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No.1 · 03-29-2005, 07:42 AM

Another story of big vs. little fish

:arrow: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4387903.stm

evoWalo · 03-29-2005, 08:05 AM

If you use or build on the domain (ie itunes.co.uk), then it is bullying. But the thing is the fellow who registered domain after Apple applied for the iTunes patent and years after they registered iTunes.com. If you went there before it was nothing at the domain name except redirects. He's clearly sitting on the name (aka squatting), using it's likeness to generate traffic & ultimately a handsome payoff.

I have the same problem with a couple of cybersquatters on my company's name. They wont release it to us unless we pay hundreds of dollars or we hire them to maintain our website. We ended up registering something else. I'm still interested in registering the domain names they're squatting on but I'd rather just wait them out than pay them off. It just encourages bad behavior if you let them win.

possessed_beaver · 03-29-2005, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by evoWALO

If you use or build on the domain (ie itunes.co.uk), then it is bullying. But the thing is the fellow who registered domain after Apple applied for the iTunes patent and years after they registered iTunes.com. If you went there before it was nothing at the domain name except redirects. He's clearly sitting on the name (aka squatting), using it's likeness to generate traffic & ultimately a handsome payoff.

I have the same problem with a couple of cybersquatters on my company's name. They wont release it to us unless we pay hundreds of dollars or we hire them to maintain our website. We ended up registering something else. I'm still interested in registering the domain names they're squatting on but I'd rather just wait them out than pay them off. It just encourages bad behavior if you let them win.

there was a case in australia were someone who was cyber squating was at rick of having to hand the domain over to the actual company, because he had no right to have it, and it was copyrighted ect.

so he decided to change his name to the domain name he regstered.