From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 11:03:46 PST
Better yet, send an e-mail to wired Magazine and the EFF. The EFF has
represented people who had similar cases. There have been a number of
cases like this. Wired.com/Magazine covers these kinds of stories.
They'd give it more than a small section on the back page of CNN.
At 9:51 AM -0600 2/8/02, Rikk Rogers wrote:
>Call CNN first and see what they have to say.
>It is an interesting news item, and your use of the site has been for
>education, and the advancement of a historical item.
>This is not a case of domain squatting, and I'll pitch $20 into the defense
>fund.
>
>
>Rikk Rogers - RK Lion LTD.
>(580)762-3157 rkltd@swbell.net
>http://home.swbell.net/rkltd/
>-M35A2- -M38- MVPA -22345-
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
>Behalf Of Richard Lathrop
>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 2:30 AM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [MV] [MVlist] CadillacGage.Com
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>
>Jack and other list members,
>
>I wish to thank you for your kind words of support. Jack is correct what
>they are alleging is domain squatting. I have never had an issue with the
>ultimate ownership of the domain name. I was more upset by the tone rather
>then the subject of the request.
>
>Back when I set the site up Textron Marine and Land had zero interest in the
>site it has only been recently that this has even shown up on there radar. I
>could allege that by posting thier sales brochures online for 4 years I was
>giving them free advertising. Since the site was never intended to generate
>profit and was simply a site to tell the story of a product there was no
>violation of trademark or copyright laws.
>
>Several people have suggested trading it for an armored car or access to
>thier records. This request was met with a threat of unloosing the corporate
>lawyers on me.
>
>My whole take on the situation is that suddenly in the security concious US
>following September 11th they want people to find them at this web address
>rather then a simple website.
>
>I have nether the time nor finances to fight this battle. The site will come
>down on Sunday.
>
>Rick
>
>
>
>
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Cougarjack@aol.com
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 01:55:42 EST
>
>>I believe there have already been court cases dealing with this issue. It
>is refered to as "Domain squatting" when you register a domain name that's
>unique to someone else's trade or service mark. If they ultimately want it,
>the current doctrine seems to say that they get it. I'm not aware of anyone
>who has won this fight, or has succeeded in selling the URL or collecting
>any revenue whatsoever on it. In the early days of the web, certain
>visionaries flocked to register such famous names as Coca Cola, General
>Motors, etc. In the beginning, a few of these fellows managed to sell the
>urls for moderate amounts of cash. But as the practice caught on, and CEO's
>began to understand the value of the web, corporate America responded as
>they usually do, with busloads of lawyers and pockets full of corrupt
>Congressmen. As a result, most of these have been forced by the courts to
>surrender them.
>> Sorry Rick! (there's always Amway!)
>>
>>In a message dated Thu, 7 Feb 2002 5:53:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, Rikk
>Rogers <rkltd@swbell.net> writes:
>>
>>> You have time and sweat invested in the URL, it is worth a Bunch to them.
>>> 1. you could make them pay out the nose for it.
>>> 2. you could rent space on your URL to them.
>>> 3. you could make em hire you as their web developer, as a contractor.
>>>
>>> Just don't give it to em w/o a fight, and do get a copyright and patents
>>> lawyer.
>>> And let em know how you feel about the way they have acted.
>>
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