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Battlebots Battles It Out: TV Show Versus IRC

Posted by timothy on from the battle-of-wits dept.

Ender, Duke_of_URL writes: "Battlebots the TV show, has joined the ranks of Corporate bad-guys buy attempting to force out Battlebots.org, an IRC site that had registered their domain before Battlebots even filed for a trademark. As most of you know, in any dispute over domains it's the money that wins."

7 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. /. their PR department? by cosyne · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From battlebots.com:

    Comments, Questions, Concerns?
    Let us know what's on your mind. Contact us at the following addresses:

    PRESS DESK
    press@battlebots.com

    GENERAL FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS
    info@battlebots.com

  2. Re:nope nope by ananke · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This can be an interesting issue. From the internic records, the domain battlebots.org was registered on 2000-08-28. I agree, that battlebots [the show], made a mistake by not registering it at the same time they were applying for the trademark. This could be very interesting in court.

    domain: battlebots.org
    status: production
    origin-c: COCO-695905
    registrar: CORE-80
    created: 2000-08-28 06:52:41 UTC CORE-80
    expires: 2002-08-28 01:59:40 UTC

    --
    --- d'oh
  3. Registration. by h0rus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hmm.

    battlebots.com:

    Registrant:
    BattleBots Inc. (BATTLEBOTS-DOM)
    701 DeLong Ave
    Unit K
    Novato, CA 94945
    US

    Record created on 03-Mar-1999

    battlebots.net:

    Registrant:
    KiKi Internet
    10339 S. Tantau Ave.
    Cupertino, Ca 95014
    US

    Record Created on 23-Aug-2000

    battlebots.org:

    Registrant Hot Networking (template COCO-695905)
    email.the.admin.contact@battlebots.org
    8219 La Riviera Dr.
    Sacramento, CA 95826 USA

    Record created: 2000-08-28 06:52:41 UTC by CORE-80

  4. What this is... by Picass0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This may be an example of some junior attorney attempting to justify his or her retainer to Comedy Central. I'm sure CC has a small army of lawyers for defending IP concerns. But as Adobe learned recently, your overzealous laywers sometime can get you in public relation deep shit. Comedy Central may not even be aware of this exchange.

  5. Something's wrong.. by kalgen · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The cease and desist was sent on July 25th.

    Battlebot.org's letter is dated August 17th.

    The supposed "reply" was sent on August 9th,
    but obviously it wasn't a reply at all.

    Seems like battlebots.org is cybersquatting to me..

  6. $6000 by Halo- · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Let me see if I got this right... The guy is willing to part with his domain for less than $6000 and BattleBot.com is fighting him? How much does it cost to hire an evil corporate lawyer? Certainly more than that.

  7. For anyone who uses IRC... this is obvious. by Electrawn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I checked out the company theshell.com. It seems they offer vhosts for IRC.

    Basically this "business" is an eggdrop site/ shell whore site for script kiddies. Also it's been noted in previous posts that the domain was registered AFTER battlebots.com was.
    This is no case of a corporation going after a little guy, this is a case of a script kiddie/wannabe admin/etc whining because his leet domain is trademarked.
    IRC has broken down into lame vhosts, theshell.com seems no exception.

    Before you go sending off those letters to battlebots.com...just look at this:(I'm assuming with 99% certainty he owns the entire ip block)

    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.57 to www.battlebots.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.58 to clubslut.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.59 to oddlyshaped.nutsack.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.60 to fuckthenet.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.61 to keg.drinker.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.62 to beer.drinker.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.63 to met.your.momma.at.the.clubslut.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.64 to heavy.alcohol.drinker.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.65 to killall-9.battlebots.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.66 to screwdriver.drinker.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.67 to irc.erisfreenetwork.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.68 to big.nutsack.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.69 to two-a-day.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.70 to you.aint.leet.enough.to.crack.512bit.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.71 to my.passwd.is.512bit.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.72 to i.once.hacked.512bit.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.73 to hacked.512bit.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.74 to elite.512bit.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.75 to erisfreenetwork.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.76 to ircd.erisfreenetwork.net
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.77 to erdmanphoto.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.78 to some-day.i.will.fuckthenet.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.79 to help.me.fuckthenet.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.80 to fuckyourmom.fuckyoursister.fuckyourdog.fuckthenet. org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.56 to thenarrator.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.55 to vhosts.theshell.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.54 to pennstsucks.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.53 to emeraldbp.com
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.52 to licked.and.fondled.nutsack.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.51 to has.a.d0pe.nutsack.org
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.50 to instinct.love.le.gs
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.49 to DONT.touch.my.le.gs
    [N] Resolved 63.236.138.48 to lezbos.like.to.lick.Britney.Spears.le.gs

    Save your battles for someone who really needs help.