Suspendida la publicación del blog

Estoy realmente anodadado Aún no salgo de mi asombro después de haber recibido una notificación de una firma de abogados en la que me instan a dejar de usar las marcas registradas por David Alen Corporation, lo que imagino incluirá entre otros el término ge-te-de (espero que esta forma no esté también registrada).

Lamentablemente, dada la gravedad de las implicaciones de esta notificación, me veo obligado a detener las publicaciones en este blog, hasta evaluar exactamente el alcance y los términos de la misma. Os dejo una copia de la carta que he recibido, y os mantendré informados.

Dear “El Gachupas”:

Kaplan and Smitch is a national public interest law firm. We have presented many briefs before the United States Supreme Court, and we have argued before the High Court and in state and federal courts throughout the nation. Kaplan and Smitch has offices in Florida, Virginia and hundreds of affiliate attorneys licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We frequently provide assistance to various organizations including David Alen Corporation (“DavidCorp”).

It has recently come to our attention that your web site, http://elgachupas.wordpress.com is using a brand that you admit was taken from the DavidCorp web site. You appear to believe that the stolen brand is exempt from federal intellectual property laws as a “parody” due to “fair use.” Unfortunately, the intricacies of federal law cannot adequately be covered on your site due to the variety of facts addressed by courts in numerous cases. Your use of the brand is indeed a violation of copyright law and is not covered by “fair use.” .

We are confident that you will understand our insistence that you immediately cease use of the brand on your web site or in any other form. Please confirm your agreement to this request, and please note your confirmation that no other use is being or will be made of the brands or logo, by signing and returning an original signature on a copy of this letter at the address shown above, no later than January 15, 2010. We appreciate your anticipated cooperation with this request.

Sincerely,

Simon Stevenson,

Actualización (7:24 am GMT-6): No salgo de mi asombro al despertar esta mañana en México, cuando veo que no soy el único blog que ha recibido la notificación. Ya me estoy poniendo en contacto con José Miguel (Optima Infinito), Jeroen (El Canasto), Dani (Du Tudú) y Alex (GTD Bergonzini) para estudiar algún tipo de acción en conjunto.