I was advising him to avoid trying to make a deal for the time
being. Their letter made reference to some 'cybersquatting' law. He
isn't squatting, he just made up a name that happened to already exist. I
was telling him to consider letting him have it if he could still use an
email addy there. He'd rather not though.
noah
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, ST wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently received a similar letter from a large corporation
> demanding that I hand over a domain that was supposedly in violation
> of they're copyright. They said they'd sue me if I didn't. Long
> story short, I ended up selling them the domain for $4000.
>
> ST
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Noah Couture
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: advice on domain dispute
>
>
> Hey Folks,
>
> A friend of mine who registered a domain name for his own use has
> received
> a threatening letter from a rather large corporation demanding that he
> transfer the domain to them. He's wondering what he should do. Any
> and
> all advice will be very much appreciated. Here's the story. My
> friend
> Derek made up a name for himself (i'm not sure what his inspiration
> was): Johnny Hazard. At some point he registered the corresponding
> domain
> name. Well, he just got a letter from Hearst corporation who
> apparently
> think they should own it for some reason. He is not using it for any
> sort
> of commercial enterprise whatsoever. He doesn't want to sell it, he
> doesn't want to do anything with it except personal use. Any advice?
>
> thanks
> noah
>
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