02.11.2012 - 20:09 [ techdirt ]

German Company Wants To Protect Its Use Of The ‚@‘ Sign: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Despite this limitation to certain luxury items, and despite a press release (pdf in German) emphasizing that the company has no intention of sending out warning letters to people using the @-sign in their email addresses, you do have to wonder how wise it is to hand out control, no matter how circumscribed, over something so fundamental to the working of the modern world.