Re: [OT] Theiving B*****ds
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texte = To my knowledge you are out of luck. I had experience with domain copyright issues in the past and the only way to successfully get the domain back is if the Thieving B****ds start selling your same product line or slandering your name. Otherwise if you go to court you will be told that you are a Lazy B****ds for not renewing the domain on time.:-( Sorry for the bad news.Matt PerosiAlan White wrote:> Hey Folks>> My best friend has owned a domian for the past 4 - 6 yrs but mucked up > and never renewed it properly, easyspace then asked him for £100 to > renew the domain through them or wait 30 days till it went back into > public domain. The domain is now owned by a company called > buydomains.com who want between $600 and $10000 for the domain... Do > you know of any way we can screw them and get it back or are we > totally stuffed? (I say *we* as I have run the website for the last > 8yrs ... despite having no control over the hosting / domain it has > been MY baby through many incarnations...)>> I think this company must be picking up expired accounts in the hope > of getting people backed into a corner and *having* to buy it back for > whatever figure they decide... I'd almost put money says they are in > kahoots... or even the same people trading as a diferent company...> Anyway, let me know what you think... I would have to say the web > and legal disputes are an area I haven't played in and am not sure I > want to either...>>> Thanks> Alan>> P.S. My Friend owns the company name that the domain is for if that > makes any difference?> P.P.S. We are in the UK and this is a US Comany that are doing the > thievery so I don't know if we can fight them effectively...>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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To my knowledge you are out of luck. I had experience with domain copyright issues in the past and the only way to successfully get the domain back is if the Thieving B****ds start selling your same product line or slandering your name. Otherwise if you go to court you will be told that you are a Lazy B****ds for not renewing the domain on time.:-( Sorry for the bad news.Matt PerosiAlan White wrote:> Hey Folks>> My best friend has owned a domian for the past 4 - 6 yrs but mucked up > and never renewed it properly, easyspace then asked him for £100 to > renew the domain through them or wait 30 days till it went back into > public domain. The domain is now owned by a company called > buydomains.com who want between $600 and $10000 for the domain... Do > you know of any way we can screw them and get it back or are we > totally stuffed? (I say *we* as I have run the website for the last > 8yrs ... despite having no control over the hosting / domain it has > been MY baby through many incarnations...)>> I think this company must be picking up expired accounts in the hope > of getting people backed into a corner and *having* to buy it back for > whatever figure they decide... I'd almost put money says they are in > kahoots... or even the same people trading as a diferent company...> Anyway, let me know what you think... I would have to say the web > and legal disputes are an area I haven't played in and am not sure I > want to either...>>> Thanks> Alan>> P.S. My Friend owns the company name that the domain is for if that > makes any difference?> P.P.S. We are in the UK and this is a US Comany that are doing the > thievery so I don't know if we can fight them effectively...>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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