cokestudios.org fuck that site this is thyelite on here you talk about thyelite not cokestudios.org the site is down big wow why do you all have to make a fuss he may have been sued but who cares,cut the shit and get used to it :)

Amen the only problem I could see with cs.org going down is the fact all of takeshis programs are also down :sleepy5: :sleepy5: :sleepy5:

[Teenager]

Right Sorry for the language but:

This Is thyelite not damn cokestudios.org fuck that site this is thyelite on here you talk about thyelite not cokestudios.org the site is down big wow why do you all have to make a fuss he may have been sued but who cares,cut the shit and get used to it :)

Who care if this isnt cs. We all know, even vis that cs.org was the source of all mycoke scripting. They created the majority of mycoke filters & programs. Most of the programs/filters on this forum was made or produced on cs.org. So just cause its closed you dont have to say "fuck that site" cause you wasnt saying that when it was open were you? Also it is a fucking big wow since thyelite & cs.org are related topics. Lets not forget this is mycoke news and all mycoke scripting forums are related to mycoke so its not just a "talk about thyelite" topic.

[Tp800]

Cs.org was a great site but we still have thyelite im grateful for that alone.

[Chaos]

i hate that, coke just can't make enough money they have to sue someone...

or maybe they dont get money..... :]

[Pyro]

Read Please:
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Okay. Mycoke cannot sue! The reason behind this is because they left 'CokeStudios' Behind to make Mycoke... Once you leave something, you shouldnt be able to take it back. Mycoke.org should be sued. I bet the only reason they "Sued" Tom, is because he Produced all of these programs. He may have taken the name, but so what??? THEY LEFT THE NAME AND 1.0 FOR 2.0 AND MYCOKE!!!! They dont Own the name anymore!

Thats fucking bullshit!~

[nick]

Im not sure about that because Mycoke still has a Coke Studios. :confused: I am really not educated in this category though so i shouldnt be argueing with anyone.

[Pyro]

Im not sure about that because Mycoke still has a Coke Studios.
Then where is Cokestudios.
Cokestudios is in the past.... Its G-O-N-E!

[X0G]

He still violated copyright issues. Such as the v-ego in the banner. and other violations.

[Orfeo]

Who care if this isnt cs. We all know, even vis that cs.org was the source of all mycoke scripting. They created the majority of mycoke filters & programs. Most of the programs/filters on this forum was made or produced on cs.org. So just cause its closed you dont have to say "fuck that site" cause you wasnt saying that when it was open were you? Also it is a fucking big wow since thyelite & cs.org are related topics. Lets not forget this is mycoke news and all mycoke scripting forums are related to mycoke so its not just a "talk about thyelite" topic.

Your right about this, and the rest of you ppl that are saying other bs about cs.org stop it you fuckinh leechers. ThyElite is also a great site and will grow big and I am sure of that, because I will help. But remember that cs.org was a great site and it will be.

About this sue shit I cant tell you if its true, for what I know its only a roumour and I hope it is. The deal was to get a new cs.org (alpha) but since I left for 2 weeks I didnt know shit after that.

[DefectiveProduct]

Read Please:
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Okay. Mycoke cannot sue! The reason behind this is because they left 'CokeStudios' Behind to make Mycoke... Once you leave something, you shouldnt be able to take it back. Mycoke.org should be sued. I bet the only reason they "Sued" Tom, is because he Produced all of these programs. He may have taken the name, but so what??? THEY LEFT THE NAME AND 1.0 FOR 2.0 AND MYCOKE!!!! They dont Own the name anymore!

Thats fucking bullshit!~

MyCoke still owns Coke Studios though. Coke Studios is the main game of MyCoke.com, and you see the exact term "CokeStudios" all over the MyCoke site.

Takeshi made a big mistake registering his domain as a copyrighted term that he had no rights to what so ever. I wouldn't be suprised one bit if Coke sued him.

The same can go for MyCoke.org. They have no rights to the term MyCoke yet they named an entire website after it.

MyCoke never "left behind" Coke Studios. They left behind Coke Music, not Coke Studios.

Coke had every right to sue.

[Masked]

if he is getting sued for the name of his domain why doesnt he just change the domain to something else?

[kevthedude]

Read Please:
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Okay. Mycoke cannot sue! The reason behind this is because they left 'CokeStudios' Behind to make Mycoke... Once you leave something, you shouldnt be able to take it back. Mycoke.org should be sued. I bet the only reason they "Sued" Tom, is because he Produced all of these programs. He may have taken the name, but so what??? THEY LEFT THE NAME AND 1.0 FOR 2.0 AND MYCOKE!!!! They dont Own the name anymore!

Thats fucking bullshit!~

www.copyright.gov

Look it up

[Standing]

:( why did the dumbasses have to sue him :(

[SlimShady937]

No, they sued him for something called Copyright Infringement. Time for a lesson on copyright infringement from Uncle Dan.

Copyright Infringement involves engaging in one of the practices that are exclusively reserved for a copyright owner or a violation of the rights secured by a copyright, without a license to do so.

The term Coke™ is trademarked. Also trademarked is Coke Studios™; coincidentally, V-Ego™ is also trademarked. Using these names or items in a fashion that is not per the owners request can result in a lawsuit; i.e. registering a domain with one of those terms.

Upon discovery of said infringement, Coca-Cola™ can choose one of two options. Provide proper licenses to allow the user continued use of said trademark, or sue the shit out of 'em. In this case, they chose the latter.

If CokeStudios.org got sued for Copyright Infringement, I think MyCoke.org should fucking get sued, isn't that copyright too? i dont get that

[Brad]

I think it's all fucking bullshit...they should drop everything and leave it alone

[-SpEx]

Yes Thyelite.com is growing fast there are alot of active users and we get like what 1 user like every day. Seems like it. If you actually look down at the bottom :p.

[Brad]

sometimes even more than one...

[-SpEx]

Yeah thats true.

[riggsley]

could coke sue even if you just have "coke" in your domain name?

if so, quite a few people could get screwed... or maybe not. maybe this case is just an excuse for mycoke to take down a huge anoyance. cs was great... it sucks that it's gone. but i'm sure we will make do. :toothy2:

[Pyro]

www.copyright.gov

Look it up
Crap. I was wrong ;)

[Tom]

Yeah. We got shut down by Coke.
I didn't get sued, but that was out of sheer luck that i'm a minor (1 more year and I would've lost all my worldly possesions).

Basically, I got a letter from Coke's solicitors, telling us that we must shut down the site immediately (due to trademark infringement), I have to pay the solicitors' fees (this is not a cheap solicitor, I tell thee), and that Coke will be seeking damages "for damaging it's reputation".

The latter, is not happening, but i've had to shut down the site, and am going to have to scrape up several ££££ (yes, 4 digits), for the solicitors.

I was given no warning, contrary to popular belief. And yes, my parents did fucking freak... wouldn't yours? No. I don't get grounded... and I sure as shit don't get sent to boot camp (like some people I know... *cough*Chris*cough*).

For the above reasons, I will not be participating in MyCoke-related stuff anymore, I've chosen to basically remove myself from the scene... just posting this here, 'cause I think you all have the right to know.

Sorry people,
// Tom/Takeshi.

(and yes, this is the real me).

[Pyro]

Yeah. We got shut down by Coke.
I didn't get sued, but that was out of sheer luck that i'm a minor (1 more year and I would've lost all my worldly possesions).

Basically, I got a letter from Coke's solicitors, telling us that we must shut down the site immediately (due to trademark infringement), I have to pay the solicitors' fees (this is not a cheap solicitor, I tell thee), and that Coke will be seeking damages "for damaging it's reputation".

The latter, is not happening, but i've had to shut down the site, and am going to have to scrape up several ££££ (yes, 4 digits), for the solicitors.

I was given no warning, contrary to popular belief. And yes, my parents did fucking freak... wouldn't yours? No. I don't get grounded... and I sure as shit don't get sent to boot camp (like some people I know... *cough*Chris*cough*).

For the above reasons, I will not be participating in MyCoke-related stuff anymore, I've chosen to basically remove myself from the scene... just posting this here, 'cause I think you all have the right to know.

Sorry people,
// Tom/Takeshi.

(and yes, this is the real me).

God 7 Grand or so...
That sucks big Cock!

Well.... Its nice to actually hear from you.

[kevthedude]

Yeah. We got shut down by Coke.
I didn't get sued, but that was out of sheer luck that i'm a minor (1 more year and I would've lost all my worldly possesions).

Basically, I got a letter from Coke's solicitors, telling us that we must shut down the site immediately (due to trademark infringement), I have to pay the solicitors' fees (this is not a cheap solicitor, I tell thee), and that Coke will be seeking damages "for damaging it's reputation".

The latter, is not happening, but i've had to shut down the site, and am going to have to scrape up several ££££ (yes, 4 digits), for the solicitors.

I was given no warning, contrary to popular belief. And yes, my parents did fucking freak... wouldn't yours? No. I don't get grounded... and I sure as shit don't get sent to boot camp (like some people I know... *cough*Chris*cough*).

For the above reasons, I will not be participating in MyCoke-related stuff anymore, I've chosen to basically remove myself from the scene... just posting this here, 'cause I think you all have the right to know.

Sorry people,
// Tom/Takeshi.

(and yes, this is the real me).

Bastards... However, we all knew Coke was going to do something sonner or later. By the way, 7.000 Euros is 8,856.42 USD. That's about $8,800 USD more than I have ever had!

On a side note, Chris, you went to bootcamp?! HAHA! That sucks man. LOL, From what I hear Boot Camp is as hard as our Army BCT which is considered hell.

Anyway, I guess all good things do come to an end. Take care Tom!

[Matt_Hardy]

Nice to hear of you tom but before you leave do you got the idol layout filter m8 as i need that shit bad bad bad

[Tom]

Bastards... However, we all knew Coke was going to do something sonner or later. By the way, 7.000 Euros is 8,856.42 USD. That's about $8,800 USD more than I have ever had!

On a side note, Chris, you went to bootcamp?! HAHA! That sucks man. LOL, From what I hear Boot Camp is as hard as our Army BCT which is considered hell.

Anyway, I guess all good things do come to an end. Take care Tom!

No... £7,000 GBP would be $12,967.32 USD... so thats like $12,900 more than you've ever had.

[kevthedude]

No... £7,000 GBP would be $12,967.32 USD... so thats like $12,900 more than you've ever had.

:P Thanks to rub it in Tom. By the way, PM me your MSN address... assuming your not using your old cs.org one.

[Vis]

Hmm.. I've recieved a couple letters from coke, they've never taken action though. They were very vague on what exactly I was doing wrong.

Also, how did they find your address, Tom?

[DefectiveProduct]

Hmm.

Well Tom, before you leave the Coke scene, would you do us the favor of removing your cs.org auth from all of the programs you made with it?

Maybe to prove that it really is you. Not that I don't believe its really you, but just to confirm it cosidering anybody can just register at a forum and claim to be someone.

[Vis]

That reminds me, Tom, how did your auth work? Did you have it skew the IP into a number, and then add a 0 when logged in? I tried creating one, but I wasn't successful. Get on gmail messenger or aim one day, I want to talk to you..

[Orfeo]

Good luck Tom, hopefully you will be active. Not making programs or filters for coke but just talking and chilling. Also if you have time add me to aim (shad0w0rfeo) or msn (mario.aguire.c@gmail.com) so we can talk.

Thanks for everything man.

[Tom]

Added you both to MSN. I don't really use AIM anymore.

Hmm.. I've recieved a couple letters from coke, they've never taken action though. They were very vague on what exactly I was doing wrong.

Also, how did they find your address, Tom?

Gmail squealed on me.

:P Thanks to rub it in Tom. By the way, PM me your MSN address... assuming your not using your old cs.org one.

tom@9o5.net - noobs will be blocked.


Hmm.

Well Tom, before you leave the Coke scene, would you do us the favor of removing your cs.org auth from all of the programs you made with it?

Maybe to prove that it really is you. Not that I don't believe its really you, but just to confirm it cosidering anybody can just register at a forum and claim to be someone.

Meh, they *all* need updating... I might talk with Chris about some stuff... I don't think i'll be personally releasing anything new, but I may aswell share the knowledge.

[Digitalicious]

Ouch...Well, it was a good run Tom. You've done things for the Coke Studios cheating scene like no one else could. Maybe you could ask coke to at least give you a t-shirt.

[A5-TOM]

he got sued because he had "cokestudios" in the site name, and cokestudios is copyrighted by Coke.

i told him he was gonna get sued :|

cokestudios isnt copyrighted
© 2006 The Coca-Cola Company, “Coca-Cola”, “Coke”, “V-ego”, The Contour Bottle
and The Dynamic Ribbon are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

the word coke is actually what was copyrighted

[kevthedude]

cokestudios isnt copyrighted
© 2006 The Coca-Cola Company, “Coca-Cola”, “Coke”, “V-ego”, The Contour Bottle
and The Dynamic Ribbon are trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

the word coke is actually what was copyrighted

How many times do we have to tell you? So what if it says that. They don't need to put on the site all their copyrights. www.copyright.gov. Look it up. It's copyrighted.

lol, saying something is copyrighted on a page doesn't really make it copyrighted. Using something not in the copyright office will be laughed out of court.

[Jimmy]

ok the truth is out end topic?

[X0G]

Yeah. We got shut down by Coke.
I didn't get sued, but that was out of sheer luck that i'm a minor (1 more year and I would've lost all my worldly possesions).

Basically, I got a letter from Coke's solicitors, telling us that we must shut down the site immediately (due to trademark infringement), I have to pay the solicitors' fees (this is not a cheap solicitor, I tell thee), and that Coke will be seeking damages "for damaging it's reputation".

The latter, is not happening, but i've had to shut down the site, and am going to have to scrape up several ££££ (yes, 4 digits), for the solicitors.

I was given no warning, contrary to popular belief. And yes, my parents did fucking freak... wouldn't yours? No. I don't get grounded... and I sure as shit don't get sent to boot camp (like some people I know... *cough*Chris*cough*).

For the above reasons, I will not be participating in MyCoke-related stuff anymore, I've chosen to basically remove myself from the scene... just posting this here, 'cause I think you all have the right to know.

Sorry people,
// Tom/Takeshi.

(and yes, this is the real me).





Theres your answer. Topic closed.

[Tom]

Thanks guys, for your support :)