295872 - Get Internet Explorer dot com uses mozilla.org layout

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Marketing :: Trademark Violations, task)

Description

[Daniel Wang]

http://www.getinternetexplorer.com/

blah. somebody beat them up.

Comment 1

[Daniel C]

Indeed. The layout is copied. The font and some of the colours are copied. The
headers are copied. The tab titles are copied.

http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/licensing/website-markup.html

"You may use the HTML and CSS files on www.mozilla.org or other mozilla.org
websites for your web site - as long as you don't use the visual design or style
(the colors, gradients, fonts, etc.). In other words, you can use the HTML
and/or CSS code, but it should not look like you took our page and dropped in
your logo."

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ (http://www.getfirefox.com/) also has
"Copyright © 1998–2005 The Mozilla Organization" at the bottom of the page.

Comment 2

[fantasai]

I think this would fall more under copyright violation than trademark violation.

fwiw, I think that first line should read
  "You may copy HTML and CSS code on www.mozilla.org"

Comment 3

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

For what it's worth, this doesn't bother me. It's a parody - It made me laugh.

Comment 4

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Steven, if you really don't mind this and no one else seems to have an objection
since, obviously, this is a parody (and may even fall within legal rights to
copy work like this), can you please close this bug as a WONTFIX?

Comment 5

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

It's a parody - enjoy it!