Comments on: AAA Auto Club Gets AAA.net Domain Name…and Porn Names

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:01:07 +0000

[...] all, it seems clear that American Automobile Association wants to get in on the adult game, too. It won disputes for aaaerotica.com, aaanudes.com, and aaablondes.com, which makes you question if the organization [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:34:11 +0000

I’m guessing AAA might think twice about trying to UDRP more names like aaanudes.com if they got enough press and had customers start asking why an organization like AAA was apparently in the internet pornography business.

Maybe that would give pause to other companies thinking of filing bullshit UDRP’s – but I doubt it.

By: jorge

jorge — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:50:11 +0000

Wait til the Australian Automobile Club comes after that domain.

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:56:01 +0000

Nobody but their Mother was going to be in their corner after this was brought up:

“AAA noted several other domain names that the defendants had to cough up through UDRP, including Polaroid.net, RadissonSeattle.com, and Micorosft.com.”

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:20:15 +0000

I just did a search on YellowPages.com in Austin. Here are the top 5 results:

1. American Automobile Association
2. AAA Filter Service
3. AAA Alterations
4. AAA Lightning Computer Support
5. Aaa Mill Inc

By: snicksnack

snicksnack — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:14:03 +0000

Better get an AAA lifetime membership now, before they increase the price, once they offer the erotic nude blondes

By: John Berryhill

John Berryhill — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:10 +0000

Andrew you have a good point. When phone books were more widely used, there was quite the competition for alphabetical order. Businesses could choose between buying Yellow Pages ads, or trying to get their listing first in their category by “A Aaardvark Widgets” and so forth.