Comments on: Economy tanks, blogs suffer! (or… advertising and readership accountability post) http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222472 Kim Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:59:24 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222472 Yep, legal spam. Yep, legal spam.

]]> By: Tyro Rex http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222471 Tyro Rex Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:17:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222471 re: gerhard, trademarks are national. i know the interwebs are international, but still, lp is effectively (actually?) constituted in australia, he's have to have an australian trademark for an australian court to do anything about it. and an american court has no assets to seize, even if the assets an australian court could sieze would be tiny and anyway all exhausted paying lawyers by the end of the case. usually also with trademarks, in australia anyway, you HAVE to defend your trademark, if you don't send threatening letters you can lose your mark registration. and - i may be wrong - i'm pretty sure it's also wrong to just send the letter, you got to back it up with actual legal action. my view is the whole thing is just SPAM to get the /link/ associated to the keyword. re: gerhard, trademarks are national. i know the interwebs are international, but still, lp is effectively (actually?) constituted in australia, he’s have to have an australian trademark for an australian court to do anything about it. and an american court has no assets to seize, even if the assets an australian court could sieze would be tiny and anyway all exhausted paying lawyers by the end of the case.

usually also with trademarks, in australia anyway, you HAVE to defend your trademark, if you don’t send threatening letters you can lose your mark registration. and – i may be wrong – i’m pretty sure it’s also wrong to just send the letter, you got to back it up with actual legal action.

my view is the whole thing is just SPAM to get the /link/ associated to the keyword.

]]> By: Tyro Rex http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222470 Tyro Rex Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:06:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222470 just for you, i disabled ad block pro on the lp domain. just for you, i disabled ad block pro on the lp domain.

]]> By: Brett http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222469 Brett Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:49:56 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222469 I don't know how you people can make jokes about this. Didn't you read Gerhard's post? He threatened to take 'further action'. <em>Further action</em>. You can't say he didn't warn you. I don’t know how you people can make jokes about this. Didn’t you read Gerhard’s post? He threatened to take ‘further action’. Further action. You can’t say he didn’t warn you.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222468 Kim Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:55:42 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222468 I assert worldwide rights over all Pirate Queens everywhere. I assert worldwide rights over all Pirate Queens everywhere.

]]> By: Helen http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222467 Helen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:50:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222467 I've got "<b>a</b>" as well. But only in the indefinite article, not in every word the letter appears in. I'm not <i>greedy</i>. I’ve got “a” as well.
But only in the indefinite article, not in every word the letter appears in. I’m not greedy.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222466 Kim Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:20:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222466 I have the patent for <b>teh</b> pending! I have the patent for teh pending!

]]> By: Helen http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222465 Helen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:12:26 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222465 I'm here to tell y'all I have just registered <b>the</b> as my trademark. Iwould like to receive a written acknowledgment of this letter stating that you will in the future identify *the* as a trademark if you should write about anything at all, and not use the in a phrase. If I do not hear from you, I will need to take further action. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. H. Pissfahrt (Mrs) Upper Bluttfueck, Vic. 3666 I’m here to tell y’all I have just registered the as my trademark. Iwould like to receive a written acknowledgment of this letter stating that you will in the future identify *the* as a trademark if you should write about anything at all, and not use the in a phrase. If I do not hear from you, I will need to take further action.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

H. Pissfahrt (Mrs)
Upper Bluttfueck, Vic. 3666

]]> By: tigtog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222464 tigtog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:36:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222464 <blockquote>I was around for the first legal spam</blockquote> I just missed that, but arrived while the combo of that and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September" rel="nofollow">the September that never ended</a> was still cursed on a regular basis.

I was around for the first legal spam

I just missed that, but arrived while the combo of that and the September that never ended was still cursed on a regular basis.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222463 FDB Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:06:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/08/20/economy-tanks-blogs-suffer-or-advertising-and-readership-accountability-post/#comment-222463 Is making bogus legal threats illegal? Is making bogus legal threats illegal?

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