Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking

An anonymous reader writes "A tiny startup that was threatened by a massive law firm over nothing more than a humble hyperlink has been forced to settle and change its linking policies, handing Goliath the win in this gratuitous trademark case. Under the agreement, real estate startup BlockShopper can no longer include hyperlinks anywhere on its website to Jones Day, a massive Chicago law firm, except explicitly on URL text. Essentially, jonesday.com is okay, but not blah blah blah." I wonder if the owners of jonesdaysucks.com feel the same way.

Comments

oh yizzo

[Anonymous Coward]

frist psot beeoches

Re:oh yizzo

[Anonymous Coward]

Jonesday.com sucks Jones Day sucks the farts out of cows' asses They suck bad They are miserable failures They suck donkey cock JonesDay.com sacrifices Chinese babies in the name of Satan Jones Day still sucks Jones Day sucks, sucks, sucks jonesday.com wishes they had just shut the fuck up

Re:oh yizzo

[Anonymous Coward]

I get the feeling that they are soon to learn about what is called The Streisand Effect - You know, it's where you fuck up on the Internet and the entire fucking Internet
takes a moment to let you know about it.... lol

Too bad slashdot has so many annoying filters or else I wouldn't have to type these additional comments to bypass them.

                                                                       

Re:oh yizzo

[c1t1z3nk41n3]

Do not taunt happy fun Internet. If the internet is a game: You win.

Re:oh yizzo

[Epistax]

You mean their contact page at this poop website about poop and nothing but poop.

Re:oh yizzo

[MrNaz]

Come now. Seriously. "In Soviet Russia, Streissand affects you!"

Was it that hard?

Re:oh yizzo

[Anonymous Coward]

Insert text here

It's already slashdotted...!

This just in....

[Anonymous Coward]

Every person at jonesday isa turtle

Re:This just in....

[RiotingPacifist]

yeah but only because they are cunts, plus I'd hope that links in Slashdot comments are ignored by search engines.

Re:Apropos of nothing

[wisty]

The phrase "micro-dicked weasels" has no pages on google, yet. So it would be fairly easy to googlebomb.

Libel!

[dangitman]

I insist that you stop this defamation immediately! jonesday.com is a fine, upstanding company that offers excellent service.

You know...

[ToxicBanjo]

...someone should Da Vinci their Gibson with extreme prejudice.

Scriptkiddies could finally be useful!

The Judge Seriously Said That?

[carlzum]

According to TechDirt, the judge even allegedly put pressure on BlockShopper to back down by saying, "Do you know, young man, how much money it's going to cost you to defend yourselves against Jones Day?"

That sounds like bad dialog from a Lifetime network lawyer movie or something.

Re:RTFA, it's not about hot linking

[Sensible Clod]

We don't use the expression "RL", we use "AFK".

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Re:Cue the Streisand effect in 3...2...1...

[NovaHorizon]

I'm pretty sure they would be suing slashdot instead

..

I wanted to do this one letter at a time but decided all the link marks would make it impossible to read..

Re:Apropos of nothing

[liquidsin]

The micro-dicked weasel (Mustela diem) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. In Europe it is known as the cockless weasel or short-dick weasel.

Physical Description
The micro-dicked weasel is a member of the family Mustelidae, which includes martens, mink, otters, ferrets, and wolverines. The micro-dicked weasel's low legs, wide hind-quarters, and poor diet give it a pronounced waddle. The micro-dicked weasel's skin secretes a thick, syrupy oil which gives it's coat a greasy sheen.

I wonder how long a wikipedia page would last...

Re:grasp of technical matters fail

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

Lawyers generally don't strive on the reputation of being likable.

Now you tell me.

Re:All those lawyers...

[Rastan_B2]

burma shave