Reading through it now I have had time, and with my legal cap on..
IB probably have a strong enough case to win some of their claims (which is how civil suits often work).
The behaviour they describe,* if true*, is disappointing (on a personal note) to see. I don't want to see our guys sued over it - but even so.. not pleasant to see our lot acting like this.
Tom
On 7 September 2012 16:50, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Reading through the IB filing, they aren't even bothering to structure a good case. It's all blather and no substance (claiming, for instance, that the defendants have been unjustly enriched by establishing a website with a name confusingly similar to WikiTravel; when of course no such site exists, and there is no possible way for the named defendants to have been enriched at all, unjustly or otherwise).
I can see why the WMF described it as a transparent attempt at intimidation. The conduct IB is trying to deter has primarily consisted of criticizing IB and encouraging the development of an alternative; viewed from that angle, and since there is no actual underlying business conduct, I wonder if the complaint falls afoul of California's strong anti-SLAPP statute. I suppose you'd have to find some way of arguing that criticizing IB is in the public interest.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://static.ibsrv.net/ibsite/pdf/2012/2012_9_4_Internet%20Brands%20Files%2...
It does indeed look the same as the copy served on Ryan:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Internet_Brands_v_Willia...
Compare and contrast with the Wikimedia PDF.
My blog post, in which I emphasise that this is fundamentally an attack on CC by-sa and the freedom of free content:
http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2012/09/06/internet-brands-sues-people-for-fo...
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