Google And Booble...
The news article:
At first, I laughed. The name of the search engine is Booble. Pathetic really, isn't it?
Then I thought, I hope Booble do get shut down. I don't believe that pornographic content should be promoted like this, or at all, really. Plus, the article is just free publicity for them.
Plus, their website seems to be a plain interface rip off of Google's.
"Hey children! Heard of Booble.com?"
"Sure you have. On the news..."
See what I'm saying?
Shut 'em down, Google.
Thoughts? m.
Quote:
Article from abc.net.au:
Google, Booble in legal wrangle over trademarks
Google, the number one Internet search provider, has accused an adult search engine named Booble of infringing on its trademarks and wants it shut down, according to the porn search site.
Booble.com, a website that searches the Internet for pornographic content, said it "intended to be a funny parody of the world's largest and best-known search engine".
The website carries a disclaimer on its main page that says Booble.com is not affiliated with any other search engines.
The page also has a link for people looking for Google.com.
In an email posted on the Booble site, Google lawyers argue that Booble's "domain name is confusingly similar to the famous Google trademark" and that it "improperly duplicates the distinctive and proprietary overall look and feel of Google's" website.
Google asked Booble to disable its website, stop using its domain name and transfer it to Google, among other things, according to the email.
"In trademark law, parody is a defence to trademark infringement," lawyers for Booble wrote in a January 28 response also posted on the website.
"Our client's website is in fact a successful parody, which simultaneously brings to mind the original, while also conveying that it is not the original.
"We ask that Google reconsider its objections and accept the Booble website in the spirit that it was intended - as a parody," the lawyers wrote.
Representatives for both Booble and Google could not be immediately reached for comment.
Article from abc.net.au:
Google, Booble in legal wrangle over trademarks
Google, the number one Internet search provider, has accused an adult search engine named Booble of infringing on its trademarks and wants it shut down, according to the porn search site.
Booble.com, a website that searches the Internet for pornographic content, said it "intended to be a funny parody of the world's largest and best-known search engine".
The website carries a disclaimer on its main page that says Booble.com is not affiliated with any other search engines.
The page also has a link for people looking for Google.com.
In an email posted on the Booble site, Google lawyers argue that Booble's "domain name is confusingly similar to the famous Google trademark" and that it "improperly duplicates the distinctive and proprietary overall look and feel of Google's" website.
Google asked Booble to disable its website, stop using its domain name and transfer it to Google, among other things, according to the email.
"In trademark law, parody is a defence to trademark infringement," lawyers for Booble wrote in a January 28 response also posted on the website.
"Our client's website is in fact a successful parody, which simultaneously brings to mind the original, while also conveying that it is not the original.
"We ask that Google reconsider its objections and accept the Booble website in the spirit that it was intended - as a parody," the lawyers wrote.
Representatives for both Booble and Google could not be immediately reached for comment.
At first, I laughed. The name of the search engine is Booble. Pathetic really, isn't it?
Then I thought, I hope Booble do get shut down. I don't believe that pornographic content should be promoted like this, or at all, really. Plus, the article is just free publicity for them.
Plus, their website seems to be a plain interface rip off of Google's.
"Hey children! Heard of Booble.com?"
"Sure you have. On the news..."
See what I'm saying?
Shut 'em down, Google.
Thoughts? m.
Comments
Boobles defence is that it is a parody of Google, which it is technically free to do under the first amendment. "The entire universe gets the joke. Only a lawyer could say 'Booble' without smiling," said a Booble representative.
They are wrong for infringing on Google's patent but it's still funny as all hell.
Hell, they even put the prices on there!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Ebby
Sometimes parities can be funny. Take "Pyst" or example, a parity of "Myst". It mocks the whole island and turns it into a trailer park. I think google needs to lighten up, and take a joke.
parodies can be funny, but something that if children are doing researched they are going to see the Google logo messed with a pair of breasts and blatant rip off of the design.
some people want to use the "i just want to protect kids" line as a way to take away the rights of adults to further their own plans of theocracy. they use "protecting kids" as a way to chisel away at our hard-won rights.
this is why i belive in the seperation of church and state, thomas jefferson had it right...
if someone doesn't like porno thats fine, but they shouldn't try to infringe on someone elses right to view it.
we have the local "citizens for decency" who take underage kids and make them up so they look older and send them into stores to buy cigarettes. so you might have some new clerk make a mistake and the store gets slammed. this is "creating crime" this group is the number 1 source of underage kids trying to buy cigaretts in this city. this group should be stopped from using kids in this way.
so if they really want to protect kids on the net create a 2nd internet and ban all adult ads or sites and leave everybody else on the first internet alone...
I'm Feewing Wucky
Thanks to Larry Flynt, we are free to parody what we want. I hope Booble wins in court.