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Served with a cease and desist from a multi billion dollar social media company

3 pointsrukshana6 comments

I am having "conversations" with the legal team of a big social media platform about a blog that I have. They claim that it is in violation of their copyright infringement and from my research this is just plain not true.I'm not particularly attached to this blog but I dislike the idea of a large US company bullying people. Does anyone in this group know much about US trademark infringement and copyright? I'd much appreciate a quick chat :)! I am living in Canada but the blog is registered with a US hosting company. Thank you in advance :)

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UPDATE Here is the time of events.

- Received Notice of Infringement of the company's Intellectual Property Rights via my domain provider (I have my information private).

- I reply with the email below: "This email is in response to your expressed concerns regarding my blog.

To clarify, my blog uses the term hacking in the way of a “life hack” – a strategy to manage one’s time and daily actives in the most efficient manner possible – specifically, in this case promoting the use of XXX in a positive way. Examples of this type of content are explanation and examples of XXX features and instructions on how to use the platform.

To further clarify, I am not using my blog commercially. I am not gaining any financial benefit from its use on my blog.

If you wish to purchase the name of my blog, I’d be open to having that discussion."

- They email back saying that they do not reimburse incurred expenses in setting up my blog.

-I do not reply.

- They contact my hosting provider with the same request they initially contacted the company I purchased my domain through.

My take: it's almost certainly not a battle worth fighting. If it is worth fighting, hire an attorney. If it isn't, devote energy elsewhere and consider it a lesson learned.

I'd give the same advice if it was a local restaurant rather than a mega-corp.

More information would help. What content did you put up that they're upset about?

I've updated with the timeline of events :). I didn't post anything but my bio. They're upset cause I used the term "hacking" alongside the name of their company. I used it in a life hacking way but I think they are more concerned about the domain name then the content as there isn't any content there.

Switch to a Russian hosting provider and you should be fine.

Could you elaborate on that? Are they not able to proceed legally if the hosting is in Russia?

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