Using Facebook in domain name

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o hai guyz

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As far as using the word "facebook" in a domain, such as "facebookringtones.com" or "facebookiqtest.com" (just examples), I'm aware that it's copyright infringement but have they actually gone after anyone for this, or do they usually not bother?

As another example, how about instead of "facebook ringtones" you called your site "fb ringtones" and used a navy/white color scheme?
 


Would suing be the first course of action or would they almost surely send a C&D first? If I owned that site I'd rather just take it down than go to court. The idea I have is for a simple lander, not an actual content site, so it would be easy to take it down if I needed to.
 
yep i dont think they take names like that nicely , they have a team that would take action as soon as they see a thread to ruin the reputation of the domain
 
Well does remind me of pages like paypalsucks.com - that is still around. Why not a "facebooksucks.com"?
 
NO YOU CAN'T! facebook is a trademark also FB ... don't play with it if you try to earn on trademark you will get sued.
 
I have a domain...How-to-use-Twitter, but I plan to add a disclaimer, hopefully they leave me the "F" alone...lol

In theory I am promoting their site with a 3rd party item...so why not?

If not, the registrars shouldn't sell em right?

I wouldn't go buying a Metallica domain tho....:smokin:

Now you all have me worried! -I bought another one (mis-spell) that gets 201,000 exact/mntly = Twiiter<---they can't stop that can they?
(not sure it was worth the $6 busks tho, cause most people who typo, won't stick around long!)
 
i don't think it would be wise to buy them as stated that people got sued because of it
 
Art72 said:
Now you all have me worried! -I bought another one (mis-spell) that gets 201,000 exact/mntly = Twiiter<---they can't stop that can they?
(not sure it was worth the $6 busks tho, cause most people who typo, won't stick around long!)
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I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use a misspelled trademark (like 'Twiiter'). It can be considered 'deceptively similar' if your site is similar enough to the original site in terms of appearance and services provided. If users have mistakenly used your site thinking it was Twitter, that is a serious offence. But if your site looks nothing like Twitter and couldn't possibly fool anyone, then that's a different story.
 
- The first thing they usually do is just sending you an email telling to take the site offline and sometimes handing over the domain to them.
- Paypalsucks still exist because they dont profit/get ad revenues from the site, its just informative, there is not copyright infringement there and paypal has never been able to take this site offline.
- Do you live outside the US?, if so, then dont worry, these guys dont sue people outside the US (usuallly).

Final Veredict: if you dont plan to make this site really popular, go for it. If you live within the us, think it twice.
 
I think it's no problem with the copyright. I found there are lot of site use facebook, twitter, youtube in their domain and these site is still live until now..
 
If FB don't get you now, they will get you later once they're done with the other FB trademark domains. So basically you're just simply waiting in line to get sued FB.
 
i have a domain with fb in it, and i put it on sale on a forum, and they emailed me that i had to immediately turn it over to the them or i will face legal action. also that i couldnt use it or i will face legal action
 
o hai guyz said:
but have they actually gone after anyone for this, or do they usually not bother?
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A simple google search would have showed you that they have.

These are the guys that tried sue Teachbook for "book" if I remember correctly. I don't think I would want to fuck with that.
 
we once had problems with 2checkout, having "facebook" in our domain... they just refused to process our payments.. had to change the domain.. it was lame :((
 
It is absolutely an infringement of trademark, not copyright. You can by all means buy the domain but Facebook, owns the trademark 'Facebook'. Therefore, if you use it in any way without their permission, you are infringing their trademark. Even the worst lawyer in the world would be able to tear you apart in court. Imagine the power of Facebook lawyers (although the Winklevoss brothers may disagree).

They will most likely send a cease and desist first. Then they will financially rape you.

Wouldn't touch it if I was you.
 
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