Comments on: Blame Canada! http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/ Zopa blog - updates, team, news, life and more. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dave http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-724 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:25:18 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-724 yeah - its the same company I think, just different URL... yeah - its the same company I think, just different URL…

]]> by: John McCarthy http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-722 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:13:09 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-722 there's another website like this http://www.moneyonthego.com/ there’s another website like this

http://www.moneyonthego.com/

]]> by: Kyle http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-602 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:50:54 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-602 so what's going on with this website ? they do look pretty close to the same thing although the logos are diff. so what’s going on with this website ? they do look pretty close to the same thing although the logos are diff.

]]> by: Dave http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-278 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:02:13 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-278 PS. Have a look at <a href="http://www.netdisaster.com/go.php?mode=pee&url=http://www.mogo.ca" rel="nofollow">this</a> which pretty much says everything we need to say about Mogo :-) Thanks again to <a href="http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/001259.php" rel="nofollow">Johnnie M</a> for demonstrating the power of the web! PS. Have a look at this which pretty much says everything we need to say about Mogo :-)

Thanks again to Johnnie M for demonstrating the power of the web!

]]> by: Dave http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-277 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:20:44 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-277 Thanks Jack - appreciate the suggestions very much. I'll pass them onto our friendly in house lawyer, Mr Deane-Johns to see what he can do. There's a cost benefit trade off here though - we could go after them with guns blazing, but that's expensive. A stroppy letter is probably a good place to start - sounds like we have grounds... Thanks to <a href="http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/archives/001257.php" rel="nofollow">Johnnie Moore</a> as well for picking it up in his blog! Thanks Jack - appreciate the suggestions very much. I’ll pass them onto our friendly in house lawyer, Mr Deane-Johns to see what he can do. There’s a cost benefit trade off here though - we could go after them with guns blazing, but that’s expensive. A stroppy letter is probably a good place to start - sounds like we have grounds…

Thanks to Johnnie Moore as well for picking it up in his blog!

]]> by: Jack Yan http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-274 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:03:10 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-274 Right, here’s what you do. You do have global copyright, and Canada is a signatory to the Berne Convention. Assuming you are first with this design, you should notify their host with the same information. Canada doesn't have the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but its existing copyright legislation is good enough. The host should be able to come to the same conclusion. If you are planning to sue, get in an expert to make a finding of "objective similarity". This is submitted with your statement of claim in a Canadian court. I believe your defendant has to disprove the finding by producing draft drawings. It's a very high standard of proof. I still would notify their ISP at the very least as copyright is global—the border has no effect on whether your copyright is recognized in Canada or not. Usual disclaimer: seek legal advice, blah blah blah, and I don't need to stand by the above, etc. Right, here’s what you do. You do have global copyright, and Canada is a signatory to the Berne Convention. Assuming you are first with this design, you should notify their host with the same information. Canada doesn’t have the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but its existing copyright legislation is good enough. The host should be able to come to the same conclusion. If you are planning to sue, get in an expert to make a finding of “objective similarity”. This is submitted with your statement of claim in a Canadian court. I believe your defendant has to disprove the finding by producing draft drawings. It’s a very high standard of proof. I still would notify their ISP at the very least as copyright is global—the border has no effect on whether your copyright is recognized in Canada or not. Usual disclaimer: seek legal advice, blah blah blah, and I don’t need to stand by the above, etc.

]]> by: Pete http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-272 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:17:24 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-272 ........are your web site designers doing a bit of moonlighting?????????? Otherwise I would have thought that was copyright infringement if you hold the global coyrights to the front page. ……..are your web site designers doing a bit of moonlighting??????????
Otherwise I would have thought that was copyright infringement if you hold the global coyrights to the front page.

]]> by: Dave http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-266 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:51:56 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-266 :-) Yeah - great rates aren't they? :-) Yeah - great rates aren’t they?

]]> by: John McCarthy http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-265 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:42:20 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-265 "No one backs their products and services like MOGO and we defy you to find a company that would even come close." Um... I can think of a few © MOGO Financial Inc. 2006 All rights reserved. MOGO is a registered trade mark of MOGO FInancial Inc. -------------------------------- Dude what did MOGO copyright anyway? Fortunately you can take out $500 and only have to pay $600 back. I'm legitimately pissed. “No one backs their products and services like MOGO and we defy you to find a company that would even come close.”

Um… I can think of a few

© MOGO Financial Inc. 2006 All rights reserved.
MOGO is a registered trade mark of MOGO FInancial Inc.
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Dude what did MOGO copyright anyway? Fortunately you can take out $500 and only have to pay $600 back. I’m legitimately pissed.

]]> by: John McCarthy http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-264 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:32:30 +0000 http://blog.zopa.com/archives/2006/01/30/blame-canada/#comment-264 Are you serious? Are you serious?

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