What's really going on with Skype blogger issue
Yesterday I posted this about Skype blogger Jan Geirmaert's problems with Skype. It tunrs out the issue was far less an issue than first presented. He wasn't given any cease and desist of any kind. He was denied offical support, and nothing more. His decision to change domains was simply flag waving and unnecessary.
Skype-gadgets.com - Skype-watch.com closed down in order to legally comply with Skype.I am removing my Skype blog away from www.skype-gadgets.com and www.skype-watch.com in compliance with the legal request of Skype
Copy of the email as received from Skype from Seema Sharma [seema.sharma@skype.net] on Sat 4/28/2007 1:45 AM
Dear Mr Geirnaert[Read Jan's full post]Lester Madden has passed to me a copy of your email below so that I may respond to it. I am an IP lawyer at Skype.
In the first instance, I should like to stress that we work very hard at Skype to prevent third parties from illegally registering and using domains with the trade mark SKYPE in the URL where the domains in question are not officially endorsed by or associated with Skype. It goes without saying that we do not want third party domains and the associated websites to appear to the wider community as being associated with or endorsed by Skype when they are not. I take your point that it may be the case that there are other Skype related domain names registered which do not belong to Skype.
Now this looks like nothing but an attention-getting ploy. I'm simply stepping back to the position I've held on SKype all along.
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let's add this quote from the Skype letter which is a clear warning not to continue with skype-watch.com and skype-gadgets.com :
"... you will no doubt understand why we can not depart from our standard policy and give you permissions to use the domains you have registered for any purpose, including blogging. Nor can we give you permission to promote sites owned by you which are not associated with nor endorsed by Skype."
I am not trying to take anything out of it's context here and neither is this some trick to get more attention (I am not important) but it certainly not format of the message that is initially important. It is more about what is the standard policy on bloggin on www.skypethisandthat domain-names.
One can throw all kind of legal mumbo jumbo in my direction (I am sure it will be done very professionally) but the point is that I don't feel motivated to write about Skype on www.skype-watch.com and www.skype-gadgets.com with this kind sword of damocles hanging over my head. If I am not welcome by doing this, well then so be it.
What about the other skype blog websites ?
Posted by: jan geirnaert | tropicaljantie | April 29, 2007 5:48 PM