It is not likely they bought it off more likely they got into those UDRP issues. There is some policy about resolving intellectual propoerty rights and other domain name disputes that was discussed for a long time in ICANN circles and it usually applied in such cases though it sometimes takes a long time.
As for hotmail my friend :-) They were too fast for you. I remember microsoft registered those names along with things like word.co.ug, excel.co.ug and all other variants of the name lest some of us take them up and put up pages bashing their products :-) Noah. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 August 2004 17:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lug_: www.google.co.ug > > CNN was late though for the time I checked out www.cnn.it in > 2001, it was in use by another company. However they > eventually seem to have bought them off and now have it for > themselves. > > Wire > > > On Monday 16 August 2004 15:11, Henry wrote: > > > >> Now that's some way to do business in 2004 why not register > >> hotmail.co.ug ( emember to give me a cut whenever you collect !) > > > > I recall M$ went on the same spree late 2000 (or earlier). > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
