"Facebook of sex" banned from bannering, what about...
 

So some companies mailt that running "facebook of sex" banners are not allowed anymore on their platforms/sties.

You think that soon fuckbook, sexbook, yourlocalsexbook and all other variations will be banned as well?

I am curious if facebook will also go after affiliates that pushed facebookofsex like stated in the lawsuit filed agains AFF. And even further go after the parties that hosted the banners (advertisementplatforms/hostingcompanies) that allowed affiliates to push them.

Facebook is getting arrogant since microsoft came on board, they handle the same style, hopefully this fb hype is over soon and a bubble will burst......not likely though ;)

uhoh spaghettios

they are gonna be paying the price in the long run, hope they all made enough to cover the millions in legal costs, plus made profit after that.

If they would go after fuckbook or sexbook I would say they are arrogant but FacebookOfSex is clearly using their brand name to ride along. Wouldnt call it that arrogant tbh.

No idea how the affiliate part would go though.

Cheers :thumbsup

true agreed, but the trend shows that they go after more, like they did with some other domains. I also seen many smaller domains being filed randomly, they send out letters to domains with book and face in it, thats harsh. Lets see if they go after the affiliates and how that would work, AFF should release those then in order for them to see them.

I don't know how it panned out but I remember on dragons den (canada)

There was a woman who came on the show with Miss Lube or Ms Lube as her car garage/workshop. Clearly playing on the Mr Lube trademark.

Obviously you couldn't trademark the term "lube" but this obviously was infringement.

Same with fuckbook and sexbook I would think. But I don't know.

Just making an observation.

good move

Facebook and AFF both have phalanxes of lawyers ten deep and the cash to catapult this into a pissing match that could last for years.

It is the affiliates that stand a chance of getting burned if they are pulled in to the fracas and end up having to pay their own attorneys.

"The suit also names as defendants Does 1-100, who are the as-yet-unnamed operators of affiliate marketing sites that link to and worth with FaceBookOfSex.com. "

Zuckerberg could buy FFN with his lunch money :2 cents:

http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy&hl...03e53e9bdbca77

Who's on top? seems like google still accepting money from facebookofsex as a sponsor ;)

Agreed they can't do much with sites using the term ''book'' or else they'd be going after Barnes and Noble

They had to have known they would get sued for using "Facebook of Sex". If not then someone needs a brain transplant. How could the extra money made from obviously infringing on Facebooks trademark amount to more than the cost of attorneys and a large settlement?

i know no one reads anything here, but thhey are going after 100 affiliates who promited facebookofsex and i'm sure more lawsuits are coming down the pike. be smart about it. pull that shit.

thanks for your wisdom and insight on this matter...


There is a big difference between "facebookofsex" and other domains like fuckbook, sexbook, etc.. facebook "of sex" is clearly using their name and implying it's their adult version site.

The lawsuit also included 100 john does, which are the affiliates who were promoting facebookofsex, so once they get those affiliate's info during discover, then those affiliates will be sued as well. I doubt they going to go further after hosting companies etc... It's a big step to go out after affiliates, they will likely stop there.

Or the answer could be, uhoh spaghettios... who knows.

and as these things usually go the program will give up affiliate names as part of a settlement. aff will probably do the same.

its gonna hurt the people that make the company their money the most

Facebook is a trademarked name.
AAF's facebookofsex contains that name — facebook.

Unless, facebookofsex can successfully challenge that trademark or trademark facebookofsex they will lose and possibly have a multimillion dollar damages award entered against them.

Link: http://news.google.com/news/search?a...acebookofs ex

i understand that facebook was trying to trademark "face" at one point...so i agree with mike dutch that they are a bit arrogant

Couldn't something like "fuckbook" just claim that their name is a play on the "blackbook" term and not "Facebook"?

going to be interesting to see what will happen

well yeah that is arrogant lol

Facebook did try to trademark "face", and got a "notice of allowance" on it. Which means they need to file a "statement of use" in order to get it trademark.

i still have links up. guess i better pull that shit down right now :(

When planning to go public launching facebookofsex or penthousebook.com has reasons.

Decent post from another board:

I know Facebook owns a trademark, but my point is just that ‘facebook’ is a generic word and if people are using it for it’s original meaning, it should be ok.

For example, a school or business that wanted to have a facebook of their students or employees should be ok.

With FacebookofSex, are people actually getting confused that this is the Facebook.com site? The case shouldn’t rest solely on the fact that ‘facebook’ is in the domain name.

A facebook (long before Facebook.com started) was originally a directory of people’s photos and information of a certain place or institution. So anyone using the word in this manner should be ok.

It would be like owning Apple.com and preventing anyone from using ‘apple’ in their domain name from selling apples or fruit related products.

To me it isn’t a straightforward verdict and should be argued in court by both sides. If I were Friendfinder I’d be arguing that ‘facebook’ is generic.

all the facebook porn knock offs tried to make their sites look like facebook. same colors, similar designs, psudeo-social media feel.

it's not like they had a site called faceplant.com about skateboard wipe outs.

ALL of these site tried to pass themselves off as adult versions of facebook. there is no denying that.

apple is a lot more generic than facebook. facebook, relatively speaking really wasn't that popular of a phrase before "facebook.com" started using it. it is 100000000000x more popular now. I was in college until 99, i don't remember ever hearing "facebook" until it became a site.

It's not like AFF mentioned " come see our facebook" or some other text on one of their sites. They named their site facebookofsex" error!!

lol, I'm busy with "Grouponcams.com" to promote our and also other cam sites. We will see whats happen if they find out. In a way media attention is also good :D

links pulled

what a bunch of bullshit, not facebook, you mother fuckers.

what if i went out an bought some domains like
ask-my-jolene.com
twistys-porn.com
dancingbear-amateurs.com
real-click-cash.com
daredorm-babes.com
thehuns-girls.com

n made bank, you assholes would have a fucking shit fit

Zuckerberg and Facebook have it goin on

you broke ass pussys will rat a bitch out in a new york heart beat
cuz some1 else is making bank as ur broke asses r eating 2 fer 1 mac and cheese dinners
from the dollar store

come up with ur own brand 4 traffic not ride off ov some1 elses success

mike dutch got some brass balls creating a thread like this after ur crooked shady asses at
askjolene evesdropped in on peeps message board private messages.

kneegrow dont even mother fuckin try to dip out like that didnt happen cuz ill slam dance ur ass straight out ov the fuckin water!

Face Book is a popular term among people that congregate, especially those that have a similar educational background.

With your reatrded logic, the word Amazon is spot the fuck on. Why isn't half of South America suing Bezos?

Exactly.

Just an FYI? Your older posts were obscure. Your recent ones are making you a bit more transparent by the moment. Take it for what it's worth, kiddo. :2 cents:

Facebook's Lawyers ...

yo mark harmon
they aint my older posts jack wad, a shit load of others post here using this nic
jus when you thought u had it worked out :1orglaugh
got some dumb ass fuckers on this board :1orglaugh