doggdotus.blogspot.com— Cease & desist letter from d*gg's lawyers to diggdot.us. diggdot.us = doggdot.us from now on! Are all other domain with "digg" in the name a target? I think so...
Nov 27, 2006View in Crawl 4
Before anyone gets fussy about this, it is the digg trademark that was in question. On a site with ads that syndicates digg stories, it would be difficult to argue that it compliments digg. Pretty useful service though, this will probably help them get more users.
Diggs the man! I guess its in a corporate rulebook somewhere since the approach is used by so many successful organizations once you've got some bucks hire lawyers and sue your fan base.
This is a foul thing to do. Slashdot and del.lic.ious.....(whatever lol) has more than enough info for me. Nice job Kevin Rose...attack your fanbase. Yeah...real smart. The only reason I came to Digg itself was just to post this. Now I'm going back to doggdot.us. I'm going to get a dictionary and start trademarking every word in the dictionary THEN SUE WEBSTER'S hahahahaaaaaa.Trademarking a word is crap!
Typical Digg-- think they came up with something interesting, now they are trying to protect a dictionary word. Misspelling does not a trademark make!Digg is really effing lame, and kevin rose is an airhead.
stevesearerNov 27, 2006
Before anyone gets fussy about this, it is the digg trademark that was in question. On a site with ads that syndicates digg stories, it would be difficult to argue that it compliments digg. Pretty useful service though, this will probably help them get more users.
stevesearerNov 27, 2006
Hmm, its buried now. *sigh*
beadzaNov 28, 2006
surely duggdot.us would've been a better name?
toxicredmNov 28, 2006
My thoughts exactly. Did they replace the digg content with news about Snoop Dogg?
coldsteelNov 30, 2006
Diggs the man! I guess its in a corporate rulebook somewhere since the approach is used by so many successful organizations once you've got some bucks hire lawyers and sue your fan base.
tcpvtecDec 8, 2006
This is a foul thing to do. Slashdot and del.lic.ious.....(whatever lol) has more than enough info for me. Nice job Kevin Rose...attack your fanbase. Yeah...real smart. The only reason I came to Digg itself was just to post this. Now I'm going back to doggdot.us. I'm going to get a dictionary and start trademarking every word in the dictionary THEN SUE WEBSTER'S hahahahaaaaaa.Trademarking a word is crap!
notreason4Feb 3, 2007
Typical Digg-- think they came up with something interesting, now they are trying to protect a dictionary word. Misspelling does not a trademark make!Digg is really effing lame, and kevin rose is an airhead.
Closed AccountApr 11, 2007
I have stopped respecting Digg for awhile now, many it is like an over grown version of the supermarket tabloid....oh yah and I hate Kevin Rose.
yuletideMar 25, 2008
f-ing lame. lame lame lame!!!!! Not in the spirit of copyright law! Someday these laws will burn... mark my words. Protecting innovation my arse.