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- iOXeR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I know many diggers don't speak many other languages, but I do. And German is one of them. Basically what the city's government wants him to do is remove the city's name from his website because it comes up as one of the top ten results for that city. The city then says that because it is one of the main results, people will think that his website is affiliated with the city and vice versa, and according to the city's codes, it's illegal to do this. They're pretty much just notifying him like a police officer would notify a speeder. They even leave the salutation, " With friendly greetings." Ahhh, but think whatever you want.
- lalindsey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ioxer - thanks for the explaination, but how in the hell can the city really feel the right to tell a main what he can and cannot reference in his blog?
- vermin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A serious case of being ignorant and ending up looking like a fool.
- Pxtl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@condorhauck
Yep. I'm sure if they'd handled this politely this would've been avoided.
Something along the lines of "Sir, your page http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/2715-Der-Brief-vom-Sozialgericht.html comes up higher than the official website of our city when one Googles for the city's name. If you could edit that page to add a link to our website and a notice that your site is not the official website of the city, we'd appreciate it a great deal. Thanks for your time".
But no, this way they get to look like idiots in the blogospherical news. - pixelwerx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2For the love of god, please don't create a bunch of links to http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/2715-Der-Brief-vom-Sozialgericht.html with "Sozialgericht Bremen" as the link text (wink wink).
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Don't try to understand the reasoning behind it. They are German remember... I don't think it's a prerequisite to be logical if you are german lol" As a German I find that offensive. Echt finde ich es nicht so und auch habe ich nur fier yahre fon Deutsch in der schule und ich hoffe nur dass du oder iener anders diesen satz zu ubersetzen fersucht. Und tut mir lied wen ich hier fehler habe.
- Mr.Scientist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1FYI: The main argument is that he uses the TITLE "Sozialgericht Bremen", which leads others to believe that the Google search result points to the actual court of law, not a blog page about a letter citing him. That argument is not entirely without merit, if a little out of proportion. It's obvious that a C&D is not going to fix it.
- blixel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WTF? Is he supposed to stop posting content *that others want to link to*? It's not his fault their website sucks.
- chrisgac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hehe, he went from top ten to the number three (http://www.google.com/search?&q=Sozialgericht+Bremen) spot.
- ViperDaimao, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What's he supposed to ceast and desist doing? Im not sure on the finer points of german law, but what are they wanting here? Do they not understand how google works?
- blixel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And the irony ... filing this law suit has ensured his #1 place on Google.
- multifaceted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This just might top the insanity of the RIAA.
- topato, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess companys will pretty much send out a C&A for anything now.
- andesco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow. Maybe I'll get a cease and desist from Apple for "Front Row" ;)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well maybe they should put some more Sozialgericht Bremen on their site! Sue google! It's not like you'll win!
- jürgen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ ioxer
Haha, I also thought it was funny that the letter was ballooning with formal, friendly crap.
I still can't believe what I'm seeing - This doesn't sound like the Bremen I know. - rc_collins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is so evil, I hope it gets put down fast. Could you just imagine the rash of lawsuits in the US.
--dan - cesclaveria, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just refreshed and there are now only 3 comments and I didn't block anyone - wierd.
That just happende to me in the "No google PC" story... maybe someone is reporting everyone comments? - laughterkillsme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sozialgericht Bremen woo
- danhillmoses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is just crazy.
- Acill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/2715-Der-Brief-vom-Sozialgericht.html
What the heck can they do about it? - mrkredo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0done.
http://impressur.com/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1136350640&archive=&start_from=&ucat=& - Historian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree. If the Sozialgericht Bremen is so concerned about advertising it's time for them to pay for it.
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just refreshed and there are now only 3 comments and I didn't block anyone - wierd.
- michaelbuddy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Miserable Failure" comes to mind. google THAT!
- mrkredo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Same here- refreshing deletes new comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0he should fight it. freedom of speech!
- Mike89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sozialgericht Bremen
Everyone begin your posts with that, so if his blog goes down the google top result will be this digg page :), and people will know why haha - Philippe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Absolutely ridiculous. How about suing those stupid enough to confuse a city's site with someone's blog?"
I agree that it's a harsh reaction, but it's not outlandish. I'm pretty sure my dad wouldn't get it, if he were looking for the Sozialgericht ("social court") and ended up on a page that looked like this one with "Sozialgericht Bremen" in the header and a large image of a shopping cart (which could be seen as an icon for "homeless").
If their request is simply that he remove their name from his page's header, then I'd say that request is valid and their tone was adequate (friendly, but professional), given that their site's target demographic probably includes very inexperienced surfers and their moms. Of course, they shot themselves in the foot by not understanding the implications of sending a C&D letter to a blogger (gasp!), but then it's not their job to understand the internet. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Heh. Now this story will end up at the top of the search results :D
- mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So, everyone, if you want to help out the Sozialgericht Bremen, stop linking to the Shopblogger using these words. http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/2715-Der-Brief-vom-Sozialgericht.html
- skyfex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Haha. Morons. Soon it's going to be on top.
- LaCamiseta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ioxer:
The closing "Mit freundlichen grüßen" is a standard closing for letters, be they personal letters or business letters. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is stupid.
Why don't companies just make a law to stop people communicating to other people in any form.
Any German Lawyers over here? What laws/regulations did the company follow to take a cease-and-desist letter. Defamation?
http://computeralevel.blogspot.com - jls777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0too bad it is so easy to post on the site!
- Wombat3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0morons. if they think that having him remove Sozialgericht Bremen from his blog will make any difference, they obviously don't understand how google works. since it stores everything, that result will be there forever. when I looked a few minutes ago, there were at least 2 other blogs in the top 10... they are making their 'problem' worse. pretty soon searching for Sozialgericht Bremen will just bring up blogs, and not their web site.
- kwoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yep, only 3 of the top 10 results are non-blog stories now.
- Reddog_x2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ya know, it's really a shame more people don't fight back against this kind of crap. Sue these pricks for harassment or something.
- mockstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Haha!! I love it when selfish big businesses just don't "get" the internet.
- MrPhelps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A letter is just a letter ... he does not have to comply.
- condorhauck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"people will think that his website is affiliated with the city and vice versa, and according to the city's codes, it's illegal to do this."
The city should simply ask him to put a notice that his site is not affiliated with the city, and request a link to the city's site... But Cease and Desist?! - Veretax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How long will it be before "Sozialgericht Bremen" is coined to describe situations just like this. Where organization x sues webmaster/blogger Y for using their name on a page?
BTW i find it humerous that digg says "blogger" is incorrectly spelled. - silent1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0MrPhelps: "A letter is just a letter ... he does not have to comply." - It's not quite that simple. If they *do* have a case under German law, failure to comply means they sue his ass. Even that doesn't stop people from suing someone's ass ...
- silent1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Absolutely ridiculous. How about suing those stupid enough to confuse a city's site with someone's blog? It'd have about as much merit. As others have said, now there'll be sites like this as top hits - a PR disaster.
- mark_in_bc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/2715-Der-Brief-vom-Sozialgericht.html looks like a cool blog you should check it out.
- aberro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha, I have had a similar situation happen for my site. The makers of the FlatPak House were mad becuase my photos of such a house in Minneapolis, MN were coming up ahead of their official site. Just search Google for Flat Pak to see.
- Philippe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not to disturb your internet mob, but...
From what the letter says, they are concerned that people would mistake his site for theirs because *he had "Sozialgericht Bremen" as his page's title*. The google argument is supposed to support that point, it's not the main point at all. - mtupker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So he is getting in trouble because google is indexing his page with a higher rank? Complain to google not him! Not that that would really solve anything.
- Pxtl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Heheh, time to start linking to Sozialgericht Bremen in your blogs. Get him up to #1. It worked for
http://www.google.ca/search?q=failure
both #1 and #2 are googlebombs. - Tiak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah... It'd be so evil to ever simply put: Sozialgericht Bremen on any web page... let's not ever do it... ever... >.>
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