Note that there are hundreds of FM radio stations in the US who are on
"97.x" on the dial and would desire to have the domain name "97.fm" Now I
want te TM lawyers among us to tell us why the fact that I may be confused
by this makes it a trademark violation that allows any one of them to be
sued by the others.
--MM
Bill Lovell wrote:
> At 10:23 PM 2/27/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >FM domain registrar adds west coast station
> >
> >Sinclair Broadcast Group's (SBGI) 97.1 has registered for the Web
> >address "97.fm." The .fm suffix belongs to the Federated States of
> >Micronesia. U.S. companies BRS Media and FSM Telecom Corp. have
> >licensed the right to register and market the domain to the
> >broadcasting industry. BRS Media president George Bundy explained,
> >"What's easier to remember than an Internet address with radio's name
> >on it?" Other broadcasters using the .fm domain include London's
> >Virgin Radio (http://wwww.virginradio.fm), Standard Radio's The Bear
> >FM (http://www.thebear.fm), and Melbourne's Rock 105.1
> >(http://www.mmm.fm).
> >
> >
> Ah! Such chaos! It's all an "ATTORNEY'S GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM!"
>
> What will they do if a tsunami comes along and Micronesia disappears?
> (Just kidding! Just kidding!)
>
> Bill Lovell
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