moral dillemma

[Citruscide]

Ok... You've just hit several issues that deal with trademark rights on the interent... making up this new thing called Cyberaw...

The unofficial website is fine...

If you make profit off of his name from your website... he might be entitled to it... if you have it liked to your website... now you have a deep linking problem... and the site that has nothing to do with this guy... (which is linked to your site) ... he could get money from the main site as well... (if that made sense...)

The main thing to remember is, you can use his name for a promotion of your website... but if you turn any profit off of his name and good will (reputation established)... then if he found out about it, could sue you for any enrichment that you earned from it... and if you knowingly used his name for this manner (which it looks like you are) then you could be liable for up to 3 times the amount of damages (50K profit x 3 = 150K)

so, if you are going to be making a profit off this fellows name, I'd advise you against it... unless you have his permission... which would probably cost you...

Remember, any money you get off using his name, he could get his hands on... and with his name being the Domain name... the "Address" of your business... he'll get alot of your profits...

C

 

[mattcanning99]

in that case bad idea.

it's good you were around, C, i appreciate it.

8.95 US, and now i own albertbeckles.com. even if i dont do a thing with the site, it was well worth it, he's one of my favourite BB's

 

[mattcanning99]

If you make profit off of his name from your website... he might be entitled to it... if you have it liked to your website... now you have a deep linking problem... and the site that has nothing to do with this guy... (which is linked to your site) ... he could get money from the main site as well... (if that made sense...)

ok, so linking AlbertBeckles.com to MyWebsite.com/AlbertBeckles, with a bio of albert on that page would be not good?

 

[Warik]

Cybersquatters who register domain names and put bullshit or nothing on the site and only seek to have the site and sell it to others or just generally hog it up for no good reason are DUMB COCKSUCKING BITCHES.

If you, however, register the domain name and actually put useful stuff on the site, then I would not consider you a dumb cocksucking bitch by my moral standards.

Taking the shit and not using it when someone else might want to = dumb cocksucking bitch.

Taking it and using it = ok.

It's like using the bathroom in Barnes & Noble to find a quiet place to read. Hey.. people need to poop there. Poop or get off!

 

[dballer]

Someone bought up my name.. they are a cock sucking bitch. Cock sucking bitches who buy those names should be infected with a lifetime supply of the sniffles.

 

[mattcanning99]

lol, funny how i agree with you yet i do it.

i own mattcanning.com, and will do something with it soon...as for AlbertBeckles.com, hopefully i can put up a bio of him soon. but i would have to get pics and stuff, but hopefully soon.

 

[Citruscide]

lol, funny how i agree with you yet i do it.

i own mattcanning.com, and will do something with it soon...as for AlbertBeckles.com, hopefully i can put up a bio of him soon. but i would have to get pics and stuff, but hopefully soon.

Putting a bio up and linking it to your site sounds ok... but you have to do the determination... do you think that using his name will help increase the profits of your site? If so, you should think hard about it... in the long run, it could come back to bite you in the ass.

C

 

[mattcanning99]

Putting a bio up and linking it to your site sounds ok... but you have to do the determination... do you think that using his name will help increase the profits of your site? If so, you should think hard about it... in the long run, it could come back to bite you in the ass.

C

youre right, damn...i better think of something, and C - we are waiting up on those pics of NYC - BOY