Hello
Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name without 'wikipedia' in it?
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On 03/01/2008, Mohamed Magdy mohamed.m.k@gmail.com wrote:
Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name without 'wikipedia' in it?
Use of a name for purposes of criticism is not a trademark violation.
- d.
As long as they don't sell ads.
On Jan 3, 2008 5:54 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 03/01/2008, Mohamed Magdy mohamed.m.k@gmail.com wrote:
Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name without 'wikipedia' in it?
Use of a name for purposes of criticism is not a trademark violation.
- d.
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On 03/01/2008, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 3, 2008 5:54 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 03/01/2008, Mohamed Magdy mohamed.m.k@gmail.com wrote:
Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name without 'wikipedia' in it?
Use of a name for purposes of criticism is not a trademark violation.
As long as they don't sell ads.
I believe that would *help* them pass First Amendment muster, but certainly wouldn't stop them. Wikipedia's a top-10 site, it's mainstream famous, it's a legitimate subject for public discourse. We could wish it was higher quality than the site named, but that's another matter entirely.
- d.
On 03/01/2008, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 03/01/2008, Mohamed Magdy mohamed.m.k@gmail.com wrote:
Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name without 'wikipedia' in it?
Use of a name for purposes of criticism is not a trademark violation.
Exactly, they are using "Wikipedia" to refer to Wikipedia, not to refer to their own product. It's the websites that describe themselves as "The Wikipedia of X" (where X is their subject of interest) that we should do something about (if we don't, there is a risk of the word becoming generic).
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