Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity DVR
A free multi-track audio editor and recorder
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From: Joshua H. <jo...@re...> - 2003-11-18 16:44:06
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On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 03:16, Daniel James wrote: > > A company called Audio Storage Technologies makes recording > > hardware and software for PDAs, with the brand "Audacity DVR" > > I strongly suggest that a representative of the development team > writes a polite but firm letter to this company. If you don't stop > this now, you could find that they will force you to change the name > of the original Audacity at some point in the future. > > If their product was a toaster, it wouldn't be a big deal - but it is > based around audio recording software. Too similar. They are using > the name Audacity for several products, not just the 'DVR'. > > I've been unfortunate enough to have had experience of this issue with > LinuxUser magazine - even though we had the first title in the UK > with this name, we were still forced to change it. Yikes. Perhaps we should use some of the Audacity fund to get advice and/or a letter from a lawyer. Josh |