Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL • Hacker News Board

Re: Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL

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Post by onion2k » Sat, Jul 04, 2015, 9:57 AM UTC

Why go to court? Why not use the fees you'd pay for a trial to either put in a much higher offer for the domain, or to pay a marketing company to rebrand your company as something where the domain name is available?

Regardless of the outcome, the only winner will be the lawyers.

Re: Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL

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Post by Simulacra » Sat, Jul 04, 2015, 2:00 PM UTC

My company has 41 telecommuting employees out of NYC. I've sent the article to everyone in management, and I'll make sure we never use their services. If you disagree with the tactics of this company, tell everyone not to use their service. Email the company.

Re: Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL

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Post by darkstar999 » Sat, Jul 04, 2015, 3:15 PM UTC

lsaferite wrote: post #47

darkstar999 wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate? I'm having trouble making the connection from domain names to real estate.

He has a domain (land) that the startup (property developer) wants but refuses to sell. He's trying to use domain squatting laws (eminent domain laws) to force an ownership transfer.

But isn't eminent domain only available to the government?

Re: Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL

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Post by lsaferite » Sun, Jul 05, 2015, 2:24 AM UTC

darkstar999 wrote: post #113

lsaferite wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He has a domain (land) that the startup (property developer) wants but refuses to sell. He's trying to use domain squatting laws (eminent domain laws) to force an ownership transfer.

But isn't eminent domain only available to the government?

Yes, but local governments are regularly in bed with big money interests which would include land developers. So, the land developer gets the local government in his pocket and convinces them to use eminent domain to make a project happen that will bring lots of tax revenue to the government.

Re: Startup Sues a Domain Name Owner to Grab a 16-Year-Old URL

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Post by uptodate » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:53 AM UTC

nnain wrote: post #43

mattmanser wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uh, no, it doesn't. Just because you happen to wish the world and the law worked differently doesn't make the article biased.

I'm not wishing that the law works differently. I'm presenting an opinion. The court will decide based on the law. May the right one win.

Just read the latest news on domainnamewire.com that the workbetter.com lawsuit has been dismissed.