Andy and all,

  Thank you Andy for sharing this good but not unexpected news
with all of us.  I think this makes so 20 or so litigants (Small businesses)
that Volkswagen has had to bow to in their obvious attempt to
engineer a reverse hijacking of Domain names.

  This also shows that the UDRP is a dangerous procedure to enter into
for small or medium size businesses.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Well,
>
> there's nothing like spreading around a liitle christmas cheer. So I
> thought I'd drop this on the list so we could at least have some thread of
> justice come to mind. More can be found at http://www.vw.net
>
> here's the article.....
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_246671,00.html
>
> On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, William X. Walsh wrote:
>
> >
> > On 06-Dec-99 Ken Stubbs wrote:
> > > gee thats funny...
> > >
> > > i thought this was a dispute resolution between 2 parties who both
> > > agreed to
> > > it.
> > > what has "support" got to do with it. are you suggesting that people
> > > line up
> > > and advocate on behalf of one party or the other with the dispute
> > > resolution
> > > provider.
> > >
> > > maybe we ought to arbitrate it in the newspapers or in some list. . or
> > > better yet lets put up a votebot and take a vote...
> > > kinda like the old roman coliseum ... thumbs up or down !!!
> >
> > Many times, Ken, the only defense a small guy has against a big corporate
> > attacker is the damage to the corporation's public image, and the best way
> > to demonstrate to them is in the public support for the small guy's rights
> > to his domain name.
> >
> > Case in point: Ajax.org, Pokey.org, Veronica.org (just to name a few).
> >
> > In a case I myself was involved in, the public pressure forced the company
> > to deal with me from a much stronger position, and to compensate me for
> > the time, good will, and effort that had gone into building a service
> > around that domain.
> >
> > --
> > William X. Walsh - DSo Internet Services
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Fax:(209) 671-7934
> >

Regards,

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