Wisdom of crowds my ass.
Digg Forces Shutdown of DiggGames.com Domain
Note all of the comments saying how Digg now suX0rz!!!!111 because of this action. Do these kids even live in the real world? Trademark law is pretty straight forward, and you have to police your mark or can be challenged. Today it's some kid doing something he thinks is harmless, tomorrow it's AOL.
But all of those commenting people seem to think that Digg is doing something evil here. Get over it. They're doing what they have to in order to protect their brand. In my opinion, they're also keeping some scab from leeching off of their success too, which I think is 100% valid.
I remember in the early days of Suicide Girls that they'd make various actions that pissed people off, all for the sake of growing the business, and people accused them of all kinds of things. Missy and that other guy were called sell-outs and everything else. It was pretty ridiculous. I don't understand why something popular or profitable isn't cool (especially with the irony that people are big Mac and iPod users here).
Digg Forces Shutdown of DiggGames.com Domain
Note all of the comments saying how Digg now suX0rz!!!!111 because of this action. Do these kids even live in the real world? Trademark law is pretty straight forward, and you have to police your mark or can be challenged. Today it's some kid doing something he thinks is harmless, tomorrow it's AOL.
But all of those commenting people seem to think that Digg is doing something evil here. Get over it. They're doing what they have to in order to protect their brand. In my opinion, they're also keeping some scab from leeching off of their success too, which I think is 100% valid.
I remember in the early days of Suicide Girls that they'd make various actions that pissed people off, all for the sake of growing the business, and people accused them of all kinds of things. Missy and that other guy were called sell-outs and everything else. It was pretty ridiculous. I don't understand why something popular or profitable isn't cool (especially with the irony that people are big Mac and iPod users here).