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09/03/2003 Archived Entry: "Okay, what the hell does this mean?"
Okay, what the hell does this mean?
Frankly, I'm stumped.
Replies: 7 people speak up
That's ugly. Big foreign company beats up small local company.
Posted by Julian @ 09/04/2003 02:57 AM NY
Nissan Motors went after a guy who they believed was a cyber-squatter. The website was a compromise between his company, Nissan Computer and Nissan Motors. I think the whole story was in CNet awhile back.
Posted by Jo Fish @ 09/04/2003 10:38 AM NY
(fun with bible analogies)
I guess in this case "Solomon" decided to give the baby to a third party rather than either woman who claimed to be the mother.
Posted by Time Traveler @ 09/04/2003 11:26 AM NY
the best is the hebrew acronym in the upper right which roughly translates to "with the help of god." weird shit.
Posted by yoni @ 09/04/2003 03:28 PM NY
the best is the hebrew acronym in the upper right which roughly translates to "with the help of god." weird shit.
Posted by yoni @ 09/04/2003 03:33 PM NY
It means the Nissan Computer Company gets to keep the domain name they registered despite the efforts of a multi-national corporation to take it away from them. Anyone who sees this as a great victory for the little guy should consider whether Nissan Corporation would have been restricted from using the site commercially if they'd been on the winning side.
Posted by Realist @ 09/08/2003 01:08 PM NY
And for anyone who thinks "first come, first served" has any meaning to lawyers, think again.
In 1989 - WAY before most people even knew what the Internet was - a small computer-consulting firm registered "gateway.com" as their domain name. In the mid 90s, Gateway the computer company decided they wanted the name. Instead of trying to buy it, they essentially stole it from the rightful owner by having more and better lawyers. I'm really surprised the same thing didn't happen in this case.
And that's why I won't buy or recommend Gateway computers to anyone - if they didn't mind screwing the "little guy" in this case, why on earth would anyone believe such scumbags would deal fairly with their customers?
Posted by Realist @ 09/08/2003 05:21 PM NY
