Hustler: We Will Fight Infringement of Our Trademarks on .XXX
 

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.?Hustler has issued a statement saying it remains unrelenting in its stance that ICM Registry is prohibited from registering or selling to a third party any .XXX domain names that contain the world-famous Hustler trademark or other Hustler-related trademarks. The company further stated that on more than one occasion, it has made clear in writing that any attempt to do so will constitute infringement of its intellectual property rights and that legal action will be taken.

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BAM.

Fucking sweet. One by one the big companies will make similar announcements.

Don't fuck with Larry.

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Cool.
I really fear the .xxx
Anything CLOSE to "gettoising" porn is bad

So each shot in the balls they get, the better i feel

As well they should.

I have no doubt dot XXX will keep the courts busy and the lawyers rich for years to come.

Right on ;)

Great news :)

First with Manwin, now with Hustler. These are some of the biggest players not on board with .XXX. Wheres the sponsored community?

Mr Flynt used to live and breath for these "silencing of speech" fights. Most importantly the man has the fucking money to defend itself from these parasitic leeches.

Ofcourse, who knows whats really going on behind the scenes. But hopefully, some of the bigger companies will not give into the .XXX lobby. At least so far, it looks like their not.

The beauty of this is that if even 12 big companies step up and do the same that Manwin and Flynt are doing you suddenly have 12 big ass lawyers whittling away at the .XXX lawyers who are finite.

.XXX will simply not be able to sustain the battles, far too much legal $ over a period of time whereas the individual companies will continue to attack them with ease.

Now you might think that these companies just want their .XXX names protected, so they would be willing to let things slide if ICM said okay, we will not allow your domains to be sold and they make a deal.

But I believe that would establish precedent so once they acknowledge that they must protect those trademarks its all over because any companies will beat them again and again all the way down to the last trademarked domain name and ICM will lose untold millions upon millions of dollars.

I'm a looser, so it doesn't really bother me.

Agreed:thumbsup:thumbsup

1 Ddos and the towel will be thrown.

If they succeed in protecting their name and trademark. So will everyone else and .xxx is dead and buried. Good news.

Quite right too.

I'm not so sure it is as 'fucking sweet' as some people think it is. I get the impression that people think this is showing some kind of lack of support for .xxx, when in reality it is not. It doesn't mean anything of the sort.

when are the reg's of .xxx gonna occur?

Initial regs - yes. Yearly rebills - no.

point being is that their business plan is unsustainable. after a year they will be fucked with no recurring on trademarked .XXX's while many companies will still be suing the shit out of them.

imagine being tied up in courts for a few years with multiple lawsuits, the money is flying out the window faster than you can make it...

.xxx will likely try to play games with smaller brands in the hope of setting precedent before confronting top tier companies like hustler.
Still, it's nice to see Hustler protecting it's property proactively like it always has.

99.9% of our industry doesn't own a trademark on shit.

Reality is, they don't have to worry about much... even if someone registered the domains, it's not like you're going to win against the registrar that takes it down. If you jumped in and sued the registrar, it wouldn't make it to court, if you forced it, you would lose like everyone else - assuming they do respond.

This isn't rocket science... Flint is doing his marketing thing, that's it, even with his trademarks, the threat is weak.

Cool :thumbsup

Hustler and Manwin are not doing this to save $60 on a domain. I don't see them acting on what is best for the community but as posted on an earlier thread everyone is on their own when it comes to ICM.

Yes Mr Flynt used to be an amazing first amendment warrior for sure. My respect for him and his company took a hit back when Acacia was doing its thing and hustler and Vivid cut deals though. I am over that now.

I don't care how big of a business I had if it concerned adult and Hustler tried to contact me I would definitely NOT ignore them

This is an entirely different animal, .XXX an adult TLD.
you really think if the govt says eventually "all adult sites on .XXX" that some jerkoff with Hustler.XXX is going to to anything with it?
the point here is that ICM is going to either bow to the wishes of companies like Hustler and Manwin or they are going to get slaughtered in court on trademark infringement.

If everyone acts for their own good and that is against the ICM, eventually the whole community will benefit.

Hi Erasmo.

What are Score doing, you're a big company. And you have an in house lawyer!!!

been with Hustler for 10 years there Jesus, don't need to review shit:2 cents:

There are some very ignorant, uneducated, and incredibly unfounded statements in this thread.

Hey Paul,

Not sending out a press release.

Go Larry!

at net $70 or so per domain registered, they will have a lot of money to fight legal battles for the forseeable future.

All the more reason not to purchase them. :thumbsup