[thelist] A legal question (was: Lawyers and stuff)

Peter Van Dijck pedro3 at geo.net.co
Fri, 07 Jan 2000 12:58:35 -0500


very interesting, thanks!
But is writing an article about products of you and your competition illegal?
Peter


At 11:47 AM 1/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
>This link is sexier:  :)
>
>http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/resources/metasuits.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Van Dijck [mailto:pedro3@geo.net.co]
>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 11:05 AM
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>Subject: [thelist] A legal question (was: Lawyers and stuff)
>
>
>Hi all,
>hope nobody jumps over me for bad practices.
>I have a client in Colombia (SA) that sells software internationally
>trhough their site, and I figured this:
>why not write an article comparing their product (which compares pretty
>well) with that of the competition. And then make the page so it targets
>the keywords of the competitions' brand in the searchengines. So if people
>look for the competitions brand they'll also find this comparing article,
>and may look at our product as well.
>
>Is this evil?
>Is this unfair competition?
>Can we be sued (nothing surprises me from the US) for his?
>
>Thanks for any advice,
>Peter
>
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