Jews for Jesus sues Google
p2p news / p2pnet: Jews for Jesus is suing Google for allegedly using the JfJ name on the Google Blogspot without its permission.
“The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, seeks to force Google to give Jews for Jesus control of the site as well as unspecified monetary damages,” says Reuters.
“Our reputation is at stake,” the story has Jews for Jesus associate executive director Susan Perlman saying.
http://jewsforjesus.blogspot.com, was started in January 2005, “by someone taking the name ‘Whistle Blower’ and airing critical views of the San Francisco-based organization, which seeks to convert Jews to Christianity,” says Reuters.
” Shalom to those who get their paycheck from Jews for Jesus,” says Whistle Blower’ on the blog.
“Maybe you’ve heard something about how Jews for Jesus is suing Google. You might be wondering to yourself, ‘Why is The Ministry suing Google?’ If your leaders have gathered you in a Monday morning staff meeting to explain why they had to sue Google, they had no other recourse, they have been wronged, that this is in line with their other lawsuit they won in U.S. court, that Jesus would want them to sue, or more, have you had any sense that maybe, just maybe, something isn’t sitting right with your spirit?”
Also See:
Reuters – Jews for Jesus sues Google over blog, December 22, 2005
blog – To Jews for Jesus Employees, December 23, 2005
December 23rd, 2005 at 6:42 pm
December 24th, 2005 at 6:36 am
“jewsforjesus” in this case is a subdomain. Y’know, the part before the main “domainname.com”.
I don’t think a suit over a subdomain should be allowed. A domain name implies some sort of business or organization, usually, but a subdomain is just something that the server administrator sets up for his own purposes. In this case it seems to be the name of a user account. Do we all have to avoid trademarked words as logons now? I hope not.
December 24th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
At one time Jews for Jesus was ahead of the curve on web development as evidenced by being highlighted as one of the best websites around. But it didn’t take long for web development to outstrip their competencies and knowledge. Blogger has been around for years and yet Jews for Jesus couldn’t see this coming? They’ve just gotten old and lame.
The blog they want to control has been around since January and only had three posts, the last of which had been May. It would have stayed in oblivion if Jews for Jesus had just done what that blogger suggested: set something up on their own website. Who would have known about the blogspot site? Who would have cared?
But now what hath Jews for Jesus wrought? Have you seen the activity? What about these newer posts? Seems like there is now some serious negative publicity. Who knows where this is going to lead? But either way, it sure oughta be interesting.
December 25th, 2005 at 7:29 am
It’s amusing in many ways, including the detail that they chose to sue in New York, which has a large Jewish population, as well as the timing of the lawsuit on Christmas.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Why do they not sue the Governments of the world for allowing the Internet to exist. What about the American 1st amendment?