I'm not sure about any new legislation, but there was already a
relavent between etoy.com (toy [r]etailer) and etoy.com (weird
design/art collective thing?) case pertaining to this issue. It was
pretty highly publicized and well documented. I think Etoy won. I
hope they did.
fuck the man,
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: vis-you <mguest@isdn.net>
Date: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:45 pm
Subject: Re: [idm] re: autechre
quoted 36 lines I heard something about this on NPR... so if anyone can
> I heard something about this on NPR... so if anyone can
> verifto/correct anything, please do so.
>
>
> But I believe there is some pending bill in the US that if
> successful will
> allow companies/people who own the copyright to a name to sue and
> take over
> any domain name named after it/them.
>
> It's also designed to prevent people from purchasing
> "whatever.com" with the
> intent of reselling the domain to "whatever" at an inflated price
> to make a
> profit.
>
>
> So if you, Mr. Capitalist, do not unload your domain quickly enough,
> Autechre may only have to wait a few months and sue for it.
>
> Assuming, as you pointed out, they care enough to do so.
> 8)
>
>
> Just an FYI... not a flame.
>
> -matT
> nashville.tn
>
>
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