>By chance, discovered that a rather "hot" and prominent person (whose been >on Oprah twice fairly recently) actually does not have a website, at least >not one that shows up on GoDaddy, using the name and .com or .net.
There is a good chance that a cybersquatter has grabbed it as a consequence of your search. There are bunches of sites that offer to check domain names, but are really gathering information for cybersquatters. Some people have claimed that this happens with GoDaddy's domain name check. Best policy is to never check unless you intend to register an available name immediately. >One thing I'm thinking of is creating a site for or >related to them or their interests, partly as a way of showing them the >potential benefits of having their own site, and thus potentially reaching >so many people. >So given this context, would it still always be inappropriate to >appropriate someone's name as a domain name? Using it for a "fan site" would be a very appropriate thing to do. >Why isn't or shouldn't a name considered legally as if it was private >property for certain purposes, including commercializing it? Many people share the same name. Some people apply for trademarks on their names. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
