WetGeek The only part of this that really annoys me, is that they're pretending to be The Solus Project. That's the organization name used in the real Solus copyrights. Do we have an attourney in the group who could use some pro bono work?
"Solus Project" is not exclusive to Solus, nor is the term "Solus Project" copyrighted or registered as a trademark by Solus. Solus protects the Solus logo and the "Solus" name, and Solus (through Beatrice) is the registered owner of the "getsol.us" domain. I can't tell whether or not the "Solus Project" (in the sense of the community's "Solus Project") is a legal entity or not without doing a lot of business/corporate registration searching. As far as I can tell, however, the "Solus Project" is a Github name but not an entity.
The term "Solus Project" is most closely associated with a circa-2013 computer game developed by Teotl Studios and Grip Games. Teotl and Grip own the registered domain "thesolusproject.com". Many other companies (e.g. "Solus Inc", "Solus LLC", "SOLUS", "Solus Alternative Asset Management", "Solus BioTech", "Solus Security Systems" and so on) use the term "Solus" and have "nnn-solus-nnn.x" domains of one sort or another. None of those companies are in conflict with Solus, in my view[FN] because the term "Solus" is not unique and there is little likelihood that any of those companies would be confused with Solus.
Solus would be on a fool's errand, in my personal opinion[FN], if it tried to fight on the grounds of a protected copyright or trademark, because the SolusProject website holds itself out as a "technology blog" rather than an operating system, the SolusProject website does not hold itself out as affiliated with Solus, and Solus does not, at least on our website, protect the "Solus Project" name with a trademark or copyright.
If any company has grounds to complain that the SolusProject website has appropriated the "Solus Project" name in violation of copyright/trademark laws, it would be Teotl Studios and Grip Games, not Solus. But it also seems to me[FN] that Teotl Studios and Grip Games would have an uphill battle trying to do so for the same reasons that Solus would.
alfisya Its coming from Bing Indonesia. By default Bing in Indonesia has limited search and this is the top if you search "solus"
I wonder if other search engines in Indonesia produce the same result. I live in the US, so I can't check, obviously, but none of the search engines I checked in the US (e.g. Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo) list the website on the first page of results.
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[FN] Disclosure: My views on this subject express my personal opinion and should not be interpreted as a legal opinion or legal advice. Although I am admitted to the bar in several states and federal jurisdictions in the US, my current status in each is either "inactive in good standing" or "retired in good standing". In that status, I am not permitted to hold myself out as a practicing attorney or render legal advice of any kind. My view on this subject is a personal opinion, not a legal opinion or legal advice. If Solus wants legal advice, it should consult a lawyer who is in active practice and specializes in copyright/trademark law.
