IKEAHackers
Have you heard? Jules, the driving force behind IKEAHackers received a not-so-subtle visit from The Mother Ship in the form of a Cease & Desist letter. What was the letter asking her to cease & desist from doing? Using the name IKEA in her website’s domain name. Jules admits when she started IKEAHackers back in ’06 she did so as a naive ” crazy fan” not really thinking about copyright infringement and the like. Now, 8 years later, Jules was faced with some tough decisions and tough lawyer talk. After much negotiating between the legal wonks, Jules was allowed to keep the domain name IKEAHackers.com but under the condition that she take down all ads on the very popular site. So there goes her monetization and, therefore, compensation for the time it takes to maintain the site itself.
What’s an IKEA crazy-fan to do? Eventually move the site to a new domain name, but that risks losing her following. And that’s where this post is leading. In an act of blogger solidarity, we are asking you to consider subscribing to Jules’ mailing list so that she can let you know when the new site/domain is up and running. That way you can continue to get your fill of IKEA hacks and inspiration without interruption. To sign up and show your support, click here.
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I think she should just change it to “Lkea”. So when typed as a web address, it reads lkea.com. I’m just a little pissy about this. It’s ridiculous. She encourages people to buy even more of their products to repurpose. They deserve a zinger, imho.
IKEA should be paying her not threating her with legal action!
Like Amanda said she is driving up their sells.
I agree with all of the above. Jules is bringing a new line of customers to ikea. Come on IKEA Is already a billion dollar company.
IKEA should buy ads on her site. Srsly!
The IKEA sub-company that’s done this, have no legal grounds, and the press is keen on bringing the IKEA owner to justice for threatening. But Jules is unavailable to the press, so they can’t really do much.
If anybody have her contact info, please tell her to fight for her rights to hack!