if Microsoft.com expired...
 

would you have the balls to register it - or would you sit back and watch someone get their ass handed to them in court?

could someone move to russia and register it?

microsoft already did this few years ago, forgot to renew passport.com some guy reged it and pointed it to them. and transfered it back to them right away and microsoft gave him a little something for his trouble

It happened not to too many years ago.

yeah like that will happen again


Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 23-Jun-2004.
Record expires on 03-May-2314.
Record created on 02-May-1991.



:2 cents:

Couldnt he have kept that because its not a trademark ?

i wonder how many people actually looked at the microsoft whois info to see if it really says 2314

no mather where someone lives they will always get it back somehow. Quite sure it would even lead to a plicical incedent if Russia (or any other country) would make that impossible. MI think Microsoft owns us all:2 cents:

ICANN Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Created: 1991-05-02
Expires: 2014-05-03
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK

icann would transfer it back to microsoft without asking you hah

my guess is more than one :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Expires: 2014-05-03

I'd reg it... I know I'd end up losing it, but it would be one hell of a ride. lol

Bullshit

a little something? I guess thats the best you can hope for, but I hope that 'little something' was in fact a phat ass check.

lol then you could pay off any microsoft legal fees with the money you collect from when you sue icann for doing that without your permission

No ICANN would not.


Would I register it? For sure if I could get my hands on it. Even to help MS out.

Would it drop? The domain wouldn't work for at least 30 days, so they woulnd't not recognize that it's about to drop.

nowadays such a domain like passwort.com would be caught by a compan like ult search for sure

Not necessarily true. A registrant can opt for a domain to be deleted and it does not always take 6 days to delete (PENDINGDELETE period). WWF.com comes to mind.

i wouldn't mind a small compensation ahha

I pwn microsoftsearch.net.:glugglug

Remember the 15yr old kid who owned MikeRowesoft.com? His name was Mike Rowe and he almost got his ass handed to him in court adding soft to the end of it on his personal website/blog.

I never heard of that before? what happened?

If everything was played fair - As in, the registrar wouldn't immediately fold and transfer the domain back, just because "they're" microsoft. And Microsoft actually had to go through the WIPO procedure to get the domain back?

Then of course I would. Within that period of time, the traffic/revenue generated, while being parked - Would pay for my lawyers fees, several times over.

Yes you could sue them. Icann is a non-profitable organization and under the pressure of the largest corp. in the world I can see them transfering the domain without following the normal procedure.

Of course I would just to say i owned it but I wouldn't fight them on keeping it...

Would be fun stealing microsoft.com and forward it to linux.com or something like that. I bet there would be someone knowking on my door PRETTY quick!

MS woudl get it back if Vladimir Putin himself regestered it. I would enjoy the show.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....rowe.soft.ap/

I used to own
http://www.imthinkingabouttryingashe...tartwith.maybe /

Nahh seriously, it would take just one day for ICANN to change it to the real owner.
Do you know how much Microsoft's worth ?:2 cents:

Money changes everything....

A domain is never "owned" by a company. It's basically "leased" out, but, we all have become acquainted with saying "oh that domain is owned by so and so". But as stated, a domain is not owned by anyone. Thus, if they do not renew thier domain? They relinquish ownership rights to that domain (not the trademark however). Thus - to get thier domain back, they would have to file a WIPO, under a trademark dispute (which they would obviously win, in a heartbeat). But nevertheless, a registrar cannot "technically" give the domain back to the original registrant - Or it would be breach of the registrant/registrar agreement.

Microsoft first unleashed the pit bulls on him, but as soon as the media got wind they calmed down and eventually settled. In later articles they claimed Microsoft took control of the domain name in exchange for a new domain name, some traffic, a computer, software, and trip to headquarters but that doesn't look to be true juding by whats up there now.

I'd put porn on it.

That's exactly what I'd do.

http://www.linux.org/

It would be Linus Torvalds finest hour :)