Home » VT News » Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Steals Our MyVegas Thingy

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Steals Our MyVegas Thingy

By Chuckmonster on Wednesday, 7th May 2008 3:02am
  » filed under Las Vegas  comments: 2

   

Here's one for the lawyers.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (visitlasvegas.com) launched a social networking thingy for Vegas folks called... MyVegas, in February 2008, a little less than TWO YEARS after we did the very same thing with the exact same name.

Yeah, they've got more money than Jesus and spent a ton of it to hiring a tech firm to whip up some software (which most likely has more bells and whistles) plus they advertise like mad, hence more members. Regardless of the David and Goliath of budgets, we did this waaay waaaaay waaaaaay before them and very well could have some kind of legal leg to stand on.

Here's the original post announcing the arrival of our MyVegas with the VT 3.0 redesign on April 23, 2006. Plus... here's Exhibit B : Two Way Hard Three's appraisal of the redesign to confirm the date of launch.

This could be interesting.



Tagged:    





Advertisement:





Comments & Discussion:

 RockVegas posted on Wednesday, 7th May 2008 - 12:16 pm

My Vegas is OUR hood-not theirs, OUR community-not theirs. My Vegas is where VEGASTRIPPERS share their know-how, experiences and opinions (good or bad). Real stuff from real people. They need to find another name so folks don't get it twisted. I'm sure their site will be watered-down, sanitized and heavily monitored. FK THEM! We were here first!

posted on Monday, 26th May 2008 - 1:35 pm

Check your facts before complaining about your "thingy" being stolen. Here is an archived copy of VisitLasVegas.com from March of 2005 with a link to the MyVegas social networking section.

http://web.archive.org/web/20050322021659/www.visitlasvegas.com/vegas/index.jsp

Here's an idea for your next project, build a search engine called Guugle.com and rant about legal action against that other "copy cat" corporation.



Comments Are Closed







Subscribe via RSS







Recent Comments:

michigan2010 posted: "MGM equals cookie cutter casino. No to reason to step foot in Bellagio again. Just hope they don't screw up..."
» Sayonara Bellagio Table Game Canopies...
saharalv posted: "I wish the editors were the entire electoral college in 2016...."
» Introducing the Trippies Class of...
fatbastard posted: "So many people letting a billionaire live rent free in their heads. Funny. Too bad it also detracts from the..."
» Introducing the Trippies Class of...
wpsteel66 posted: "Total bummer…talk about taking the class and uniqueness away from the Bellagio…another smart move on CEO Jim and making all..."
» Sayonara Bellagio Table Game Canopies...
damania posted: "Is there a podcast?..."
» Introducing the Trippies Class of...

» More Comments