“The chronic domain collector — who lives with his mom and has $250 in his bank account — posted sporadic insults against his nemesis on the sites and offered scathing reviews of “The Apprentice.”
“The annoyed mogul initially offered Yung $400 to sign over control of the four sites, but later avalanched him with a $400,000 lawsuit after he refused that offer and demanded a bigger payout.”
“But instead of being a few hundred dollars richer, the cybersquatter will now face $32,000 in fines after magistrate judge Viktor Pohorelsky ruled in Trump’s favor.”
“The squatter previously warred with Merrill Lynch and Bank of America after he snatched up the domain name mlbofa.com after the finance giants announced their merger.
Young tried to demand a seven-figure price for the domain but his case was tossed from Manhattan federal court.”
Beyond the whole domain Cybersquatter thing, the article was particularly interesting to me because I was born and raised in Canarsie as well.
However I went in a different direction and have slightly more than $250 in my bank account and don’t live with any family members other than my wife and our two very spoiled Yorkie’s Romeo and Juliet.
One more idiot adding to the public misperception of the domain aftermarket.
Hopefully that $32k penalty will deter others.
Taikwok Yung
he sure Tai-wok himself to penniless.
What exactly did he do that was illegal? You can use a domain with a trademark in it as a gripe site as long as there is no commercial intent (no monetization of site). This has gone to the courts numerous times and if done correctly your first amendment right “trumps” trademark law as long as you are not trying to cash in on the site.
Also, if Trump made the first offer and it was an unsolicited offer than isn’t countering that unsolicited offer acceptable? I had thought that only when you reach out to the trademark owner in an attempt to sell the domain with their mark in it is when you are asking for trouble.
Trump.net = for sale lander page (no ads)
Trump.org = anti-Donald Trump political page (no ads)
Trump.info = beginnings of content site about Donald Trump (no ads)
Trump.me = parked (with ads)
Trump.tv = redirects to Trump.org (no ads)
Hillarious!! Looking forward to seeing you in cold and snowy NYC!!
It would be good (if that’s possible) for Trump’s image if he just tells the guy, I’ll drop the $32,000 in damages if you just accept the $400 offer I made earlier. Or better yet, just hand them over for nothing. If this guy only has $250 in his bank account, he likely has no chance of ever paying the fine. And it’s not like Trump really needs that kind of pocket change, anyway.
Karen
Can’t wait to see you either although I can do without the cold and snow.
Its 80 today and I’m off to the .Uno/Godaddy event today
http://carnavalmiami.com/index.php/calle-ocho
@ Tom
This went to a court as well
Don’t know the case or what the guy did or how he defended it but a judge decided it, not a UDRP panel