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Old 06-11-2011, 06:07 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by L-Pink View Post
Here is a good common sense test for you. If not for facebook would you have picked the name faceporn? Is your last name "face"? Were you running a business previous to facebook with the name "face" in it? Didn't think so.

You picked the name to bootstrap off of a successful business. You know you did.

Your business can also be argued to negatively reflect on facebook. The best thing to do is shut it down and avoid the money grinding legal nightmare that will soon start.
lindows.com did exactly the same thing with windows


the judge ruled that you can't buy a word or phrase out of the dictionary no matter how much money you spend on promoting it



when you go to court make sure to play the speech MZ stated when he made his hot vs hot rating script

where he clearly called the online directory of each res a facebook
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