WIPO Awards 'Sucks' Domain to Vivendi

Posted by michael on Saturday November 17, 2001 @05:24AM from the yet-another-travesty dept.

Sarcasmo writes: "A WIPO Panel has decided in favor of Vivendi Universal in the dispute over VivendiUniversalSucks.com. The arguments made on Vivendi's behalf are strange, to say the least." It's so unjust as to be farcical. When the domain name holder makes a sarcastic comment that he wasn't making any money off the domain (in contrast to the lawyer who was billing a few hundred dollars per hour to handle the dispute), the esteemed Panel takes that as evidence that he wants to sell the domain (which in itself was already a flimsy plank to call "bad faith"). Kangaroo court is too kind a description. ICANN is currently asking for input on the domain dispute resolution process, so if you've been a victim of the UDRP, now would be a good time to speak up.

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Time for some new domains... by YuppieScum · 2001-11-17 05:31 · Score: 3, Offtopic

I think it's time for...

vivendiuniversalreallysucks.com

and maybe even

wiposucks.com

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This is just wrong... by Orkin · 2001-11-17 05:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...and sick! I love it. After reading that, I dont even remeber what the original post was about!
Perhaps they won because.. by GISboy · 2001-11-17 05:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's so unjust as to be farcical.

...The Farce is strong with this one, hummm?

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