[TriLUG] [Not a joke] AOL is suing me!

[Gregory S. Hopper]

What if you were to just drop the capital letters and use a generic
"instant messenger", or change it slightly to "instant messaging"? That
would still work on the web page in question.

Personally, I don't think that "real-time communication service" conveys
the same idea as "instant messaging".  Phone calls, talking, gesturing,
etc. all come under the umbrella of "real-time communication services",
whereas IM'ing (I hope I'm not infringing there) is clearly "real-time
communication services between computers or similar devices like cell
phones."  Maybe you should use that -- I'll bet no one has trademarked
that.  :-)

Greg


> Anyway, I do not want to drop perfect descriptive English words to please insane, inmoral and abusing delusions of ownership by a corporation.
> 
...
> They are asking that you
> instead use the generic term "real-time communication service" which is to
> my mind confusing and opaque. I see from your pages that you are actually
> referring to Microsoft Messenger so you would be in compliance and
> accurate if you simply dropped the "Instant" from the pages.