Comments on: MartinLutherKing.org: Make’s the Best Case For Defensive Domain Registrations http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damir http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10807 Damir Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:56:26 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10807 white supremacist groups are TERRORISTS like any extremist organization that includes the so called Christian Scum - right wings thugs. Humanity has to evolve beyond this kind of scum mindset and use all its energy to do good and go into space and establish Human life there. Intelligence is knowing what has been done wrong in the past and not follow that crap again. Let there Be PEACE on earth - Evil thugs should stop that crap. white supremacist groups are TERRORISTS like any extremist organization that includes the so called Christian Scum – right wings thugs.

Humanity has to evolve beyond this kind of scum mindset and use all its energy to do good and go into space and establish Human life there.

Intelligence is knowing what has been done wrong in the past and not follow that crap again.

Let there Be PEACE on earth – Evil thugs should stop that crap.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10774 Chris Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:04:09 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10774 I'm appalled by most of the comments here from so called domainers, who usually get it right. While I don't support the site in any fashion, my forefathers in the United States died so these individuals could voice their opinions, which in turn protects all of our own public opinions. I'm so sick and tired of the ACLU and their supporters undermining freedom of speech in this country. If you don't like a site's content, don't read it, plain and simple, it's not rocket science. If you encourage shady legal maneuvering to shut the site down, remove it from Google, etc, then you don't actually believe in FREEDOM OF SPEECH at all, but in FREEDOM OF THE MAJORITY CONSENSUS. I’m appalled by most of the comments here from so called domainers, who usually get it right. While I don’t support the site in any fashion, my forefathers in the United States died so these individuals could voice their opinions, which in turn protects all of our own public opinions. I’m so sick and tired of the ACLU and their supporters undermining freedom of speech in this country. If you don’t like a site’s content, don’t read it, plain and simple, it’s not rocket science. If you encourage shady legal maneuvering to shut the site down, remove it from Google, etc, then you don’t actually believe in FREEDOM OF SPEECH at all, but in FREEDOM OF THE MAJORITY CONSENSUS.

]]> By: RegFeeNames.com http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10761 RegFeeNames.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:51:21 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10761 SAD that another case highlights the negative side of domain names in the wrong hands! I agree with your commnets Mike - I dont think they would win this domain very easy as you never know what side the judge shall fall on but for the sake of $1500 I would try! I would ask write to google, MS & Yahoo and ask that they remove the site due to its nature and content. Just shows again that if you have a brand you must protect it and register all available domain ext. Regards, Robbie SAD that another case highlights the negative side of domain names in the wrong hands!

I agree with your commnets Mike – I dont think they would win this domain very easy as you never know what side the judge shall fall on but for the sake of $1500 I would try!

I would ask write to google, MS & Yahoo and ask that they remove the site due to its nature and content.

Just shows again that if you have a brand you must protect it and register all available domain ext.

Regards,

Robbie

]]> By: MsDomainer http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10759 MsDomainer Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:08:57 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10759 * This site has been around for years. When I taught English composition, I would direct my students to this site and ask them to evaluate its validity. More often than not, they would misconstrue its message as being a "positive" MLK site and were shocked when they discovered it was a white supremicist site. You have to actually read the text to see this (which is how I knew they hadn't read it and simply made assumptions based on the domain name). As long as there are no ads on the site (and I don't think there was back then), I doubt very much if the King family would have much of a case in a UDRP suit. I think that the King lawyers probably know this, which is why this site has been around so long. (Whois says 1999, which sounds about right.) As much as one can despise the message, free speech that does not infringe TM, no matter how ugly, is protected. That pesky 1st amendment (US) protects the good, the bad, the ugly, and the VERY ugly. * *

This site has been around for years. When I taught English composition, I would direct my students to this site and ask them to evaluate its validity.

More often than not, they would misconstrue its message as being a “positive” MLK site and were shocked when they discovered it was a white supremicist site. You have to actually read the text to see this (which is how I knew they hadn’t read it and simply made assumptions based on the domain name).

As long as there are no ads on the site (and I don’t think there was back then), I doubt very much if the King family would have much of a case in a UDRP suit. I think that the King lawyers probably know this, which is why this site has been around so long. (Whois says 1999, which sounds about right.)

As much as one can despise the message, free speech that does not infringe TM, no matter how ugly, is protected. That pesky 1st amendment (US) protects the good, the bad, the ugly, and the VERY ugly.

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]]> By: MHB http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10750 MHB Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:42:13 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10750 Tim You have a number for Boris? Tim

You have a number for Boris?

]]> By: MHB http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10749 MHB Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:41:53 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10749 I personally don't love the King's chances at a UDRP which is why I'm guessing they haven't taken a shot at it in over 2 years I personally don’t love the King’s chances at a UDRP which is why I’m guessing they haven’t taken a shot at it in over 2 years

]]> By: Tim Davids http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10748 Tim Davids Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:39:02 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10748 my first thought was for them to hire a ghost buyer... My second thought is a Russian hacker named Boris :) my first thought was for them to hire a ghost buyer… My second thought is a Russian hacker named Boris :)

]]> By: Shoji http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10747 Shoji Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:33:55 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10747 David: If they lose in the UDRP perhaps it may set a bad precedent in case they try to obtain it again in the future? I don't really know much about it, just guessing, but if laws pertaining to domaining are likely to undergo serious changes, maybe the Kings would do better trying later on? David:
If they lose in the UDRP perhaps it may set a bad precedent in case they try to obtain it again in the future? I don’t really know much about it, just guessing, but if laws pertaining to domaining are likely to undergo serious changes, maybe the Kings would do better trying later on?

]]> By: David J Castello http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10746 David J Castello Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:34:29 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10746 Mike: I'd put my money on them succeeding in UDRP arbitration. This goes way beyond simply being a "suck" site. Madonna won Madonna.com and Sting lost when he went after Sting.com. As we well know, different arbitrators think differently. For $1500 the KIng family has little to lose. Mike:
I’d put my money on them succeeding in UDRP arbitration. This goes way beyond simply being a “suck” site. Madonna won Madonna.com and Sting lost when he went after Sting.com. As we well know, different arbitrators think differently. For $1500 the KIng family has little to lose.

]]> By: MHB http://www.thedomains.com/2008/12/29/martinlutherkingorg-makes-the-best-case-for-defensive-domain-registrations/comment-page-1/#comment-10745 MHB Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:11:25 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1555#comment-10745 David I'm not so sure the family could get this domain so easy. This is fair use, and courts have already ruled that "sucks" sites are generally fair use if they have content and not just vehicles for PPC ads. There is also the free speech protection that would probably have the ACLU on the side of the hate group. David

I’m not so sure the family could get this domain so easy.

This is fair use, and courts have already ruled that “sucks” sites are generally fair use if they have content and not just vehicles for PPC ads.

There is also the free speech protection that would probably have the ACLU on the side of the hate group.

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