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Barefootsies · 03-05-2008, 08:55 PM

Dear XXX members,

We feel it is our duty to bring this to light and make people aware of what's happening. As you may have heard, Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME) has very recently introduced a bill that could threaten the future of the domain name industry and internet commerce. Snowe's bill has been introduced as the "Anti-Phishing" bill, but contains provisions that are largely unrelated to these objectives. These provisions radically and unnecessarily expand the rights of trademark owners to essentially provide them with monopoly rights on registered trademarks. This would be to the detriment of millions of individuals and businesses engaged in lawful and legitimate Internet commerce.

If the bill passed through congress, it may allow large businesses to take domain names with little to no effort. Trademark owners already prevail in 85% of all UDRP complaints and nearly 100% of all ACPA cases. Yet some apparently now wish to establish a new regime for contesting allegedly ?infringing? domains that is tilted even more in their favor by denying basic due process and substantive protections to domain name registrants ? and that provides the possibility that they can use their power and influence to sway public officials to expend taxpayer dollars in defense of private Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

The proposal unfairly targets domain name registrants for a widespread Internet practice ? if it's aim is to halt the advertising monetization of brand names and typographical variations thereof when consumers engage in direct Internet navigation or in web searches it utterly fails in that endeavor, as this activity is also engaged in systematically by search engines, web browsers and ISPs.

We need to do as much as possible to make sure the bill is revised to serve it's purpose of preventing phishing scams and not to bury domain name owners. Please sign the petition at http://www.SnoweBill.com to help in the fight and to review all portions of the bill.

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
There are several big discussions taking place right now at http://www.XXXorum.com - please visit the site and perform a search for "Snowe" to view the threads.

Regards,

(removed other forum name XXX so would not break rules)

minddust · 03-05-2008, 08:57 PM

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QuaWee · 03-05-2008, 09:08 PM

Got the same email word for word today. Seems like bad news

dav3 · 03-05-2008, 09:13 PM

I wonder which corporations paid off this senator?

Nookster · 03-05-2008, 09:38 PM

I agree with them. Domain squatting should have been banned long ago.

Nookster · 03-05-2008, 09:41 PM

Although, it should have been made as an official bill, not attached to something like this.

Barefootsies · 03-05-2008, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nookster

I agree with them. Domain squatting should have been banned long ago.

AMEN

malakajoe · 03-05-2008, 10:46 PM

Interesting stuff.

DaddyHalbucks · 03-05-2008, 11:27 PM

If you know a cybersquatter, make sure to thank them, because they are the reason for this horrible bill.

Barefootsies · 03-05-2008, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

If you know a cybersquatter, make sure to thank them, because they are the reason for this horrible bill.

I know of many.

I'll start thanking them tomorrow for their "internet real estate/investment".

bobby666 · 03-06-2008, 12:45 AM

already seen in my inbox this morning

Nookster · 03-06-2008, 07:19 AM

WOW, they kinda do need to take a closer look into it...

Quote:

(H) person's registration or acquisition of multiple domain names which the person knows are identical or confusingly similar to brand names or trademarks of others that are distinctive at the time of registration of such domain names, or damaging to the brand name or dilutive of famous trademarks of others that are famous at the time of registration of such domain names...

If the bill passes, those fuck*insert-bad-host-here*.com sites will get sued amongst literally thousands of businesses which already do have similar names.

Barefootsies · 03-06-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nookster

WOW, they kinda do need to take a closer look into it...

If the bill passes, those fuck*insert-bad-host-here*.com sites will get sued amongst literally thousands of businesses which already do have similar names.

While not perfect, it's a start.

dav3 · 03-06-2008, 07:51 AM

Does this mean no more livejasmin clones?

GAMEFINEST · 03-06-2008, 10:05 AM

Heres a bump for a good cause

Barefootsies · 03-06-2008, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GAMEFINEST

Heres a bump for a good cause

true dat

pornguy · 03-06-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dav3

I wonder which corporations paid off this senator?

corporations in this case should be spelled with 3 S's at the end

Lots of them did, and will continue to.

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