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Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com

Posted by timothy on from the but-all-he-did-was-think-of-it-first-and-register-it dept.

An anonymous reader points to a story in the Chicago Tribune about another domain-name battle. Quoting the article: "As Chicago wages its battle to host the 2016 Olympics, it also finds itself scrapping over a valuable piece of cyberspace: the domain name of Chicago2016.com. The bid team along with the U.S. Olympic Committee are trying to wrest that online address from Stephen Frayne Jr., a 29-year-old MBA student. Frayne snagged it back in 2004, about two years before the bid was launched. ... 'We certainly see Chicago2016.com as the logical default domain for our site, and we believe having someone else control it is misleading for people seeking information about Chicago's bid,' said Patrick Sandusky, a spokesman for Chicago 2016, a moniker protected by trademark."

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  1. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL!!!

  2. Redundant doesn't mean "wrong" by grahamd0 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Redundant?!

    Whomever modded this "redundant" needs a lesson in semantics.

    Is the poster wrong? Yes.

    Is the poster an idiot? Probably.

    The simple fact is, there is no "terrible analogy" mod, so don't pretend there is.

    Since the poster at least had the grace and integrity to post under their username, there's no reason to think is a blatant troll, and if it were, there's a "troll" modifier for that.

    Let's learn some restraint, people.

  3. Re:Looks Legit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I dont understand you Americans.
    You guys rip each other off like uncivilized men.
    No wonder your economy is doing real well.