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Domain Names to Suck More

Posted by michael on from the golf-ball-through-a-garden-hose dept.

A submitter writes: "MSNBC is running this article about a free speech lawyer who will be doling out sites with the word 'suck' in it for free. He and others are afraid that too many of these gripe sites have been taken away from their owners and given to the target companies and is willing to fight in court for these people." We posted about the VivendiUniversalSucks decision earlier.

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  1. Re:This is DANGEROUS! by SpookComix · · Score: 1, Troll
    How proud will you be when you die and go to Hell, man? C'mon, the EVIDENCE of God and Jesus and Heaven and Hell are ALL around you!

    I might not agree with Bush's ham-handed lack of TRUE religion either, but I do know this: At least he's trying, and he probably won't go to HELL with all the athiests.

    --SC

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  2. I AM NOT! by SpookComix · · Score: 0, Troll
    Great, so I get slapped for expressing my views on this open forum? That's just where this is all going. First, you can't say SUCK in an URL. Then you can, but you're in danger of HELL. Then, the one person speaking The Truth gets called a Troll!

    What is wrong with you people! Slashdot has gone downhill!

    --SC

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  3. Restricted TLD for trademarks by Garry+Anderson · · Score: 1, Troll

    I have been communicating with US and UK Government (and lawyers) about these problems for some time now.

    The authorities know the solution - restricted TLD for trademarks.

    ICANN President Stuart Lynn and Chairman Vint Cerf made admission about restricted top-level domains to Reuters.

    "More people I talk to think it's the more likely direction," said Llyn.

    I wonder why UN WIPO or US DOC did not tell them - (not).

    WIPO took these domains, saying they were "confusingly similar" to the company's actual name.

    This is just SPIN and PROPAGANDA - they know the solution.

    Virtually every word is trademarked, be it Alpha to Zeta or Aardvark to Zulu, most many times over.

    MOST share the same words or initials with MANY others in a different business and/or country.

    For example, the World Trade Organization (WTO) shares its initials with six trademarks - in the U.S. alone.

    The authorities allow this conflict to continue, for reasons stated on my site and in comments to WIPO.

    Domains could be made unique and totally distinctive, as the LAW requires trademarks to be.

    The solution was ratified by honest attorneys - including the honourable G. Gervaise Davis III, himself a UN WIPO panellist judge.

    Please visit WIPO.org.uk to see it.

    Nothing to do with the United Nations Organization - WIPO.org ;-)

  4. Re:I'm still having a hard time... by SpookComix · · Score: 0, Troll
    WHY? You know, I've lost 7 of my Karma on this one thread, all because I stood up for what I believed in. Is that American? Is that Christian?

    Call me a Troll if you will, but I'll stand up for what is RIGHT every chance I get!!!

    --SC

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