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, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
