celgins
msg:390743 | 7:43 pm on Jan 31, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Hmmmm. Interesting! I'm guessing copyright laws, name registration laws, and other issues will arise because of this.
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your_store
msg:390744 | 8:15 pm on Jan 31, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Pretty sleazy move. Hopefully, the original TL can spin this for some publicity. I'd hate to go up against News Corp's lawyers though.
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timchuma
msg:390745 | 11:09 pm on Feb 1, 2006 (gmt 0) |
I saw this in the local paper yesterday. I am probably not going to use their search engine anyway as it only takes paid advertisers that were already in the newspaper.
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EliteWeb
msg:390746 | 3:45 pm on Feb 2, 2006 (gmt 0) |
[smh.com.au...] SMH an Australian news company has written an article about this conflict titled will the real truelocal please stand up.
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EliteWeb
msg:390747 | 5:15 pm on Feb 2, 2006 (gmt 0) |
If they knew then im sure it was part of their plan to do this, gain the media attention then when forced changed their name but by then they have gotten huge exposure. :/
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digitalghost
msg:390748 | 5:23 pm on Feb 2, 2006 (gmt 0) |
>>gain the media attention then when forced if forced A court might decide that True Local took no steps to protect the name in Australia and therefore, deserves no protection. I'm sure it won't be hard to find attorneys that make compelling arguments for both sides. Give 'em hell Jake.
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bears5122
msg:390749 | 6:27 pm on Feb 2, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Are you sure this is News Corps as in Rupert Murdoch? I've only seen News Ltd in the articles. If it is News Corp, good luck. If it does hit some big news outlets and creates some buzz though, it may actually be the best thing to happen to them.
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wheel
msg:390750 | 6:35 pm on Feb 2, 2006 (gmt 0) |
From the article:
>>>According to sources at the Toronto-based TrueLocal "
Toronto based? They moved? :) >>hundreds of Australians" have already attempted to sign up to its service after mistaking it for the recently launched directory listing service from News Ltd. Lol. This is the biggest reason why this was a mistake on the Aussie's part. Anyone recall BakeJake's presentation in Vegas on 101 twisted things to do to people you don't really want at your website? I'd be surprised if they had a case legally, but even if they pull that off somehow, they've still got to worry about the online side of things. (*)I'm thinking if Jake captures australian traffic and send them to <some funky> site, that'll do some interesting things to folks looking to advertise on the .au site who mistyped. [edited by: tedster at 6:42 pm (utc) on Feb. 2, 2006]
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sparticus
msg:390751 | 4:03 am on Feb 3, 2006 (gmt 0) |
Don't know if anyone has been back and checked the original truelocal.com site, but it seems pretty 'true blue' to me... I smell lawyers somewhere nearby.
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rickagain
msg:390752 | 5:44 am on Feb 3, 2006 (gmt 0) |
I thought I heard someone bought 'Australia Local Search' - which started as part of Yahoo Australia (it's still there). This truelocal seems to contain the same data... Good news for all who paid top dollar to be listed. One of the 3 national TV stations has become part of Yahoo Australia (one of the others is part of MSN in Australia). With such a small population and cross media ownership laws... some big media companies don't seem to like others (personally, I can't keep track of who's who). But both 'truelocal' & the Yahoo/TV station happened at the same time.
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Rogi
msg:390753 | 9:36 am on Feb 3, 2006 (gmt 0) |
It's just another 'yellow pages' except:
- with no traffic (compared to ~2million/month) and
- no pagerank (compared to pr7) and
- no inbound links (compared to ~2,500). I don't really see their USP? (all 'compared to' stuff above relates to the AU yellow pages)
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aus_dave
msg:390754 | 4:29 am on Feb 6, 2006 (gmt 0) |
| Are you sure this is News Corps as in Rupert Murdoch? I've only seen News Ltd in the articles. |
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News Limited is the Australian newspaper publishing arm of News Corporation. As you say, good luck ;). Aside from any copyright issues relating to the web site design itself, I would say the truelocal.com owners have very little grounds for complaint. News Limited have a genuine claim to the .com.au version of the domain name, based on what their site offers. This namespace is more restricted than some others but it is still on a first come, first served basis. They have also submitted trademark applications to protect the name/logo, so you could say they were well prepared.
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