Man, that's hilarious.
Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philippe Landau
> Sent: May 2, 2001 4:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Fwd: SWIPO New Service Announcement!- We'll steal short domain
> name to order!
>
>
> >From: Andy Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: SWIPO New Service Announcement!- We'll steal short
> domain name to
> > order!
> >X-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >Greetings from Sunny Switzerland!
> >
> >This is not a spam! Please respond with "remove" if you want us
> to continue
> >sending you these emails.
> >
> >We've noticed that you have a domain name ending with "online".
> >
> >Would you like the use of the same name WITHOUT the "online" on
> the end of it?
> >
> >Interested? We can steal it for you! It's really simple, and all it costs
> >you is US$1500, which is way below what the domain you want
> would be worth.
> >
> >How can we do this, I here you asking?
> >
> >Easy! Thanks to a recent decision made by one of our appointed
> arbitration
> >panelists, the Honorable Sir Ian Barker QC of Auckland, New
> Zealand, we can
> >now steal short domains to order.
> >
> >You can read the full decision here:
> >
> >http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0243.html
> >
> >but why bother, the important part is the following reasoning
> placed in the
> >decision by Sir Barker:
> >
> >"The Complainant advertises its services on the web under several names
> >including "Booz�Online", which the Panel is prepared to accept
> as a common
> >law mark. The Panel is prepared to hold that the name "Booz.com" is
> >confusingly similar to the common law mark "Booz�Online". An
> Internet user
> >with an interest in the management consulting area might easily not type
> >the full "Booz�Allen Hamilton" expression. If the user typed in "booz",
> >thinking that that would produce on an online presentation by the
> >Complainant, he/she would not achieve "Booz�Online", but would reach the
> >Respondent's inert website. The expression "Booz�Online" indicates a site
> >that portrays "Booz" on the Internet. So does the name <booz.com>. Hence,
> >there is confusing similarity."
> >
> >Yes, you read it correctly! Based on the premise that some idiot Internet
> >user might type a shortened version of you domain name and somehow expect
> >to get to your site, we can now obtain that poor website owners
> domain name
> >for you!
> >
> >But how, you ask, can we get away with this?
> >
> >Well, that's easy. You see, we wrote the UDRP, and our friends at ICANN -
> >who supposedly are responsible for implementation and oversight
> of the UDRP
> >- don't care what decisions come out of it. You may have heard of the
> >decision handing over barcelona.com to the Barcelona City Council - that
> >was one of our best efforts!
> >
> >Yes! ICANN don't care! They even contract themselves out of any
> >responsibility or involvement within the UDRP Rules! People complain to
> >ICANN about our decisions and get COMPETELY IGNORED!!!!
> >
> >YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO HAVE A MATCHING TRADEMARK! HOW COOL IS
> THAT???!!!!!!!
> >
> >The great thing is that once we manage to slip one of these suspicious
> >decisions though the process, our panelists are free to use it as a
> >precedent for any following cases, without any fear of future
> retribution.
> >How did we manage this? We convinced ICANN to put in place a
> UDRP that has
> >NO RULES in regard to bad decisions or poor performance by an arbitration
> >provider or panelist. And that's GOOD NEWS FOR YOU! We can make any
> >decision we want! It doesn't matter to us! We can even ignore evidence or
> >make things up if the evidence presented doesn't match our plans! You pay
> >us, we'll get the name you want! We own the ballpark and we've got a BAT
> >BIGGER THAN YOU'D BELIEVE!
> >
> >So if you want that short domain name, but were disenchanted by the
> >prospect of having to pay its true value, just call 1-555-DOMAIN-THIEVES
> >and get the WIPO wheels in motion!
> >
> >Join the list of lucky domain owners than now have the chance to get a
> >shorter domain name for only ONE PAYMENT OF US$1500 !!!!
> >
> >Check to see if you're on the list:
> >
> >PRIMEONLINE.COM.
> >DANZAONLINE.COM.
> >DIMENSIONSONLINE.COM.
> >LUXURYTRAVELONLINE.COM. (and once we've got you luxurytravel.com, and you
> >pay us another $1500, we'll be able to get luxury.com for you)
> >KSM-ONLINE.COM.
> >QC-ONLINE.COM.
> >TRS-ONLINE.COM.
> >EQUITABLEONLINE.COM.
> >SYSTEMSONLINE.COM.
> >OFFROADONLINE.COM.
> >APPOINTMENTSONLINE.COM.
> >BROKERSONLINE.COM.
> >POWERTOOLONLINE.COM.
> >ASIAONLINE.COM.
> >AROMATHERAPYONLINE.COM.
> >POETRYONLINE.COM.
> >EXECUTIVE-ONLINE.COM.
> >HARDWAREONLINE.COM.
> >OPERAONLINE.COM.
> >SEARCHONLINE.COM.
> >WB-ONLINE.COM.
> >VIAGRAONLINE.COM.
> >PHARMACEUTICALSONLINE.COM.
> >DYNAMICONLINE.COM.
> >WIRELESSONLINE.COM.
> >SEXONLINE.COM (yes! Get that damn sex.com name back - the easy way!!!)
> >JESUS-ONLINE.COM.
> >SKATEONLINE.COM.
> >CKONLINE.COM.
> >WINES-ONLINE.COM.
> >ORALSEXONLINE.COM.
> >4X4ONLINE.COM.
> >APM-ONLINE.COM.
> >TRAILERSONLINE.COM.
> >FMONLINE.COM.
> >WYONLINE.COM.
> >WHITEHOUSEONLINE.COM.
> >CONCRETEONLINE.COM.
> >BSM-ONLINE.COM.
> >MININGONLINE.COM.
> >
> >So don't delay!!! Get your checkbook out and call
> 1-555-DOMAIN-THIEVES NOW!!!!!
> >
