[RichardWnl]

They have not shut down http://twitter.com/#!/OVHStatus yet

If OVH want the account i am quite happy to give it to them.

Aah I was using this one.. it's good

[MicroChip123]

They have not shut down http://twitter.com/#!/OVHStatus yet

If OVH want the account i am quite happy to give it to them.

[Myatu]

Heehee! One thing, I would gather they'd frown upon the logo (in likeness of...).

[unclebob]

Hi

Yes you can create one without the OVH Name.

Neil

Brilliant! Thanks again Neil

OhVeeEhtch !

https://twitter.com/OhVeeAitch

[Rilly]

OhVeeEhtch !

[Neil]

Hi

Yes you can create one without the OVH Name.

Neil

[Winit]

Create another without OVH in the name.

[unclebob]

There were multiple accounts, not just OVHuk but this one did get the chop as well.



I will check with the legal team to see what can be done, but I guess it cannot have the OVH name in it....

Thanks Neil, I really appreciate it.

[Neil]

OVH knew you were using the @OVHuk one though, didn't they? IFAICR, you even offered it to them if they thought it was infringing on their mark. A bit hard-handed by going through Twitter then

Anyhow, how about running it again under a different username? I used it...

There were multiple accounts, not just OVHuk but this one did get the chop as well.

No worries, Neil! I fully understand that OVH is at risk of losing its registered trademark if it is not seen to clamp down on people that use it, regardless of their intentions.



Happy to do this if OVH staff can confirm that it is just the use of the trademark they object to, rather than anything else.

I will check with the legal team to see what can be done, but I guess it cannot have the OVH name in it....

[unclebob]

Hi

Unfortunately because of fraudulent accounts using our trademark on twitter, we have decided to review our policy on social communities which means we had to shut down any unofficial accounts :-(

Sorry

Neil

No worries, Neil! I fully understand that OVH is at risk of losing its registered trademark if it is not seen to clamp down on people that use it, regardless of their intentions.

Anyhow, how about running it again under a different username? I used it...

Happy to do this if OVH staff can confirm that it is just the use of the trademark they object to, rather than anything else.

[Myatu]

OVH knew you were using the @OVHuk one though, didn't they? IFAICR, you even offered it to them if they thought it was infringing on their mark. A bit hard-handed by going through Twitter then

Anyhow, how about running it again under a different username? I used it...

[Neil]

Hi

Unfortunately because of fraudulent accounts using our trademark on twitter, we have decided to review our policy on social communities which means we had to shut down any unofficial accounts :-(

Sorry

Neil

[DanM248]

How pathetic of OVH...

[unclebob]

Just a quick message to alert any of OVHuk's 120+ followers that the account has been permanently disabled by Twitter following a trademark infringement report lodged by OVH. Fair enough.

For anyone that hasn't seen @OVHuk before: I wrote a script to parse the UK news forum and tweet links to any new posts with their respective titles. I found it pretty useful since news is always only posted to the forums and I don't visit as often as I used to.

I'm happy to liberate the hacky PHP source to OVH staff if they want to continue it under any official guise