Hi,
Very interesting. I was just going through the Disruption Works website
and thinking much the same thing as Nick.
What struck me as odd was that this company quotes Google's (supposed)
advice and copies Google's policies but does not provide any links.
Here is the actual Google assistant actions policy page
<https://developers.google.com/actions/policies/general-policies>,
highlighting the very relevant bit about Naming, Directory Listing and
Promotion
<https://developers.google.com/actions/policies/general-policies#naming_directory_listing_and_promotion>
Best Regards,
Monique Szpak
Zenlan Ltd
www.zenlan.com <https://www.zenlan.com>
On 06/02/2019 11:33, Nick Clarey wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> "Interesting" business model. From what I can tell as a developer I
> can register actions on Google Assistant with specific keywords that
> may or may not be copyrighted/trademarked for conversational purposes.
> It looks like this outfit are essentially creating a blank project for
> you on the Google Assistant network. From what I can tell:
>
> a) They cannot guarantee a secured address for life, because it's
> Google's to guarantee, not theirs
> b) Any developer can register an action for free
> c) Expect trademark lawyers to get involved with this very quickly if
> developers are essentially "voicesquatting" on other people's trademarks
>
> As an experiment I tried registering a few addresses that I didn't own
> and many of them appear to be unavailable - I strongly suspect if you
> are a trademark owner appealing to Google will probably release it for
> your use anyway if someone is squatting.
>
> In conclusion - caveat emptor.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 11:13, Martin Grimes <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> We've been approached by Disruption Works, a company offering -
> for a one-time fee - a secured unique address for life on the
> voice network. Has anyone else looked into this, secured your
> unique address via this or other company? Is it worth it, what are
> the challenges, how's it working, just wondering what the general
> feeling is?
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
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