Fighting over for Topify [updated: good news, no bad news]
[read update below] This is a bad day for Topify. We have just been notified that our service is being sued for copyright infringement by a major company. I am not sure we are allowed to mention it but i’ll take the chances.
Fedex claims they have a registered patent for delivering faster and better email notifications and they claim we have infringed it.
Now this is ridiculous. Fedex should be concerned about delivering mail but this is not really their business.
Our lawyer tells us that the take down notice has been issued by someone by the name of Williams at Fedex. We don’t have more details but that could have a relation to Twitter too. For now this does not matter
We decided to fight it. This is going to be costly but we love Topify and won’t let Fedex ruin our efforts. If necessary we ll go to UPS and ask them for support. Our lawyer says we have great chances to Win.
If you read this please help us in republishing this news on the web or on Twitter.
update: thanks to all for your amazing support. This is really great to feel that our users care. We ll update you more on Topify and this case very very soon
In the meantime if you want to help us keep using the service and if you are not using it yet, use one of the invites here
[important update]: ok, given the proportion it is taking we prefer to tell you that this whole case was obviously a pre-april 1st fake as some readers already guessed. Read carefully the post and you’ll find instant hints towards a confirmation (starting by the tone, a reference to mr Williams/Twitter, UPS, this unlikely email patent, our Twit on the fake Fedex account…)
We are amazed by the reaction of the community and are positively surprised to see so much care for Topify. We have received a lawyer immediate help on this case. So short apologies for the fake scare and thanks for the support
Continue to enjoy safely Topify
ps: and friendly smile to our friends at Fedex (who still should care for their Twitter account)
more update: we ve just been TechCrunch-ed (along with other april’s fool of the day)
