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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by logfromblammo on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:20PM (#14876352)
It's AZLyrics's responsibility to police their own trademarks, so it's okay, unless they say it is not in a C&D letter.

So it's legally okay, as far as we know.

Still a dick move, though. It's not okay in my opinion. But I'm not the one who may gain or lose thousands of dollars by deciding whether or not to do it, either. I can't say for certain whether it would be okay or not from outside my comfy judgment armchair.

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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by ScottBurson on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:28PM (#14876408)
It's blatant, intentional trademark infringement for direct commercial gain. IANAL, but I would think this might result in something quite a bit more expensive than a C&D -- like a lawsuit with punitive damages.

ETA: and now the site owner is on record here on HN stating that the intent was to steal search traffic. I'm sure this is a cutthroat business ... but this is an open invitation for one's own throat to be cut.

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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by logfromblammo on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:21PM (#14877234)
The USPTO trademark search system (TESS [0]) reveals that "azlyrics" is not a registered trademark [in the US].

If the company hasn't registered it, and doesn't enforce it, it is not a trademark.

[0] http://tess2.uspto.gov/

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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by yvoschaap2 on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:38PM (#14876471)
So many lawyers here on HN, I forgot...
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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by ScottBurson on Friday July 28, 2017 @05:17PM (#14877642)
It's not us you need to worry about. Good luck!
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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by wumbolad on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:20PM (#14876782)
Yeah man these people are crazy
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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by rhizome on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:27PM (#14877288)
On "initial interest confusion":

http://www.klemchuk.com/30-trademark-infringement-by-meta-ta...

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