Somewhat related: http://www.purple.com
I am so confused by this. I was even more confused after I read the FAQ. I have so many questions now. One of them is: What's the point?
purple is the point.
Gail, not Gmail
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Re: Gail, not Gmail
#52> Q: I think you're infringing on my trademark... > A: If you consult with someone well versed in trademark law, they will tell you that you can't have an exclusive trademark on a common word or name. My husband and I successfully defended ourselves against an attempted domain takeover in 2006; see WIPO Case D2006-0655 for more information. Well, it depends on the jurisdiction. In France, in the infamous "Milka" case…
I remember reading about that case in a web design magazine. Here's a very short article from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4348585.stm
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's her personal site, and it looks like she just wants to be left alone. You get real, not everything is about money.
Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over. No one's mentioning money grubbing capitalism here at the expense of someone else... What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand. Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name. So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the…
> Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over.
I would argue that when someone tells you to “shut up and take his money” we are as far from reason as we’re going to get.
Also, what’s wrong with blank pages? I own multiple domains, some of which don’t even have any DNS records. So what? It’s my money that pays the fees.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#54I once worked with a guy who had a domain that is the name of a major bank in my country (i.e. he owned {bank_name}.xyz and the bank's domain is {bank_name}-bank.xyz). Somehow he managed to hold on to it over the years. Anyway, he had a catch-all email account for the domain, an sometimes interesting stuff would arrive. One day he showed me an email he had just received from a major investment firm that read more or…
Smells like phishing to me :)
An email trying to pass as a normal workplace email.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#55So there's really no way for a company to take over a domain if they have a legitimate reason? My company's dot com shows what looks to be a low value video. I've reached out to the guy a few years ago and he simply replied that there were some things that money couldn't buy...
Petal.com if you're interested. I'd love to have that domain, and yeah it's affecting our brand.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's her personal site, and it looks like she just wants to be left alone. You get real, not everything is about money.
Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over. No one's mentioning money grubbing capitalism here at the expense of someone else... What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand. Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name. So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the…
She has enough money to make her happy and don't give a fuck. You get real. Get a life for christ sake. Asshole.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#57So there's really no way for a company to take over a domain if they have a legitimate reason? My company's dot com shows what looks to be a low value video. I've reached out to the guy a few years ago and he simply replied that there were some things that money couldn't buy... Petal.com if you're interested. I'd love to have that domain, and yeah it's affecting our brand.
Looks like it's no longer loading anything.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#58So there's really no way for a company to take over a domain if they have a legitimate reason? My company's dot com shows what looks to be a low value video. I've reached out to the guy a few years ago and he simply replied that there were some things that money couldn't buy... Petal.com if you're interested. I'd love to have that domain, and yeah it's affecting our brand.
Lawyers would take a long, expensive timedefining "legitimate".
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's her personal site, and it looks like she just wants to be left alone. You get real, not everything is about money.
Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over. No one's mentioning money grubbing capitalism here at the expense of someone else... What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand. Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name. So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the…
> What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader.
Q: Why isn't there any content here?
A: All personal web content is hidden
on back pages to conserve bandwidth.