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Facebook Sues Power.com for Not Using Facebook Connect
SocialTimes.com — ... As a social networking aggregator Power.com doesn’t appear to be doing anything wrong, but the way in which it’s accessing Facebook user data is non-compliant with Facebook’s terms. According to The New York Times, Facebook has spent over a month in discussions with Power.com to try to reach an agreement in regards to accessing user data, but no agreement could be reached. As a result, Facebook has filed a complaint against Power.com in Unied Sates Disctrict Court in San Jose, California, for copyright and trademark infringement, unlawful ...

Facebook Sues Power.com
All Facebook — ... As a social networking aggregator Power.com doesn’t appear to be doing anything wrong, but the way in which it’s accessing Facebook user data is non-compliant with Facebook’s terms. According to The New York Times, Facebook has spent over a month in discussions with Power.com to try to reach an agreement in regards to accessing user data, but no agreement could be reached. As a result, Facebook has filed a complaint against Power.com in Unied Sates Disctrict Court in San Jose, California, for copyright and trademark infringement, unlawful ...

Facebook Defends Its Turf, Sues Power.com
TechCrunch — ... across multiple sites (Facebook, Orkut, Hi5, MySpace, etc.), was sued by Facebook on December 30. The complaint, filed in Federal court in California, is embedded below. ...

Facebook sues social network connector Power.com
VentureBeat — ... You can read the complaint  below, via The New York Times, but the crux of Facebook’s suit is the fact that Power.com asks users for their Facebook login info (which is how users access their Facebook accounts through the Power.com site). That violates of Facebook’s terms of service, allows Power.com unauthorized access to Facebook’s servers, and creates security and privacy risks, the social network says. Facebook also alleges that Power.com sent out intentionally misleading promotional emails from ...

Facebook Files Suit Against Social Network Aggregator Power.com
Inside Facebook — ... The suit, which was first uncovered by Claire Cain Miller, alleges that Power.com “is offering a product that solicits, stores and uses Facebook login information to access information stored on Facebook computers without authorization and to display Facebook copyrighted material without permission.” ...

Facebook sues social-network aggregator Power.com
Webware.com — ... But Facebook would rather users go through them. It has requested that Power.com use Facebook Connect instead of asking users for their log-in information and has been in discussions with the start-up for a month, according to The New York Times. But the Times reports the two failed to come to any resolution, and so Facebook decided to file suit. Power removed access to Facebook after the claim was filed. ...

Trying To Understand: Facebook's Lawsuit Against Power.com Makes No Sense
Techdirt — Facebook has apparently sued social networking aggregator Power.com for a variety of things, including copyright and trademark infringement, unlawful competition and violation of the computer fraud and abuse act. I'm having trouble seeing how Power.com violates any of these things. Power.com, like plenty of other aggregator services, lets you bring together all your different social networking profiles in one spot. That seems like it could be valuable if you use a lot of those services. It doesn't do anything fraudulently, and it does not appear to misrepresent ...

Social Net Identity Service Power.com Countersues Facebook
paidContent — ... but the company appears to be more interested in defending its business model, which involves storing users’ passwords for Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and Orkut. The service sounds a lot like Facebook Connect, which Power.com says is one of the reasons the social net may have first tried to stop the company in December for what it said was fraud, copyright infringement and interfering with Facebook’s relationship with its users. (The earlier complaint is here, via NYT). In February 2008, Power.com raised an $8 million first round from Draper ...

Power.com Sues Facebook: Data Ownership War Breaks Out
Mashable! — ... late last year. Facebook threw a wrench into Power.com’s gears when it filed a lawsuit claiming that it used Facebook data without authorization. ...

Bits: Power.com Fights Back Against Facebook
NYT > Technology — ... to several social networks from one place, plans to respond to the lawsuit that Facebook filed against it with its own suit. It alleges that Facebook is prohibiting its users from accessing their Facebook content through Power.com and that it is attempting to monopolize the social networking market. Power.com’s idea was to create a portal through which people could enter various social networking sites. Right now, people can enter their log-in information for MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hi5 or Orkut and see their social network updates and contacts from all their networks ...

DISMISSED: Facebook Wins Legal Victory Over Power.com
Mashable! — ... If you haven’t been following the data ownership scuffle, it’s been a back-and-fourth mélee with Facebook first filing suit against Power.com for allegedly using Facebook user data (primarily a member’s user name and password) without authorization. Then in July, ...