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OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 03:58 PM

ok this is pretty fucked up.

www.hqerosescorts.com is my domain, when it loads it goes to some other site.... my name servers are still the same, all files on the server are the same, yet somehow it redirects to another site....

any ideas?

stickyfingerz · 05-14-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

ok this is pretty fucked up.

www.hqerosescorts.com is my domain, when it loads it goes to some other site.... my name servers are still the same, all files on the server are the same, yet somehow it redirects to another site....

any ideas?

Looks like eros.com to me hmm

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 04:07 PM

in my namecheap account the dns is still pointing to my host tho?

and eros.com is impossible to get in touch with aswell?

Camco · 05-14-2008, 04:09 PM

nevermind

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 04:16 PM

never mind what mate?

Camco · 05-14-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

never mind what mate?

Sorry mate, I thought I found your problem but when I rechecked I was wrong and edited my post

Sebastian Sands · 05-14-2008, 04:46 PM

you have their trademark in your name and you are targetting the same traffic they do. I think they took it. At least it looks that way.

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 05:00 PM

Is this you in the whois, if not then it does appear you do not own the domain any longer. http://whois.domaintools.com/hqerosescorts.com

MattO · 05-14-2008, 05:01 PM

Looks like Group Kaitu, LLC owns it now.

pussyserver - BANNED FOR LIFE · 05-14-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MattO

Looks like Group Kaitu, LLC owns it now.

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MattO

Looks like Group Kaitu, LLC owns it now.

Yep, which is the Company that owns eros.com It appears they did indeed take it from you probably because you infringed on their name. About ten years ago when I was a noob I registered some domain with Yahoo in it and after a few months it suddenly became property of Yahoo.

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 06:40 PM

Eros is just a word....so its not my fault they registered a one word domain back in the day.

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

Eros is just a word....so its not my fault they registered a one word domain back in the day.

Well you could certainly fight it, but I doubt its worth it unless your site was bringing in substantial revenue. At least contact your domain registrar and find out what they got served.

bdld · 05-14-2008, 08:30 PM

you shouldve gotten some sort of notification from your registrar

Sosa · 05-14-2008, 09:00 PM

oh wow, that is fucked up man. I know you put quite a bit of work into that site too.

Azoy? · 05-14-2008, 09:02 PM

weird how they just took over like that

skillfull · 05-14-2008, 09:02 PM

that's really fucked up

MediaGuy · 05-14-2008, 09:06 PM

Well it loads fine and on the right domain for me... I suggest a good updated anti-virus like AVG free... http://free.grisoft.com/

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MediaGuy

Well it loads fine and on the right domain for me... I suggest a good updated anti-virus like AVG free... http://free.grisoft.com/

duno what you see mate but its a landing page for Eros.com......

MediaGuy · 05-14-2008, 09:28 PM

Ah yah I see I thought you meant that the domain was redirected or somehow hijacked... you mean what's up on that now is not your shit?

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MediaGuy

Ah yah I see I thought you meant that the domain was redirected or somehow hijacked... you mean what's up on that now is not your shit?

Re read the entire thread, then post.

D-man · 05-14-2008, 09:45 PM

yeah i was pissed when they took - micro-soft.com - it was a tiny dick site - so what if I had a photoshop of bill gates on it

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

Eros is just a word....so its not my fault they registered a one word domain back in the day.

Was it simply that you had the word "eros" in your domain? It appears by your domain you were also promoting escorts, were they the same escorts from eros.com?

fogfever · 05-14-2008, 10:19 PM

Looks like it was taken away by URDP.
I can't post the link, but do a google search for your domain - hqerosescorts.com and the second result is you losing UDRP case.

The whois was private, so you probably never got the notice.

SmokeyTheBear · 05-14-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fogfever

Looks like it was taken away by URDP.
I can't post the link, but do a google search for your domain - hqerosescorts.com and the second result is you losing UDRP case.

The whois was private, so you probably never got the notice.

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...2008-0263.html

B. Respondent

The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant?s contentions.

kaori · 05-14-2008, 10:49 PM

That's kind of lame!! I would have thought you had a pretty good case - if you had responded

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(mythology)
Eros was the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse - seems like it would be hard for a company to claim rights to that....

sicone · 05-14-2008, 10:54 PM

Ouch... sucks ass.

Why didnt you respond to the complaint?

After Shock Media · 05-14-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sicone

Ouch... sucks ass.

Why didnt you respond to the complaint?

I think due to privacy protection on the who is.

Really makes one think if this really could be abused to hell and high water against people hidding who owns a domain.

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 10:57 PM

is there a way i can respond to it now?

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sicone

Ouch... sucks ass.

Why didnt you respond to the complaint?

i never got a complaint in the first place?

starpimps · 05-14-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

I think due to privacy protection on the who is.

Really makes one think if this really could be abused to hell and high water against people hidding who owns a domain.

the email is still valid in the whois with WhoisGuard, since it forwards to the domain owners address....so emails should have been received ?...

OzMan84 · 05-14-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by starpimps

the email is still valid in the whois with WhoisGuard, since it forwards to the domain owners address....so emails should have been received ?...

no emails recieved about someone taking my domain?

sicone · 05-14-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

i never got a complaint in the first place?

Did not see that you had privacy turned on...

That's some fucked off shit

lazycash · 05-14-2008, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

no emails recieved about someone taking my domain?

Was the email address in your whois active (i know you had whois protection turned on) back in Feb when they first launched the complaint?

OzMan84 · 05-15-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Was the email address in your whois active (i know you had whois protection turned on) back in Feb when they first launched the complaint?

as far as i know it was and still is?

starpimps · 05-15-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

i never got a complaint in the first place?

just saw that...a post b4 my email remark ;)

lazycash · 05-15-2008, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Was it simply that you had the word "eros" in your domain? It appears by your domain you were also promoting escorts, were they the same escorts from eros.com?

Can you answer this, might explain why they went after your domain.

OzMan84 · 05-15-2008, 12:55 AM

no i was promoting liondollars escorts. i think it was coz my site was listed up there with eros.com and they just got jealous?

lazycash · 05-15-2008, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

no i was promoting liondollars escorts. i think it was coz my site was listed up there with eros.com and they just got jealous?

Well in the complaint it said they owned 90+ domains with "eros" in it, so maybe they are vigorously pursuing domains with that word in them.

OzMan84 · 05-15-2008, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Well in the complaint it said they owned 90+ domains with "eros" in it, so maybe they are vigorously pursuing domains with that word in them.

but you cant exactly just take all domains containing "eros" that promote escorts....

BV · 05-15-2008, 01:20 AM

interesting these domain name thingys

nobody owns shit

we're all a bunch of suckas!

lazycash · 05-15-2008, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

but you cant exactly just take all domains containing "eros" that promote escorts....

Don't be so sure.

After Shock Media · 05-15-2008, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

but you cant exactly just take all domains containing "eros" that promote escorts....

Hate to say this but actually they can.
They appear to have a trademark on the word Eros and they are in the escort business. Your domain was just HQerosescorts which just comes off as HQ Eros Escorts. Then you also were in the same line of business which would of been the only possible escape clause.

Think of it this way, it is like making a site that is called:
HQcokesoda -promoting soda.
HQstarbuckscoffee -promoting coffee.

Then they are technically required to protect their trademark or potentially face loosing it if they do not enforce it.

OzMan84 · 05-15-2008, 01:44 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(mythology)
Eros was the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse - seems like it would be hard for a company to claim rights to that....

how can some promoting escorts make Eros a trademark? when eros is a greek god?

i can agree with your example hqstarbuckscoffee tho.

After Shock Media · 05-15-2008, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by OzMan84

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(mythology)
Eros was the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse - seems like it would be hard for a company to claim rights to that....
how can some promoting escorts make Eros a trademark? when eros is a greek god?

i can agree with your example hqstarbuckscoffee tho.

They file for a trademark, go through the waiting process and then are granted one.
Eros is not the first nor last normal word or phrase used.

Now they can not prohibit someone from using the word Eros when it does not infringe on their business. There is a EROS data center used by the US government that would not infringe on their trademark. There was also a movie by the same name that had some erotica (close but did not infringe).

If someone wanted to get a domain like for example sinsoferos and dedicated it to the Greek god or even a beverage that boosts your sexual abilities would not be infringing on the named trademark.

Hell ask a trademark lawyer they will explain it to your and your frustration.

OzMan84 · 05-15-2008, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

They file for a trademark, go through the waiting process and then are granted one.
Eros is not the first nor last normal word or phrase used.

Now they can not prohibit someone from using the word Eros when it does not infringe on their business. There is a EROS data center used by the US government that would not infringe on their trademark. There was also a movie by the same name that had some erotica (close but did not infringe).

If someone wanted to get a domain like for example sinsoferos and dedicated it to the Greek god or even a beverage that boosts your sexual abilities would not be infringing on the named trademark.

Hell ask a trademark lawyer they will explain it to your and your frustration.

ah well looks like i got no grounds to stand on....

en21 · 05-15-2008, 03:19 AM

this is suck

JayCabi · 05-15-2008, 06:19 AM

ouch sorry to hear that man

u-Bob · 05-15-2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by starpimps

the email is still valid in the whois with WhoisGuard, since it forwards to the domain owners address....so emails should have been received ?...

No, not necessarily since the email forwarding on those WhoisGuard addresses only works 10% of the time.

u-Bob · 05-15-2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bdld

you shouldve gotten some sort of notification from your registrar

It's namecheap, so chances are they didn't even realize what was going on.

05-14-2008, 03:58 PM	#1
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	my site stolen? ok this is pretty fucked up. www.hqerosescorts.com is my domain, when it loads it goes to some other site.... my name servers are still the same, all files on the server are the same, yet somehow it redirects to another site.... any ideas? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

05-14-2008, 04:07 PM	#3
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	in my namecheap account the dns is still pointing to my host tho? and eros.com is impossible to get in touch with aswell? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

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Camco Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 137	nevermind Last edited by Camco; 05-14-2008 at 04:12 PM..

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OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	never mind what mate? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

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OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	Eros is just a word....so its not my fault they registered a one word domain back in the day. __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

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Sebastian Sands Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ICQ: 211-417-740 Posts: 5,223	you have their trademark in your name and you are targetting the same traffic they do. I think they took it. At least it looks that way.

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lazycash Troll Patrol Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Local Socal Posts: 15,214	Is this you in the whois, if not then it does appear you do not own the domain any longer. http://whois.domaintools.com/hqerosescorts.com

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MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	Looks like Group Kaitu, LLC owns it now.

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bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	you shouldve gotten some sort of notification from your registrar

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fogfever Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,245	Looks like it was taken away by URDP. I can't post the link, but do a google search for your domain - hqerosescorts.com and the second result is you losing UDRP case. The whois was private, so you probably never got the notice.

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kaori Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,569	That's kind of lame!! I would have thought you had a pretty good case - if you had responded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(mythology) Eros was the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse - seems like it would be hard for a company to claim rights to that....

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OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	no i was promoting liondollars escorts. i think it was coz my site was listed up there with eros.com and they just got jealous? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

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OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(mythology) Eros was the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse - seems like it would be hard for a company to claim rights to that.... how can some promoting escorts make Eros a trademark? when eros is a greek god? i can agree with your example hqstarbuckscoffee tho. __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

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