Why Nissan.com Isn’t a Car Website

Post by keithpeter » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 8:32 AM UTC

shawn-furyan wrote: post #46

[deleted] wrote: post #44

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[Edit: Looks like the parent was deleted. The comment was noting how the site is poorly marketed, and that this led the commenter to think it was a fake business.] Clicking through the website, I don't find it unbelievable that this is a DIY website of a local computer shop. There are tons of small business websites like this out there, and while they don't inspire a sense of legitimacy in people unfamiliar with thei…

Post by sgt » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 8:37 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #34

fsck--off wrote: post #8

Wow. I think the source code belongs in The Daily WTF. Just look at this gem: People's Opinions   Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 (Snipped about 500 lines) page 503 page 504 page 505

True, but also keep in mind the site is still up with this spike in traffic. Must be Varnish, Nginx, CDN edge servers, sprites, gzip, pre-fetching and efficient CSS selectors.

Post by StavrosK » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 8:43 AM UTC

brazzy wrote: post #49

kayoone wrote: post #42

I simply do not understand why Nissan Motorcompany dont just offer the guy a good pile of money. He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. That or spend millions and a decade on lawsuits that lead nowhere...

> He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. Neither of those would be sufficient. The decisive factor is that he's actually operating a legitimate business under that name.

Post by derleth » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 9:09 AM UTC

toyg wrote: post #55

jusben1369 wrote: post #2

Lost in this overview (and I couldn't really tell the point of the overview) are the probably 10 000 + people per year who go to this site by mistake. It's odd to me that Nissan didn't just offer him those 7 figures worth of legal fees and solve it (or maybe they did to no effect)

I suspect they initially thought they could just bully the guy. By the time they understood he actually was on solid ground (it was the 90s, lawyers didn't know anything about our intertubes), it was too late: smallbiz owners like Mr. Nissan can be the hardest mofos once they get personal. I bet he's still proud he didn't accept their offers. It's old news anyway, very well-known. I'm always surprised when stuff like…

Post by _0nac » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 9:32 AM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #56

brazzy wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. Neither of those would be sufficient. The decisive factor is that he's actually operating a legitimate business under that name.

How is that a factor? That means that anyone can take my domain by registering a company with the same name and suing me for it.