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I found the statement made by the other side insightful: http://www.girl-geeks.co.uk/statement/Girl%20Geeks%20Stateme... [pdf]

"Just for the record, I have personally sacrificed personal savings and a full time salary for the last few years for this cause Girl Geeks. I certainly did not do any of this for self-promotion or gain and believe in supporting those who need it 100%."

She done a pretty good job of promoting herself in the response.

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It is insightful, but still, she's only addressing a small part of the problem. The larger issue here is that Twitter facilitate this kind of activity. It should have been resolved between the two parties.

She should never have contacted Twitter to commandeer a @username. Saying you did it on "[advice] by legal councel" is _not_ an excuse. She can't hide behind that. Everybody makes sacrifices in life for their causes. That is not an excuse. Lots of people are passionate and genuine. That is not an excuse.

I'm glad she apologised. If she genuinely wishes to resolve this, I've got a suggestion. Return the username.

Couldn't agree more, uved.

Yeah I don't get the letter at all, if she genuinely believes everything she wrote then why approach Twitter to take the name in the first place.

So? Making personal and financial sacrifices entitles you to appropriate someone else's online persona based on an after-the-fact trademark filing?

I was going for a bit of satire ..

Their DNS is broken. :-(

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