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vbnautilus, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 12:31 AM, said:

If someone owned the trademark for which you bought the domain would the term then apply?

wikipedia knows more about the rules than I do. http://en.wikipedia....egal_resolutionlike, I don't think scram is doing anything in bad faith in the way that domain squatting used to be. whenever people mistype a domain (insert .net when they should .org), they would normally just get a "cannot contact server" or whatever. that minute or two of confusion and stupidity is an advertising opportunity. if, over the course of a year, those pennies add up to enough to cover the registration+hosting, why not?

[brvheart]

Football will never be boring or slow again the rest of my life. Thank you, Red Zone channel.

[AmScray]

vbnautilus, on Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 9:31 PM, said:

If someone owned the trademark for which you bought the domain would the term then apply?

No, because I do not own trademarked terms. That's for the most rookish of rookies who don't have a ****ing clue what they're doing. I own generic terms. For example, ebay.com is a trademarked term. auction.com is a generic. Microsoft.com is a trademarked term. Software.com is a generic term.Trademarked terms have no value whatsoever, save for whatever negative expectation they have in terms of lawsuits. As an aside, I do remember the old days, though, before the laws had been clarified and bang-on TM domains were regularly held hostage by domainers. I never participated in any of that, as I wasn't very heavily involved in domaining at that time, but I am a member of the 20th Century Club, in that I registered my first domain in the 1990's and have witnessed the evolution of the space as a participant. If anything, trademark holders are usually the ones who overreach in trying to get generic names. For example, Pirelli Tires tried to reverse-hijack zero.us from it's owner, because they released a tire called the Zero, that term trademarked for use in tires, and felt that the word "zero" now belonged to them. Disputes like this are resolved by what's called a "UDRP", which is the most schizophrenic, joke of a process you could ever imagine. There is no central standard, no real 'rules'. Everything is up to the whim of the arbiter and in so many cases, their decisions have been capricious as hell, basically amounting to double-talking jibberish. Some arbiters accept speculative domain ownership, others will rule against domain owners 100% of the time. Even with protest sites (for example, BPSucks.com, or whatever) are pretty much a coinflip, with some arbiters saying they're OK, others saying they're a TM infringement being used in bad faith. Really, the process is just so ridiculous and a classic example of what happens when there's no oversight into a proces. UDRPs can be overturned by the courts and they regularly are, but unless your domain is worth the kind of money that warrants a court fight, it can be a dicey process. For example, Uzi Nissan registered his last name in the early 1990's and has had to fight tooth and nail to keep it from the obvious counter-party who is desperate to own it, for pretty clear reasons. Anyway, trademarks, no.As far as owning another TLD, that's fair game in generics. If you own Chicago.net and I own Chicago.org, neither is liable to one another.

[strategy]

wow, nissan.com really is a piece of shit.

[speedz99]

Ron Mexico: everyone thinks they're fine until someone puts something they don't want in themI'm...did Mex just make a rapey facebook post?

[leftygolfer]

Denny Crane, on Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 2:51 PM, said:

I looked and found a new job in the Orlando area. Lateral crap job, some industry, etc, but I was tired of driving back and forth once, twice a month and I didn't want to end my relationship with said area resident, plus I figure my old bank will be out of business by end of first quarter, soooo, yeah, decided to give it a whirl. I like the area from what I've seen before. All WPB friends had kids, etc, so not a lot of shits and giggles in that area. What the hell? If it doesn't work and sucks, I'll go back home and live with my parents. ha

I thank Dog every day I am out of the banking racket.GL to you Sir. We need MK to set up a Thursday night PStars tourney for 'ol times sake.

CaneBrain, on Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 5:43 PM, said:

It's obviously just my perception.....and theraflu nailed that playoff baseball seems to take so much longer than regular season baseball.But yeah, I am not basing anything on facts, baseball for whatever reason just seems slow and boring to me these days.I will admit that the TD, commercial, kickoff, another commercial thing is awful but they only do it sometimes thankfully.

Going to an ND game live is the worsssssssssst. TO's abound.

[Denny Crane]

are we really using people's first and last names from Facebook in this thread? and I was watching Observe and Report, the line was from that movie, but could also be taken to mean my current situation, Re: medical stuffduhhhbut yeah, it was a rape joke

[Skeleton Jelly]

Denny Crane, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 9:54 AM, said:

are we really using people's first and last names from Facebook in this thread?

Skeleton Jelly, on Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 12:48 PM, said:

Sometimes I just don't know about these people.

[Denny Crane]

no doubt LeftyJeff, it's a hugely dying industry, retail banking. But oh well, I'll try to make some connects up here in the tech industry and work my way over to that. Finally got some new, second hand Taylor Made irons. Haven't had a chance to try them yet. I was just getting back into golfing after 3+ years or more. First 2 rounds went really well. 3rd round, crapped the bed. But we'll see how these new clubs hit. Sadly, I'm still swinging them.

[Skeleton Jelly]

I got this from someone (can't remember who), but it's worth sharing.http://www.comicsall...y-olsen-comics/

[Shimmering Wang]

Skeleton Jelly, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 1:23 PM, said:

I got this from someone (can't remember who), but it's worth sharing.http://www.comicsall...y-olsen-comics/

"Well, I suppose if a girl is attracted to a real He-man, she doesn't mind his rough treatment." (SLAP)

[Skeleton Jelly]

Shimmering Wang, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 10:56 AM, said:

"Well, I suppose if a girl is attracted to a real He-man, she doesn't mind his rough treatment." (SLAP)

[Shimmering Wang]

Skeleton Jelly, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 1:57 PM, said:

The kangaroo...I just want to know... ...?

[Shimmering Wang]

I just sent red-head Jo a text message:"What the fuck's up, Torrid Tomato?"I am having too much fun with this.

[El Guapo]

Who's read head Jo? What's with all the weird comics? What the hell is going on in here today?

[Shimmering Wang]

El Guapo, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 2:17 PM, said:

Who's read head Jo? What's with all the weird comics? What the hell is going on in here today?

She was a waitress at work. I once informed her that trees do not have internet access and, as such, are my natural enemy.

[Skeleton Jelly]

Shimmering Wang, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 11:03 AM, said:

The kangaroo...I just want to know... ...?

Like, if you were trying to think of ways for someone to get accidentally slapped, how many other ways would you come up with before getting to random kangaroo getting mad because of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey mishap?But...I fucking love the kangaroo's initial reaction: "??!!"

[CaneBrain]

Shimmering Wang, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 2:26 PM, said:

She was a waitress at work. I once informed her that trees do not have internet access and, as such, are my natural enemy.

sure beats Germans.

[Theraflu]

I don't know where the right place to throw this would be, but here's a documentary about Maynard from Tool's vineyards and his wine company that has pretty much taken over his desire to write new music or perform like he gives a shit. The guy hardly ever gave interviews, so I think it's intriguing to have a movie based around him. I'm pretty sure he's also a little crazy, and a big dick, but that should add to the film, or something.

[brvheart]

Theraflu, on Friday, October 8th, 2010, 5:36 PM, said:

I don't know where the right place to throw this would be, but here's a documentary about Maynard from Tool's vineyards and his wine company that has pretty much taken over his desire to write new music or perform like he gives a shit. The guy hardly ever gave interviews, so I think it's intriguing to have a movie based around him. I'm pretty sure he's also a little crazy, and a big dick, but that should add to the film, or something.

I haven't seen it, but to help out your cause:Blood.Into.Wine.2010.BDRip.XviD-WiDEhttp://vidreel.com/video/OTA4MTAz/You can watch it without downloading on the proceeding links.