Yeah he has no case whatsoever

Plus, they're running out of money, but they're gonna blow coin on lawyers to come after you?


ROFLSTOMP

justincredible wrote: A PM I just received from Matt Natali:

Justin,
I am informing you that the title of this message board is in direct copyright infringements based upon the parameters set forth on JJHuddle.com. It is evident by the content on your board that you have stolen the name from the Bucknut's site. Therefore, prior to forwarding to our legal team, I am giving you the opportunity to remove the word "Huddle" from your site and web address. If this is not removed by 14:00 on 13November09, our legal team will be contacted and rights to the name will be fully pursued at your own expense.

Thank you,
Matt Natali

You have 1 hour......

Seriously? Wow.

www.chicksinthehuddle.com
www.insidethehuddle.com
www.heelsinthehuddle.com

Yappi.com ... oh shit now I'm saying their website.. does that mean I am causing this site to infringe on them?

He can't control what we say, and what we say does not mean this site has copied anything.

So he comes on here... begs us to come back (the same people they couldn't ban fast enough) and then try to destroy the very place we created and wan't.

Seriously. Does the JJHuddle brain trust have no foresight? Are they incapable of understanding that the community has rejected them and their rules and regulations. You can't make people do what you want all the time. The communist government act doesn't work. This really is America where people will reject you if you try to strong arm them. We like to be able to view our opinions and talk. We don't want to be controlled by an overprotective fatherly figure.

Go fuck yourself Matt

The name isn't the only issue. The content here (the message board) is very similar to what they have. Combine that with the name and they might have a case. I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but that is what I got from it.

derek bomar wrote: Go fuck yourself Matt

lol

The content on tons of sites does that. If anything this one resembles Yappi more than JJ

Cleveland Buck wrote: The name isn't the only issue. The content here (the message board) is very similar to what they have. Combine that with the name and they might have a case. I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but that is what I got from it.

But the content, other than the message board skeleton is all user generated.

So its copyright infringement to have a sports forum with a similar setup? Doubt it.

The name, I can see them getting pissed, but no way they can have a stronghold on the huddle name.

chicago510 wrote:

Cleveland Buck wrote: The name isn't the only issue. The content here (the message board) is very similar to what they have. Combine that with the name and they might have a case. I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but that is what I got from it.

But the content, other than the message board skeleton is all user generated.

So its copyright infringement to have a sports forum with a similar setup? Doubt it.

The name, I can see them getting pissed, but no way they can have a stronghold on the huddle name.

I'm just saying that's what I took from the PM. I don't have any idea if they have a case or not.

I am no lawyer but I read the "terms of use page" http://www.jjhuddle.com/termsofuse/
And I am not seeing anything that says you cannot set up a website like this. so long as you did not copy things from thier site like color, logos and such.

Cleveland Buck wrote: I'm just saying that's what I took from the PM. I don't have any idea if they have a case or not.

I hear you. I'm no lawyer either, but it seems like blasphemy.

I copied the terms of use so if they decide to change it:
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Quick phone call told me that if you named this site something like "FreeJJHuddle.com" ...that would be copyright infringement. Otherwise, the word huddle has no issue.
This site has no "JJ" in it whatsoever.

PLUS,
This site has no Sport/trivia forum. It has no NORTH, SOUTH or any other descriptive of variated football forums, etc.

This place has been in business since 1964. Seems like they have first dibs to the Huddle name.

http://www.huddlehouse.com/

Regardless of whether or not they have a case or not, it sounds to me like (if this is all real) that Justin may have some issues on his hands. I'm half tempted to shut down Mike's board after seeing this.

This is bullshit. JJHuddle made their bed, now they have to sleep in it.

I am sure there are 100 messege boards with similar topics as this one. They are very broad and generalized messege board topics.

My wife just sent me this:

Can I copyright my domain name?
Copyright law does not protect domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that has assumed the responsibility for domain name system management, administers the assignation of domain names through accredited registers.

How do I copyright a name, title, slogan or logo?
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I love that woman.

Just be careful bro. I'm temporarily shutting down Mike's site until I see what happens on yours.

Hey, Here is another sports forum that uses Huddle in it's name.

http://www.thehuddle.com/

You have been banned for the following reason:
Per Bucknuts

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

Just got this, no idea why. They didn't even give a reason.

From reading their intellectual property section and the information provided so far on this board... looks like it's a last desperation attempt that will further alienate more posters from their community. If only somehow we could show everyone over there how big of a jackass these guys are.