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Thread started 09/08/14 3:21pm

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Wordpress creators reply to Janet Jackson's improper takedown request.

Everyone knows I love me some Janet, but this is pretty funny.

Apparently her lawyers tried to make some copyright claims that were improper, and Wordpress claimed them as fair use, responding with the following statement:

“It seems like you believe the use of the trademark “Janet Jackson” is reserved all for you, but we were hoping you’d be open to some feedback because your attempt to control every use of the mark is pretty nasty. If you read up on nominative use, you’ll discover that it doesn’t really matter that “Janet Jackson” is used on this site. If you believe there are any other alleged infringements, would you mind submitting a notice again via our trademark form?

http://automattic.com/trademark-policy/

So excited to work with you going forward.”

falloff

source - http://transparency.autom...-of-shame/

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Reply #1 posted 09/08/14 6:13pm

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falloff Oh that is freaking hilarious! Who'd she hire...Prince's lawyers? razz

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