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wufu110 wrote:I still think it’s unethical, most wouldn’t blame me for being upset. Thanks for your opinion Classics. I don’t know why you always stick up for the people that do this sort of thing, but I guess everything is cut and dry to you. I’m not picking a fight with you, just voicing my opinion about your opinion, lol.
Huh? I’m certainly not sticking up for someone who does this, that’s absurd. If it is unethical, fine, but that isn’t illegal. Again, a person can be obnoxious if they want to live your life that way. And whether you are upset about it is hardly a thread topic.
Unless you trademarked the domain, you are barking up the wrong tree there. play-blackjack.com and play-blackjack-now.com or play-black-jack-1.com will never make a trademark case. “List o bonus” is not “pepsi”.
“guess they were adviced by their lawyer as well.”
Chances are about 1000-1 against that. You posting here with fear of exposure is almost certainly what greased the wheels.
Well, I have to agree with Classics on this one, you have the right to register ANY domain name you like, period!
Now, it’s unethical, but it’s perfectly legal, and that’s why Yahoo.com also registered Yahooo.com, and Google.com has Gogle.com etc.
It sucks, but when I register a domain name I always get at least the “dashed” verison as well – mydomainname.com and my-domain-name.com, this way I have no reason to fear things like that.
As far the blog postings – search engines will never give you “the penalty”, simply because the webmasters have no control over who links to their website.
Plus, it’s so hard to find a good gambling domain these days – you endup making up Sh*t like “protective-online-casinos” just so you can get your keywords in the domain…P.S. “protective-online-casinos” is not my domain name, and I have no idea if it even exists…: :drink:…I hope nobody will sue me over using it. I have never heard more talk about “lawsuits”, “lawyers”, even in a law-forum…I hope you guys realize that online gambling is ILLEGAL – It’s like taking your drug dealer to court, because he sold you shitty weed.. :rasta:…or better yet, drug dealers taking each other to court over a corner… 😮 Oh, yes, I did…
It’s over man, thanks for your 2 cents.
great example S.
W – C wasn’t sticking up for anybody. I think anybody that has much experience with reading C’s posts will tell you he simply calls ’em as he sees ’em and if I were to bet over the long haul; I’d certainly put my money on him rather than against.
But that last part is just my opinion. However I think most anybody here will agree (and likely you too) that C just doesn’t waste type space dancing around where the period ought to go.
…. (and in a slightly lesser voice) to be frank, his words “not a leg to stand on” were the first to enter my mind.
And I’m not sticking up for these low-rent tactics either; hell if anything, I’m a victim of the same …. so I feel for ya.
But when you bring the law into the recipe; my money would definitely go on the other horse in this instance.
but if its any consolation I’d be watching with the same sour taste as I get when I bet against my home team because I know the other side is a lock.
near the end of the game I’m always thinking how I’d happily eat that hefty bet if things could go the other way.
sorry. your post saying its over wasn’t there when I made that last post.
I hope you guys realize that online gambling is ILLEGAL
You need to hit the books on that one.
Online gambling is NOT illegal.
The FCC has determined that the telephone lines and the internet are NOT the same.
They have been trying for 3 years to pass a law in congress that would make online gambling illegal.
They are defeated every time.
The DOJ is merely using intimidation tactics – and there is a case pending to stop them from doing that.
Illegal my azz!
Look, I’m just tired of people getting away with this kind of stuff. I contacted a lawyer just to see if I did have “a leg to stand on” and I was told yes. I just wanted to get information and to find out what can be done. I received those answers from a lawyer, because I wouldn’t call a plumber to get that information. I started this thread because I was looking for other opinions and I got them- thank you for that. Perhaps it was this thread that opted the person to cancel the domain but I could give a rat’s butt as to the why, as I am satisfied with the what.
It may be “over” for one person, but many of us have to face this all the time, so it will never be over. Some companies have this as their primary business model… gamblling.com pokerpags.com etc. etc. Go to any big money search result, see the top ten results (that have been around for at least a few months), then check out type-in mispellings, plurals and similar spellings. This is a huge business based on volume, even if there is a very small return on each domain.
Classics wrote:It may be “over” for one person, but many of us have to face this all the time, so it will never be over. Some companies have this as their primary business model… gamblling.com pokerpags.com etc. etc. Go to any big money search result, see the top ten results (that have been around for at least a few months), then check out type-in mispellings, plurals and similar spellings. This is a huge business based on volume, even if there is a very small return on each domain.I agree with that and am aware of those practices.
Oh, see, I didnt want to turn this into an argument.
Online Gambling is ILLEGAL, if it wasnt, I would be advertising my website on the newspapaer, tv; many online casinos will be established in the US, not in the island somewhere, etc. That’s why the government took the money from discovery.com for “the advertisement”, that’s why google and yahoo do not support ads for gambling websites (but yahoo.co.uk does)…I am talking about the USA, of course. An example of legal online gambling is U.K. – it’s legal there 100% – everytime I watch a soccer game I see bilboards for 888.com
My point – you are waisting your time attempting to sue somebody over online gambling matters…The chances to find a hungry lawyer, who wasnt good enough for the “big money” is pretty good, but finding a judge to plead infront would be a husstle. The only thing you could do is “scare” the other person, but having the lawer call them, or send them a letter or something…but that’s about it.
And again, you can register any domain you like. If you didnt want something like that to happen – you should have register list-o-bonuses.com yourself.
Personally – I would have NO use from registering domain like that – the search engines make a very good destinction between the domain names, and I doubt that you have “type-in” traffic – I have never heard of list-o-bonus.com and I sleep on my keyboard, and second, there is no way of misstyping bonus to bonuses…I see this as a “fair” game, survival of the fittest, if you like. Now, spam, that’s a serious issue.
P.S. Just to clarify – I am not the one who registered list-o-bonuses.com
P.P.S. For Dominiqe and other interested readers, here is a link to an article:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/16/232522.shtmlwell OG may not be illegal but it would take a herd of strong horses to get me to go into a US court for anything concerning OG.
Why draw attention to yourself over something that quite frankly, you wouldn’t see anyway, whether or not the other domain exists.
I’m glad we all agree to disagree :drink: :laughcry:
I am not going to get into an argument here, nor will I trot out the actual laws. Let’s let the politicians and lawyers duke that out, as they have been for the last 3 years.
There is no national law against it, although there are some local laws that were actually passed. Try reading the legal section of this message board – it is all posted there, good and bad. The article you sent – I have posted many like it there over time. They don’t mean s… They just mean that the DOJ is using the usual thumbscrew tactics to “chill” the industry – that is to try to scare people into stopping to support online gambling. With the larger businesses it has been quite successful – they don’t want to have the DOJ throw the book at them regarding all items affecting their operation in the US. The DOJ is famous for it’s “chilling” practices in other areas where it has no jurisdiction also. There is a case in court at this time that should stop it from happening in this industry. Ruling can be expected sometime toward the end of this year.
This happens to be a subject where I am very informed.
I also do know you can sue online gambling businesses in court – I have done so.
It was settled out of court, but the suit was filed and the trial scheduled.
And even if it were not legal – which is NOT the case – it doesn’t mean that one has to sit still for theft. I certainly will not. And I will expose sleezy practices wherever I find them.
