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I think the the real issue is that in the US the laws say they cannot 
due that, but when you ask the law enforcement people to do something 
they tell you it is a CIVIL MATTER.  Then you have to sue them in 
court.  And then it is a matter of money and the most and best lawyer.  
Right or wrong and morals are out the window.

As others have said What have they offered.  Who knows they make knock 
you out of your chair with an offer to avoid the bad publicity and 
trouble of going to court.  Then it is all public record.




Debbie wrote:

>>I don't understand it. If you are the legitimate owner of a domain
>>name, eg Telecom (as happened in NZ) and then the company
>>that became Telecom got really big and wanted (demanded) your
>>domain name, how can it be just snatched off you ?
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Yep, i'm pretty sure big companies can do that - I think the US has laws that
>allow them to, not sure about Oz? It helps your chances a //lot// if you're
>actually using the name for something. There's a Japanese-American fellow, a Mr
>Uzi(?) Nissan who owns nissan.com. Last time I looked he was being leaned on
>severely by the Nissan car company who want the name. They're stuck with
>nissanmotors.com (?) @ the mo' but Mr Uzi runs a computer shop from _his_
>website so he's able to give Nissan a run for their money. Good on him is what
>I say! :) It's a problem for small operators with business names generally, not
>just on the web. Some years ago in Melb when Planet Hollywood opened @ the
>casino, they found there was a "Planet Hollywood" fish'n'chip shop out in
>Melbourne's depressing western suburbs. :)) The owner was a greek guy who'd run
>the biz for something like 20 years and then finds he's getting all these legal
>threats from a posse of US lawyers. :o So best advice probly is .. if you don't
>wanta lose ---> use it!
>Just my 20c worth - Debbie 
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