Another domain scandal: Indians against
In America, another domain scandal unfolds. The subject of the dispute became domain names, which at first glance are completely indigestible: Miccosukeetribeofindians.com, Miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and Billycypress.com. The other day, the Indians of the Mikkosuki tribe (Miccosukee) filed a lawsuit against the current owner of these domains - the American Steve Thiel.
The essence of the matter is as follows. Steve Thiel has registered the domains Miccosukeetribeofindians.com, Miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and Billycypress.com and redirected from them to his own personal website. In the first two of them there is the name of a tribe of Indians, and in the latter - the name of its leader. Naturally, this did not please the natives of America, who, by the way, are representatives of a fairly successful tribe. They live in Florida and even own their own casinos.
First, the Indians wanted to solve the case in peace and offered Steve Thiel to buy out the domains. For all three names they offered at different times from 5 to 100 thousand dollars. However, it seemed to the American that it was not enough. He requested nothing more than 500,000 evergreens. The Indians decided that this was too much and filed a lawsuit in court. Many lawyers practicing domain name resolution say that domains are likely to change ownership. Moreover, the name of their tribe Indians have long been registered as a trademark.
Naturally, unequivocally predict the decision of the judges can not. Nevertheless, it seems that we will witness a situation where “fraera’s greed has destroyed.” Rejecting 100 thousand dollars, Steve Thiel, most likely, will not receive anything.
The essence of the matter is as follows. Steve Thiel has registered the domains Miccosukeetribeofindians.com, Miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and Billycypress.com and redirected from them to his own personal website. In the first two of them there is the name of a tribe of Indians, and in the latter - the name of its leader. Naturally, this did not please the natives of America, who, by the way, are representatives of a fairly successful tribe. They live in Florida and even own their own casinos.
First, the Indians wanted to solve the case in peace and offered Steve Thiel to buy out the domains. For all three names they offered at different times from 5 to 100 thousand dollars. However, it seemed to the American that it was not enough. He requested nothing more than 500,000 evergreens. The Indians decided that this was too much and filed a lawsuit in court. Many lawyers practicing domain name resolution say that domains are likely to change ownership. Moreover, the name of their tribe Indians have long been registered as a trademark.
Naturally, unequivocally predict the decision of the judges can not. Nevertheless, it seems that we will witness a situation where “fraera’s greed has destroyed.” Rejecting 100 thousand dollars, Steve Thiel, most likely, will not receive anything.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/41927/
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