Google goes after Youtube.net, and more
 

Google (GOOG) and its YouTube division have filed for arbitration under UDRP to get control of the YouTube.net domain name.

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04...wn-youtubenet/

now watch all the morons express disbelief that they registered something that takes advantage of a recognizable trademark/brand ... and then a company lashes out to protect it.

google has made a lot attempts to suppress people from saying "google it" etc... it shouldn't surprise anyone when they come knocking for XYZTube.com with a similar look, feel, layout etc all designed to cause intentional confusion wiht the real site.

I can't believe they did that! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Haha, good times ;)

I find it funny that an illegal tube site is worried about trademark laws.

seems hardly shocking, if some wise guy registered microsoft.net, I'm sure microsoft would go after them too...

All depends if the domain was regged before Youtube existed. Utube.com falls under this and they made some nice cash from selling it.

utube.com was utube.com well before youtube.com came into being.

and it doesn't matter when a domain was registered... the only thing that matters is "can you afford the fight and is it worth it"

:2 cents::2 cents:

"YouTube.com was registered in February 2005.... YouTube.net was registered in August of that same year."

I'm no expert, but it doesn't look good for the .net owner...

Thats is exactly what i said, or was trying to get across at least.

Nope, it doesn't. Myspace.co.uk lost their domain despite owning it before myspace.com existed, because they were monitizing it through social networking keywords.

Sadly, you would be surprised at what people will register. And yes, MS chases them to the ends of the earth.

o snap...

yeah... sorry. you're right.

my bad.

I am a little confused here ... does Google own the internet .. ?? because unless youtube.net falls under US copyright and trademark ( and it might very well ) but if it doesn't it would fall under the same freedom we are all suffering from with the free tube sites ..I am under the impression that if the country you reside in and register your urls under then you would only fall under the laws of said country ... if someone knows different please enlighten me .. ??

They could easily win going after every video sharing site with "tube" in the name. They do have to walk a thin line here though. Microsoft is already thought of as evil so they can sue and it really doesn't harm their image. If Google starts suing like crazy it could very much hurt their brand.

When you have the best lawyers money can buy and probably a office in every country in the civilized world. Your reach is pretty far.

The US owns the internet DUH! \:pimp

uhm.... have you ever heard of international copyright laws? the WIPO?

are you really this simple? from china? english is a second language? or are you just one more of GFY's shining examples of why the US has the shittiest public education on the planet?

you're right, you can start building cars and name them BMW as long as you are outside Germany, nobody will have a problem with that

i think the irony is in the fact youtube made its fame/fortune infringing on others

they are actually doing that in china ;) but the other way around


looks like a bmw but just with another name :upsidedow