Twitpic is now shutting down on September 25th, but not because it couldn’t compete with Twitter’s own image service but because Twitter is killing it dead!
In a blog post announcing the service closure, Twitpic’s Noah Everett notes "Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API." The move shocked Everett "since Twitpic has been around since early 2008, and our trademark application has been in the USPTO since 2009." Twitpic doesn’t have the resources to battle Twitter legally and Everett has decided to shut down Twitpic instead.
Not a new case as Twitter had taken an aggressive stance on third-party Twitter clients over the past couple of years, forcing many to close down or charge users for access to their API. Back in 2008 Twitter was a growing service and it was a free-for-all for developers, things have changed abruptly as it got famous!
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In a blog post announcing the service closure, Twitpic’s Noah Everett notes "Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API." The move shocked Everett "since Twitpic has been around since early 2008, and our trademark application has been in the USPTO since 2009." Twitpic doesn’t have the resources to battle Twitter legally and Everett has decided to shut down Twitpic instead.
Not a new case as Twitter had taken an aggressive stance on third-party Twitter clients over the past couple of years, forcing many to close down or charge users for access to their API. Back in 2008 Twitter was a growing service and it was a free-for-all for developers, things have changed abruptly as it got famous!
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