Just because someone registers a domain name with GoldNow in it does not give one the right to every other domain name with GoldNow in it. Also I disagreed with e-gold's domain name demands that a year or two ago caused a South African exchange provider to change his domain and business name. There was no confusion of identity in that case, and there is none in this case.
I don't expect to be able to cause any of the many domains containing "ao" to change their name, even though some people occasionally ask me for Internet access services or misdirect email for these companies or their customers to my domain! They don't purport to be me and I don't purport to be AOL or AON or AOC or any other domain containing AO. My registration of ao.com.au long predates these other registrations in the com.au namespace, but I don't complain to them. Even closer, ao.com is owned by a company called Alpha Omega Computers in the United States. I most certainly would have liked that domain, but they had registered it years before the Internet went commercial in Australia. Although the only difference in the domain names are the country code, and the only difference in corporation name is the jurisdiction under which it was created, I do not expect any conflict with the other Alpha Omega Computers. They don't purport to be me and I don't purport to be them. Any confusion is unintentional, and there is no legal or moral reason for one to bully the other. I also would not contemplate challenging the owner of iangreen.com for his domain name, although: a) I was on the Internet first b) I know a lot more about the Internet than that other Ian Green (and maybe more than all of them!) c) It is conceivable that a sufficiently gullible person may assume that this Ian Green and iangreen.com are one and the same (which is not the case). because i) He is not purporting to be me, even though his given and surname name are the same as mine. ii) I could have registered iangreen.com myself earlier, but chose not to. iii)I have no right to complain against another Ian Green or indeed anyone else who might have registered that domain name. I'd prefer not to have to criticize the only participant on this list I've met (because I would like to remain on friendly terms with Graham), but it is clear that AnyGoldNow.com (and indeed GoldNow.com) do not damage Graham Kelly's GoldNow.st business, nor does Graham have property rights over the name or any of the components of the name. The proper course of action is for both parties to accept each other's presence in the industry regardless of the name of their businesses! Any continued public complaints simply serve as advertising for the other. Ian Green http://two-cents-worth.com/?107242&EG www.107242.clicktwocents.com e-gold estas monda mono! [Esperanto] e-gold is world money! [English] --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
