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Discussion in 'Domain Name Disputes' started by Whois-Search, Feb 18, 2007.

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  1. Whois-Search

    Whois-Search Well-Known Member

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    What gets me about comments like these:

    http://www.nic.uk/digitalAssets/16226_Royal_Bank_of_Scotland.pdf

    http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3587

    "We would like to see a detterent to cyber squatting" ...... "someone registered smirnoff.mobi within hours" Roger Evans www.Diageo.com

    Is that at the same time this is going on:

    Britain's 12-year-old alcoholics
    http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2281379.ece

    "the Lohan effect"
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/17/ndebt17.xml

    Yet they don't stop selling alcohol or credit cards!

    I agree cybersquatting is unethical and wrong however even if you got a serial cybersquatter to pay the fine they must make that an hour!

    Money talks in any business:

    Drinks firm's £100m whisky boost
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6365531.stm

    Vodka.com domain sells for $3 million
    http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6144214.html

    However maybe its time we all showed them who can be ethical..... amnesty on trademarked names anyone?
     
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    olebean Well-Known Member

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    What is ethics? It paying to legality

    Registering domains with a TM conitation is not illegal nor was selling guns to Saddam when he was in power or selling pills that knowingly kill kids

    Unethical huh?
     
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    Whois-Search Well-Known Member

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    True.

    But if Nominet/Companies really wanted to stop the people on:

    http://www.nic.uk/disputes/drs/decisions/3cases/

    What could they sue them for?
     
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    If i were one of those individuals listed on the website I'll be suing for defamation!
     
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    Why? When you register a typo domain name of a registered (or unregistered for that matter) TM you are with knowledge doing so with the intent to profit from the goodwill of the trademark owner.

    The confusion and passing off are a vague area because they are typos, but the intent is clear.

    I have my views on the DRS, anyone can read my input. I think typos like these leave a rotten taste and just give us all a bad name.

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    I disagree... hotwheels is a case in point..
     
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