Askjolene on webwereld.(for Dutch)

**kmanrox** · 10-14-2004, 02:57 AM

holy shit i was just thinking that!!! really!!

**chemicaleyes** · 10-14-2004, 03:01 AM

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041012/uktu013_1.html

BMW AG ORDERS AskJolene.com to Remove Search Results
Tuesday October 12, 3:19 pm ET

UITGEEST, The Netherlands, October 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The German car manufacturer BMW AG has ordered adult search engine AskJolene.com to immediately remove a number of results from its index and to blacklist the providers of the documents but AskJolene says it will not yield to the claim.

AskJolene.com collects free erotic contents ("galleries") from the web, and offers its users a dedicated full text search engine to locate galleries of their liking. The results are presented as summaries that link to their original gallery. The galleries are not hosted by AskJolene.com.

BMW AG claims that AskJolene.com infringes on its trademark rights. AskJolene's results for the search query 'bmw' contain galleries in which the word 'bmw' occurs. They also contain pornographic pictures depicting amongst other things a BMW car.

A quote from the BMW AG cease and desist order:

"Cease and desist from, with immediate effect, but ultimately not later than two days after the date of this letter, any more infringements of my clients rights, on the Website and/or any other website(s) it exploits and/or operates, and in particular:

* (a) to stop the showing and/or supplying of Internet weblinks that contain the word BMW; and
* (b) to block access to Internet websites that contain the word BMW either as metatag, in their title and/or as content" (End quote)

AskJolene.com will not yield to the claim. "As far as we know, we haven't done anything wrong. Our search engine is a navigational aid. We provide a way for our users to locate galleries as quick and convenient as possible. If we give in to BMW's claim, other search engines will have a problem as well." according to chief marketing Mike Schwalbach.

About AskJolene: AskJolene.com is a fully featured adult search engine that delivers over two million of search results to users worldwide every day. It has won international acclaim for its accuracy and its ability to deliver a targeted audience to the websites of content providers.

**justsexxx** · 10-14-2004, 05:23 AM

Originally posted by chemicaleyes
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041012/uktu013_1.html

BMW AG ORDERS AskJolene.com to Remove Search Results
Tuesday October 12, 3:19 pm ET

UITGEEST, The Netherlands, October 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The German car manufacturer BMW AG has ordered adult search engine AskJolene.com to immediately remove a number of results from its index and to blacklist the providers of the documents but AskJolene says it will not yield to the claim.

AskJolene.com collects free erotic contents ("galleries") from the web, and offers its users a dedicated full text search engine to locate galleries of their liking. The results are presented as summaries that link to their original gallery. The galleries are not hosted by AskJolene.com.

BMW AG claims that AskJolene.com infringes on its trademark rights. AskJolene's results for the search query 'bmw' contain galleries in which the word 'bmw' occurs. They also contain pornographic pictures depicting amongst other things a BMW car.

A quote from the BMW AG cease and desist order:

"Cease and desist from, with immediate effect, but ultimately not later than two days after the date of this letter, any more infringements of my clients rights, on the Website and/or any other website(s) it exploits and/or operates, and in particular:

* (a) to stop the showing and/or supplying of Internet weblinks that contain the word BMW; and
* (b) to block access to Internet websites that contain the word BMW either as metatag, in their title and/or as content" (End quote)

AskJolene.com will not yield to the claim. "As far as we know, we haven't done anything wrong. Our search engine is a navigational aid. We provide a way for our users to locate galleries as quick and convenient as possible. If we give in to BMW's claim, other search engines will have a problem as well." according to chief marketing Mike Schwalbach.

About AskJolene: AskJolene.com is a fully featured adult search engine that delivers over two million of search results to users worldwide every day. It has won international acclaim for its accuracy and its ability to deliver a targeted audience to the websites of content providers.

Not exactly the same :-) But it has todo with this indeed

**Fake Nick** · 10-14-2004, 05:25 AM

Originally posted by justsexxx
Not exactly the same :-) But it has todo with this indeed

lol, its exactly the same, the webwereld article says bmw asked askjolene.com to remove search results with "bmw" the yahoo article says the exact same thing

**justsexxx** · 10-14-2004, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by Fake Nick
lol, its exactly the same, the webwereld article says bmw asked askjolene.com to remove search results with "bmw" the yahoo article says the exact same thing

Whatever. Thought it was fun to read how many searches, and they spoke with Mike etc...It has a more "personal" touch.

Or are you saying it's exactly the same

**Slick** · 10-14-2004, 05:27 AM

Why the hell would someone go to and adult gallery search engine to look up BMW ??? I wonder how BMW found that out, he he he.

**Mefo** · 10-14-2004, 05:28 AM

Originally posted by justsexxx
Not exactly the same :-) But it has todo with this indeed

but almost the same ;)

**Fake Nick** · 10-14-2004, 05:28 AM

Originally posted by Slick
Why the hell would someone go to and adult gallery search engine to look up BMW ??? I wonder how BMW found that out, he he he.

well, it is quite common , people love babes and hot cars , and bmw has hot cars ...

**Fake Nick** · 10-14-2004, 05:29 AM

Originally posted by justsexxx
Whatever. Thought it was fun to read how many searches, and they spoke with Mike etc...It has a more "personal" touch.

Or are you saying it's exactly the same

all I am saying is that it has the same subject , askjolene.com is asked by bmw to remove search results

**justsexxx** · 10-14-2004, 05:44 AM

Originally posted by Fake Nick
all I am saying is that it has the same subject , askjolene.com is asked by bmw to remove search results

Yeah that was posted here already 3 days ago, the news is, that it's now on the Dutch "news" with some comments from AJ self

Oh well

**pimplink** · 10-14-2004, 06:19 AM

Originally posted by justsexxx
Yeah that was posted here already 3 days ago, the news is, that it's now on the Dutch "news" with some comments from AJ self

Oh well

Mike has commented extensively in english.

**Mike Dutch** · 10-14-2004, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by justsexxx
Whatever. Thought it was fun to read how many searches, and they spoke with Mike etc...It has a more "personal" touch.

Or are you saying it's exactly the same

Hi andres nice of you pointing this stuff out : )

We have been in several news sites and papers. including ones in Germany/Japan/China/Spain/Holland and French.

We hope that this matter will have a succesfull end.

**Mike Dutch** · 10-14-2004, 08:08 AM

Andre FYI

http://www.emerce.nl/nieuws.jsp?id=385799

http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/19760.phtml

**Fake Nick** · 10-14-2004, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by pornomatic
Hi andres nice of you pointing this stuff out : )

We have been in several news sites and papers. including ones in Germany/Japan/China/Spain/Holland and French.

We hope that this matter will have a succesfull end.

I am guessing you folks can't lose with the free exposure you had over the last couple of days

that and the fact that bmw has NO case whatsoever

**Sebo de Macho** · 10-14-2004, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by Mefo
but almost the same ;)

**Mike Dutch** · 10-14-2004, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Fake Nick
I am guessing you folks can't lose with the free exposure you had over the last couple of days

that and the fact that bmw has NO case whatsoever

We really hope so too, we still have to wait and investigate what options are legal and possible for us.
We keep you updated on AskJolene

Askjolene on webwereld.(for Dutch)

Askjolene on webwereld.(for Dutch)

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment