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  • From: Tanner Lovelace <lovelace AT wayfarer.org>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Domain name squatting
  • Date: 28 Apr 2002 23:14:12 -0400


On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 22:37, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> I was hoping someone out there would have some advice on how to deal with
> domain name squaters. As one might imagine, we'd love to have the domain
> name
> webperformance.com instead of webperformanceinc.com. The domain name
> webperformance.com was taken in Oct 1997, but has never been used since I
> started looking at it in '99.
>
> I've contacted the owner of webperformance.com twice, and he always says
> he's
> planning on using it, but this has been going on for years and its still
> not
> actually being used. I don't know what he intends for the the domain name,
> but isn't there some rule somewhere that you actually have to do something
> with a domain name to keep it?

No, I don't believe there is. It's first come, first serve.
You're welcome to make him an offer, or if you're nasty
take him to court (over what, I'm not sure), but he doesn't
have to do anything with the domain besides pay his bills.

Tanner
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