Not to add fuel to the fire either, but looks like Twitter may have to become like the RIAA and spend all their money suing half the Internet (or paying high priced lawyers to send out letters etc)
Re: 2/ That no one can use the word "Twitter" in their domain A quick Google search reveals... twittercounter.com twitterfall.com twitter-friends.com www.twitter.ca www.tinytwitter.com www.twitterbuttons.com www.accessibletwitter.com twitterfeed.com twitterpatterns.com www.twitterlocal.net www.twitterbackgrounds.com twittergallery.com twitteranalyzer.com whentwitterisdown.com destroytwitter.com blog.twittervotereport.com twitter.pbworks.com twitter.polldaddy.com twitter.alltop.com twitter.infinityward.com twitter.grader.com and the list goes on... On Aug 11, 9:50 pm, "jim.renkel" <[email protected]> wrote: > An interesting implication is buried in all of this. > > FACT:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Terms-of-Servicestates: "Please give > us a nod in your app, perhaps by including one of these stylish > "Powered by Twitter" badges", which I read as "If ya use the API you > must acknowledge twitter." > > FACT: The letter from twitter's lawyers states: "stop all use of ... > the TWITTER mark", which I read as "Ya can't use the word twitter in > your application or on your website". > > IMPLICATION: No one can use the API !!! > > I guess we should all pack up and move on. > > Jim > > On Aug 11, 10:13 pm, Larry Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As others have pointed out, this isn't a lawsuit. That aside, Twitter > > announced some time ago that they were not comfortable with people > > using their name as part of the name of their product > > (http://blog.twitter.com/2009/07/may-tweets-be-with-you.html) > > , so it seems odd that you would be surprised by this. > > > Regardless, you'll get little sympathy from me. Your application > > encourages many of the behaviors most twitter users find annoying. The > > Twitter ecosystem is frankly better off without it. > > > Larry Wrighthttp://larrywright.me > > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Dean Collins wrote: > > > > Any other developer being sued by Twitter today? > > > > If so give me a call – feel free to tweet outwww.MyTwitterButler.com/I > > > ’m_Being_Sued to anyone you want – looking forward to the press > > > having a field day with this. > > > > Regards, > > > Dean Collins > > > [email protected] > > > +1-212-203-4357 New York > > > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > > > +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).
