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InBoxCop Inc., maker of antispam program InboxCop, has registered the domain spybot.com and filed for a trademark on the word "Spybot". InBoxCop Inc. is also threatening PepiMK Software, maker of Spybot Search and Destroy, with legal action for use of the name "Spybot".
In response, PepiMK's Patrick Kolla is calling for a boycott of InBoxCop Inc. and presumably will fight any attempt to hijack the trade name of his product.
Ironically, InBoxCop Inc. tries to entice visitors to register for a free trial of their antispam program by promising to email download links to Spybot S&D, Grisoft's AVG antivirus, and other free programs. Spybot S&D is a free program that does not require any sort of registration, and is available directly from the developer's web site, http://security.kolla.de/.
SpywareInfo also calls for a boycott of InBoxCop Inc., InboxCop, inboxcop.com, and spybot.com, and also asks all of our readers to please donate a few bucks to PepiMK to help with legal costs. One buck, ten bucks, fifty, whatever you can spare would certainly be appreciated. Every little bit helps and we hope that every reader can make at least a small donation. It is time for us to pay back Spybot for all its free service to the internet community.
We also ask that other web sites and companies join a public boycott of InBoxCop Inc., InboxCop, inboxcop.com, and spybot.com, and to publish this on their web sites and on message boards around the world.
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