[asterisk-users] Twitter is Suing me!!!

[Dean Collins]

This isn't asterisk related but I figure several developers on this list
have built apps for Twitter (or other 3rd party API's).

 

Just found out a few hours ago I'm being sued by Twitter

 

 

Feel free to tweet this link ( www.MyTwitterButler.com/I'm_Being_Sued
<http://www.mytwitterbutler.com/I'm_Being_Sued>  ) or forward on the
link to any journalists you know.

 

If you are on dig here's a dig link.
http://digg.com/software/My_Twitter_Butler_I_m_Being_Sued 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

Dean Collins
dean at MyTwitterButler.com
<mailto:dean at MyTwitterButler.com?subject=I'm%20being%20Sued> 
+1-212-203-4357   New York
+61-2-9016-5642   (Sydney in-dial).
+44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).

 

 

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From: Dean Collins 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:37 PM
Subject: Twitter is Suing me!!!

 

So not only are Twitter fighting battles with Russian hackers they are
now fighting their own third party API developer community !!

 

I received this email 30 minutes ago stating that Twitter is suing me??

 

Basically they feel that my application - www.MyTwitterButler.com
<http://www.mytwitterbutler.com/>  does the following.

 

1/ That anyone using the API to auto follow people are breaching the
TOS??

 

2/ That no one can use the word "Twitter" in their domain

3/ That somehow people might be confused my application is related to
twitter even though every page is labeled 

"Copyright 2009 (c) My Twitter Butler - Not related in anyway to Twitter
Inc, if I owned Twitter would i be spending my time building this app??

 

 

Is this the end for Twitter 3rd party developers?

 

Have they forgotten that it was people like me who saw a need and built
an application using the publicly defined Twitter API to add value to
the Twitter ecosystem?

 

I have asked Twitters lawyers for a conference call tomorrow to clear up
'WHY' they feel anyone using the twitter API to auto follow people is an
illegal act and will be looking forward to their answers about 'WHY' the
twitter API was built in the first place if they want to sue people for
using it.

 

 

www.MyTwitterButler.com/I'm_Being_Sued
<http://www.mytwitterbutler.com/I'm_Being_Sued>  

 

 

 

 

Regards,

Dean Collins
dean at MyTwitterButler.com 
+1-212-203-4357   New York
+61-2-9016-5642   (Sydney in-dial).
+44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).

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