[development] drupal.se for sale

[blogdiva at culturekitchen.com]

most cases of TM infringement are fought based on the top level  
domain. the top domain always wins and is usually the cause for  
cyberaquatting exactly because they can hijack traffic and create  
brand confusion. if it were not so, why would the owner try to sell  
it for 25K? they obviously believe the traffic that domain gets just  
by existing is worth that amount of money. and for a pornographer or  
other unscrupulous netpreneur, that may be a bargain if they can  
double their investment in ad monetization or direct sales.

/ liza

Liza Sabater, Publisher
www.culturekitchen.com
www.dailygotham.com


On  03.Jan.2008, at 11:09, Victor Kane wrote:

> above and beyond our opinion of cybersquatters, notice that the  
> domain is not .org.
>
> The Drupal Association, or someone in Sweden acting on their  
> behalf, should be able to get drupal.org.se
>
> In Argentina, proof of existence of membership and authorization of  
> an organization is required to take out a site, like drupal.org.ar
>
> Now, this depends on the Swedish registrar organization, so that's  
> where the solution can be found.
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 2:01 PM, Sean Robertson <seanr at ngpsoftware.com> wrote:
> My opinion of cybersquatters is not fit for print.  If I had my way,
> what he's doing would be completely illegal.  If there's any way Dries
> can sue his ass for trademark infringement, I think he should.   
> That guy
> has no right to profit from the Drupal name and holding the domain
> hostage like that is totally disrespectful to the community who's
> software he's (still!!) using.  What a f***ing schmuck.
>
>
>
> Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> > The owner of the domain offering it for sale is Carl McDade, now  
> known
> > as Hiveminds.
> >
> > Carl had some friction with the community back in 2004 or 2005  
> (Can't
> > remember). You can check the development mailing list archives  
> for details.
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 9:16 AM, Thomas Barregren <thomas at webbredaktoren.se
> > <mailto:thomas at webbredaktoren.se>> wrote:
> >
> >     Dear fellows,
> >
> >     I was deeply choked to find out today that the domain the  
> Drupal domain
> >     in Sweden -- drupal.se <http://drupal.se> -- is for sale for  
> €25,000
> >     EUR, that is
> >     approximately $36,730 USD!!
> >
> >     See http://groups.drupal.org/node/7948 and
> >     http://hiveminds.co.uk/drupal.se.
> >
> >     Best regards,
> >     Thomas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> > 2bits.com <http://2bits.com>, Inc.
> > http://2bits.com
> > Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
>
> --
> Sean Robertson
> Web Developer
> NGP Software, Inc.
> seanr at ngpsoftware.com
> (202) 686-9330
> http://www.ngpsoftware.com
>

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