Pearl Jam wins domain name
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Rock band Pearl Jam won the rights to PearlJams.com.
As is usually the case with arbitration involving high profile companies and celebrities, National Arbitration Forum issued a press release announcing that it found in favor of the complainant. But “won” is a strong word because the previous owner of PearlJams.com didn’t even respond to the complaint. Thus, the domain defaulted to the complainant.
I’ve raised this issue before, but I’m uncomfortable with National Arbitration Forum issuing press releases about individual decisions. By issuing a press release, it gives the group reason to find in favor of the high-profile company or celebrity. After all, I haven’t seen any press releases from NAF about ruling against a high-profile complainant or settling a case that involves relatively small players.
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