[Wikia-l] I've heard of copying content...

[Victor]

It appears Gil from world.wikia.com is having some of their content used.

I am not 100% sure of what is being used from there but no attribution to
the original author/s is included in the exporting of content apart from the
inclusion of the automated wikia text inserted.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Laurence Parry <greenreaper at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> > Of course, only copying the first revison, and infringing on Wikia's
> > Service Mark would be a different case.
>
> The risk of such infringement is a good reason to actively associate
> yourself or your group with your mark. Online and printed promotion can be
> very useful, as ownership of rights in a mark are obtained through its use
> to identify your goods and services, either on the product itself or
> through
> advertising.
>
> If you feel it is necessary, you can officially register your service mark.
> At US$275 for the US alone, this may be a relatively expensive procedure
> (or
> not, depending on your point of view), but it gives you the ability to
> demand an injunction preventing the person from using your mark in the same
> area of business. It may also entitle you to damages if they do so with
> intent to confuse, cause mistake, or deceive. Such remedies are possible to
> obtain without a registered mark, but you have to do a lot more work to
> prove you own it - if registered, it's up to them to prove the opposite.
>
> --
> Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
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