Comments on: YouTube Chases Down YouTube.net http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Youtube tras youtube.net http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-166143 Youtube tras youtube.net Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:56:04 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-166143 [...] el equipo legal de Google está gestionando la recuperación del dominio que, según su whois, pertenece a alguien de China. Desde Google se comenta: We seek to recover [...]

[...] el equipo legal de Google está gestionando la recuperación del dominio que, según su whois, pertenece a alguien de China. Desde Google se comenta: We seek to recover [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165992 Andrew Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:31:25 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165992 @Antoinette - Given that they probably reached out to the person before filing the UDRP, they probably didn't receive a satisfactory response. A lot of companies don't want to pay anything for domains they can get in UDRP because it sends the wrong message -- go ahead and buy our trademark domains and then we'll pay you a modest fee to get them back. @Antoinette – Given that they probably reached out to the person before filing the UDRP, they probably didn’t receive a satisfactory response. A lot of companies don’t want to pay anything for domains they can get in UDRP because it sends the wrong message — go ahead and buy our trademark domains and then we’ll pay you a modest fee to get them back.

]]> By: Antoinette http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165902 Antoinette Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:12:52 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165902 Maybe it's just me but it seems like a lot less trouble to just buy the name, then they could do an immediate transfer of ownership. But it seems like some corporate domain owners would rather pay lawyers and wait months for the case to make its way through the courts. I understand that there would be a problem if YouTube.net was asking for an obscene amount of money. But I wonder if YouTube.com even made an offer to them before going to seek a ruling in it favor. I mean, how much is YouTube worth, millions? They'll pay more in legal fees than they would if they would just buy out the YouTube.net owner. Maybe it’s just me but it seems like a lot less trouble to just buy the name, then they could do an immediate transfer of ownership. But it seems like some corporate domain owners would rather pay lawyers and wait months for the case to make its way through the courts.

I understand that there would be a problem if YouTube.net was asking for an obscene amount of money. But I wonder if YouTube.com even made an offer to them before going to seek a ruling in it favor. I mean, how much is YouTube worth, millions? They’ll pay more in legal fees than they would if they would just buy out the YouTube.net owner.

]]> By: Demexii http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165801 Demexii Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:44:32 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165801 Youtube.net is going to be lost. Google owns the youtube trademark and it has to do with domain names so there is no way a court won't hand it over. Hell, courts have handed it over when there was less support than Google has. Youtube.net is going to be lost. Google owns the youtube trademark and it has to do with domain names so there is no way a court won’t hand it over. Hell, courts have handed it over when there was less support than Google has.

]]> By: Steve M http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165726 Steve M Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:34:13 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165726 YouTube.net's sunk. Even if; by some miracle; they prevailed w/the UDRP, Google will just take it from them in a US courtroom instead. YouTube.net’s sunk.

Even if; by some miracle; they prevailed w/the UDRP, Google will just take it from them in a US courtroom instead.

]]> By: David J Castello http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165666 David J Castello Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:12:22 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165666 The nail in the coffin for YouTube.net is that it is a unique phrase registered after YouTube.com. They're not going to get around a Bad Faith ruling. The nail in the coffin for YouTube.net is that it is a unique phrase registered after YouTube.com.

They’re not going to get around a Bad Faith ruling.

]]> By: Mike Green http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/comment-page-1/#comment-165624 Mike Green Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2008/04/04/youtube-chases-down-youtubenet/#comment-165624 Goes to show you that you never really know the value of a domain name until a unique idea takes off, gets traffic! Youtube.com was only registered approx 26 mths ago! I wonder how many domainers thought about grabbing that name but didn't jump on the idea! Goes to show you that you never really know the value of a domain name until a unique idea takes off, gets traffic!

Youtube.com was only registered approx 26 mths ago! I wonder how many domainers thought about grabbing that name but didn’t jump on the idea!

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