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Ten years ago I developed a local rock climbing database called Climbook. Small website (~1000 users), no ads, no money involved. Facebook has spent the last 3
by paozac 7y ago
Ten years ago I developed a local rock climbing database called Climbook. Small website (~1000 users), no ads, no money involved. Facebook has spent the last 3 years suing the owner, saying it's a trademark violation. The first two rounds at court rejected facebook claims, now they're up for a third. Horrible people.
- eb0la 7y agoI Hope the court will dissmiss the case and condemn FB to pay the legal bills (which is usual in my country for frivolous lawsuits).
- retSava 7y agoThose legal bills are nothing to FB. The stress, even if fully compensated etc, on the owner would likely break anyone after a couple of "exposures"
- ljw1001 7y agoThat’s the whole point. A small expense for facebook is enough to kill a small business. It doesn’t matter if there’s any merit to the case
- paozac 7y agoThat's what happened so far, but they won't give up. They must have an army of lawyers with nothing better to do.
- SkyBelow 7y agoWe need something more akin to gun laws. Using the court is an extreme level of threat against the average person. So someone who grossly misuses it should face similar penalties to someone misusing a gun; losing the right to access the weapon. Facebook being given a 20 year ban on going after anyone in court would be a good start.
- akiselev 7y agoSo, 20 years of no contracts, property rights, or anything else that would require a court to enforce?
- SkyBelow 7y agoWhen a person loses access to a gun because they abuse it, do we concern ourselves with how their diminished ability to protect themself?
- michaelmrose 7y agoHow about make the penalties so high that lawyers will compete to defect the innocent from frivolous lawsuits. Minimum of 2x legal costs max of 10x legal costs for the truly wtf worthy. Has the advantage of not shutting people out of the legal system.
- libraryatnight 7y agoYears ago when I quit facebook it was because I hated how much I looked at it, and the distorted view it created of the world around me. Now I'm glad I quit just because it's wretched company that does wretched things.
- artursapek 7y agoYou've described my experience perfectly.