Facebook loses to another porn site!! :-)

[sperbonzo]

http://gizmodo.com/5913511/facebook-...r-porn-problem


"Facebook Has Another Porn Problem

Facebook has lost yet another porn-related law suit. Really, you'd think they were actually at risk of folding, the way they've been going out after parody-named porn sites demanding that they shut it down.

The latest, Faceporn, is a Norwegian website that describes itself as "the number one socializing porn and sex network." (Side note: Faceporn is actually a sort of dumb name. I mean, faceporn? Nobody actually wants to watch face porn. Not face-only porn, anyway.) Facebook had demanded that the Norwegian network turn over its name AND pay their attorney fees?come on, guys, you're all millionaires at this point?but U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the court had no jurisdiction, as Facebook had failed to show that the owner of website Faceporn had targeted residents of the state of California (where the suit was filed). Moreover, the court was unconvinced that Faceporn was competing for Facebook's own users, despite both sites being billed as "social networks."

Facebook's problems aren't only porn-based, though. They're practically trolling for law suits to file, going after any company using "face" or book" in its name, as well as carefully keeping watch over the use of the word "Wall."


There is still the possibility that Facebook pursue the same case in a Norwegian court, though it's unlikely that it would turn around a different ruling from the one they were given here."





Thank goodness. At this rate, are they going to go after Apple for the "FaceTime" software?



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[2intense]

just some retards

[sperbonzo]

....and nobody else on the board noticed? This set's a good precedent for our industry here!



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[CYF]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

....and nobody else on the board noticed? This set's a good precedent for our industry here!



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there was already another thread about it, and the faceporn guy was posting in it.

[iSpyCams]

Stealing domains from webmasters is a popular passtime on this board, I doubt this would be considered good news to many of the trademark trolls here.

[adult_text_links]

Facebook is LAME

[amacontent]

When is enough money enough for that prick. Fuck him and his asian whore wife

[fris]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

....and nobody else on the board noticed? This set's a good precedent for our industry here!



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the guy who runs faceporn posts on a regular basis here.

[sperbonzo]

Originally Posted by CYF

there was already another thread about it, and the faceporn guy was posting in it.

Oops! My bad.

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

the use of the word "Wall."


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let's sue facebook...

[The Porn Nerd]

I'm actually thinking of re-naming my network "www.MisterPeabodyFaceWorldBook.com".

[pornmasta]

wallbook ;) ?

[Django]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Thank goodness. At this rate, are they going to go after Apple for the "FaceTime" software?

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and why not "bookmark"?

dumbass kids

[nextri]

Victory!

[lazycash]

Didn't Facebook win a suit against Friendfinder late last year?

[Hermes]

That's what you get for choosing a domain name that consist of ordinary words. If they had chosen more unique name, they'd win these lawsuits.

On the other hand I don't know if it even matters if they win or not, they still get just more publicity.

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by Hermes

That's what you get for choosing a domain name that consist of ordinary words. If they had chosen more unique name, they'd win these lawsuits.

On the other hand I don't know if it even matters if they win or not, they still get just more publicity.

Don't think at this point the publicity matters anymore, I mean who hasn't heard of facebook. I thought it was funny how in the article they make light of the domain name "faceporn" as being dumb, yet "facebook" is really just as odd of a name.

[xxxjay]

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