

Glenn Beck's New Company, Markdown, Basically Belongs To John Gruber - bproper
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/05/23/ooops-glenn-becks-new-company-markdown-was-taken-by-john-gruber-long-ago/

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jfm3
I predicted something like this in an old HN comment:

<http://hackerne.ws/item?id=2247654>

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pohl
Amusing, but far-fetched.  Gruber wouldn't weep on camera on a daily basis to
emotionally hook the vulnerable.  If anything, his style tends towards the
dispassionate. 

Regarding the article, I'm amazed that owning a twitter username today is made
out to be almost as if he owned the domain.  Is twitter that important? 

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ChrisLTD
Something tells me Glenn Beck's star power will help his new website quickly
catapult to the top of search engine rankings. 

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mvkel
Trademark law has classes for a reason.  I'm sure Beck is perfectly within his
limits to operate a company called Markdown that has nothing to do with
Gruber's version.  Also, why doesn't Gruber own Markdown.com?  Seems like an
obvious oversight.