Name Changed to Protect the Innocent (me!)

"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy..."

I recently changed the title of one of my videos because it bore a resemblance to somebody else's twitter username. It was a ridiculous request on the one hand, but I felt I had no good reason to ignore it other than to be an ass. What do you think?

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• usernames
• domains
• names
• titles
• copyright
• terminology
• twitter
• youtube
• geeks
• assholes
• trademarks

[HarveyEspatchelowe]

Well, personally, I think people that anal need irritation.

[kenrg]

He may require additional irritation, but I get enough of that at work...

[RodEOpallo]

Ken, this guy's on a power trip or something. it's pretty cool that you changed it, but it sounds to me like he's full of crap. (my opinion)

[kenrg]

Can't say I disagree ;^)

[socialscience101]

somebody PLEASE tell me what word he's talking about. I'M DYING TO KNOW !!!!!!!!!!

[kenrg]

I'm sworn to secrecy... but the truth is out there!

[twister7boy]

i would have changed it just to be nice. its not like you said you guys were endorsing anything so how that came about is weird. heck other people use my user name on other sites. i dont care. they got it first. but yeah the request was ridicules. its not like you used his stuff. peace. gregg

[HarveyEspatchelowe]

There's a band called The Bis-quits (they have a web-site). One of their, about 20 year old, songs is called "Anal All Day", and, it's great...worth finding.

[thizizliz]

Yeah, that was exactly my take on it - do you have an emotional, financial or other investment in the name? It appears that you don't. He clearly does. Since he asked fairly politely, I think you did the right thing. But I also agree that the request was specious.

[kenrg]

Although his YouTube name isn't the same as the domans and twitter, I'm sure it was him. And I think I did the right thing. Although he had no "right" to ask me to change it, in the end, it was more important to him than to me, so no big deal.