Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the can-I-have-malda@unix.com? dept.
rbuysse writes "Just browsing around, and I ran across that unix.com is going to be put up for sale! Starting 5/11, it is going to be auctioned off on eBay".
Pretty sweet domain name... How much do you think it'll go for?
Ebay won't allow the auction
by
adam_megacz
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· Score: 5
Well, unix.com
is slashdotted, so for this post I'll assume that
it is not being sold by Open Group,
the rightful owners of the trademark on the name "unix".
The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 amends current trademark law to encompass domain names, and has already been
tested in the courts. This bill would make registration,
use, or sale of the domain by anyone other than
the Open Group a crime, and I'm pretty sure that
eBay would halt the auction (according to their
current policies)
Slashdot Mirror
Well, unix.com is slashdotted, so for this post I'll assume that it is not being sold by Open Group, the rightful owners of the trademark on the name "unix".
The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 amends current trademark law to encompass domain names, and has already been tested in the courts. This bill would make registration, use, or sale of the domain by anyone other than the Open Group a crime, and I'm pretty sure that eBay would halt the auction (according to their current policies)