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THE ARBITRATION PANEL MUST BE STOPPED!
http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1153492.htm LH.COM STOLEN
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/d2008-0253.htmll REDBULLSUCKS.COM STOLEN
Question is: What is going on to stop this horrible process?
A Domain name is not a brand it is a destination. If my neighbors name is soandso and my name is sosandso who is to say why soandso should have both of the addresses? Because something is confusingly similar somehow breaks what law? Displaying a page of advertisements that are by design related to relative terms is decided by what key terms are relevant at the time. One day one brand is more popular than the next, and basing lawsuits on popularity is completely non-subjective.
Creating a brand is like creating a person, you can shape it and mold it, but it is it's own entity. It does not share multiple entities with other confusingly similar individuals. It is as if Pamela Anderson sued every big breasted female with blond hair, as they are infringing on her way of capitalizing on herself. If Pamela Anderson was the only big breasted blond on the planet she would of course be very rich. So point being, thank god there is more than one hot blond on planet earth :yes:
Common sense can tell you that a trademark is almost a complete fallacy upon itself. A very famous brand aspirin is now a common reference to tylenol and a chemical makeup of APAP. The company that once thought it had all rights to the term "aspirin" is I believe to be non-existent. For years companies have been suing domainers for trademark infringement going after every domain they think they may be able to get their hands on. These lawsuits are not going to stop, because they know the people don't have money and they do. They think money can run the Internet, but that is not what the Internet is about. The Internet is about freedom! If someone thinks redbull sucks, they should be able to buy redbullsucks.com and express their voice. This not a bureaucracy, as much as the bureaucrats are thinking that it is by trying to enforce so many laws pertaining to the web, domain names, and whatever else bureaucrats do. Usually interfering with others business trying to get thier hands in as many pockets as they can. Bullying as many individuals as they can to maintain dominance.
Life is not fair, so why should this be any different on the web? I own the domain, and they think they own it. That is the most significant part of all this. Somehow now the view of the arbitration panel is not even about who has rights to the domain, but who thinks they have rights to the domain. This is a conspiracy! Since the panel receives $2,000 for each suit filed they have a skewed point of view, as if they did not reward domains they would be out of business. They created a revenue stream by stealing domain names from people, and giving them to corporations. One of the best examples of this was with LH.com -- The most attrocius blatant theft I have ever seen.
Action must be taken to ensure that the Internet will remain free. If nothing is done bureaucracy will reign, and rules will keep forming. Keeping individuals out, and corporations in. The Arbitration forum is a new greedy entity that is funded through new ways of theft. The entire process must be re-evaluated, and the biggest problem is domainers do not have a large enough voice.
http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1153492.htm LH.COM STOLEN
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/d2008-0253.htmll REDBULLSUCKS.COM STOLEN
Question is: What is going on to stop this horrible process?
A Domain name is not a brand it is a destination. If my neighbors name is soandso and my name is sosandso who is to say why soandso should have both of the addresses? Because something is confusingly similar somehow breaks what law? Displaying a page of advertisements that are by design related to relative terms is decided by what key terms are relevant at the time. One day one brand is more popular than the next, and basing lawsuits on popularity is completely non-subjective.
Creating a brand is like creating a person, you can shape it and mold it, but it is it's own entity. It does not share multiple entities with other confusingly similar individuals. It is as if Pamela Anderson sued every big breasted female with blond hair, as they are infringing on her way of capitalizing on herself. If Pamela Anderson was the only big breasted blond on the planet she would of course be very rich. So point being, thank god there is more than one hot blond on planet earth :yes:
Common sense can tell you that a trademark is almost a complete fallacy upon itself. A very famous brand aspirin is now a common reference to tylenol and a chemical makeup of APAP. The company that once thought it had all rights to the term "aspirin" is I believe to be non-existent. For years companies have been suing domainers for trademark infringement going after every domain they think they may be able to get their hands on. These lawsuits are not going to stop, because they know the people don't have money and they do. They think money can run the Internet, but that is not what the Internet is about. The Internet is about freedom! If someone thinks redbull sucks, they should be able to buy redbullsucks.com and express their voice. This not a bureaucracy, as much as the bureaucrats are thinking that it is by trying to enforce so many laws pertaining to the web, domain names, and whatever else bureaucrats do. Usually interfering with others business trying to get thier hands in as many pockets as they can. Bullying as many individuals as they can to maintain dominance.
Life is not fair, so why should this be any different on the web? I own the domain, and they think they own it. That is the most significant part of all this. Somehow now the view of the arbitration panel is not even about who has rights to the domain, but who thinks they have rights to the domain. This is a conspiracy! Since the panel receives $2,000 for each suit filed they have a skewed point of view, as if they did not reward domains they would be out of business. They created a revenue stream by stealing domain names from people, and giving them to corporations. One of the best examples of this was with LH.com -- The most attrocius blatant theft I have ever seen.
Action must be taken to ensure that the Internet will remain free. If nothing is done bureaucracy will reign, and rules will keep forming. Keeping individuals out, and corporations in. The Arbitration forum is a new greedy entity that is funded through new ways of theft. The entire process must be re-evaluated, and the biggest problem is domainers do not have a large enough voice.
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