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Facebook has too much money
« on: November 25, 2010, 04:18:02 pm »
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http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8169701

this article just made me think "...What?!  :tickedoff:" It seems so unreasonable.
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2010, 02:13:21 pm »
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This is just like Microsoft in the late 90s. A massive conglomerate holding supreme monopoly over everything in the market.
The only way to curb Facebook's pernicious influence is via a Supreme court ruling, and even then, some people have their lives so ingrained in the website, they they won't pull out.
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2010, 02:46:16 pm »
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Quote from: Spreadbury on November 25, 2010, 04:18:02 pm
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8169701

this article just made me think "...What?!  :tickedoff:" It seems so unreasonable.
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  Reminds me of Maccas taking legal action against a humble Scottish guy who opened a cafe called Mac Muffin
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2010, 02:53:13 pm »
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"one out of 14 people have a facebook account"

That figure is soon to rise..I don't even have facebook, or at least, yet.
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2010, 02:56:03 pm »
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Quote from: Souljette_93 on November 26, 2010, 02:53:13 pm
"one out of 14 people have a facebook account"


woww.. dats heaps of ppl... yeh i have one too .. deactivated since yr 12 and i dnt want to reactivate. i feel i have a life when there is no fb..
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2010, 02:59:54 pm »
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Quote from: samiira on November 26, 2010, 02:56:03 pm
Quote from: Souljette_93 on November 26, 2010, 02:53:13 pm
"one out of 14 people have a facebook account"


woww.. dats heaps of ppl... yeh i have one too .. deactivated since yr 12 and i dnt want to reactivate. i feel i have a life when there is no fb..

If I was to make one, I'm going to have to learn to restrict myself onto it. With us it was the opposite, my friends are making one now so we don't loose touch. ( And this is the reason why I would consider it, for my friends who I know would be hard to trace).
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2010, 01:17:18 am »
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Quote from: Souljette_93 on November 26, 2010, 02:53:13 pm
"one out of 14 people have a facebook account"

That figure is soon to rise..I don't even have facebook, or at least, yet.

Is that in the whole world, or just out of people who have internet connections?


Also, if they decide in an American court that facebook is allowed to trademark 'face', then in a foreign country will 'face' also be trademarked, or only in America?

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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2010, 01:21:30 am »
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Quote from: /0 on November 27, 2010, 01:17:18 am
Also, if they decide in an American court that facebook is allowed to trademark 'face', then in a foreign country will 'face' also be trademarked, or only in America?



From my vague knowledge of how far Facebook has spread across the globe, and a brief glance at trademarks on wikipedia, it would be enforcable in all countries where facebook is present.
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2010, 08:48:10 am »
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Why/how could you trademark the word face? Isn't it a bit too.... common?
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Re: Facebook has too much money
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2010, 09:51:26 am »
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Soon they'll be trademarking letters, and you will have to pay them to talk :D
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