Comments on: No more UK domain for MySpace http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2301013 Matt Fri, 16 May 2008 13:54:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2301013 noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Erin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2298686 Erin Thu, 15 May 2008 13:31:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2298686 I think that this is all a load of crap. Just leave it alone and everyone will be happy. That's what i think. I think that this is all a load of crap. Just leave it alone and everyone will be happy.
That’s what i think.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2237161 micfo.com Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:29:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2237161 I think myspace should buy that domain name. I think myspace should buy that domain name.

]]> By: MySpace Loses myspace.co.uk in DRS Appeal | Weycrest Knowledgebase http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2237116 MySpace Loses myspace.co.uk in DRS Appeal | Weycrest Knowledgebase Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:18:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2237116 [...] loses MySpace.co.uk on appeal No more UK domain for MySpace MySpace Stripped Of MySpace.co.uk Domain Victory MySpace Loses MySpace.co.uk No more UK domain for [...] [...] loses MySpace.co.uk on appeal No more UK domain for MySpace MySpace Stripped Of MySpace.co.uk Domain Victory MySpace Loses MySpace.co.uk No more UK domain for [...]

]]> By: D'Artagnan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2235029 D'Artagnan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:28:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2235029 Why can't they sell it now? Everyone would be happier doing that than what's happening currently. Why can’t they sell it now? Everyone would be happier doing that than what’s happening currently.

]]> By: Andy Wong http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234965 Andy Wong Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:06:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234965 TWS could have sold the fortune to MySpace, if it did not do that stupid thing. TWS could have sold the fortune to MySpace, if it did not do that stupid thing.

]]> By: Donn Bly http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234887 Donn Bly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:33:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234887 The problem here was that the domain was in continuous use by TWS and its customers for 6 years prior to myspace.com being created and the time it was effectively stolen by Murdock and crew with the assistance of Antony Gold, one of Nominet's so-called expert panelists who tried to rewrite the rules and claim that email was not a legitimate use of a domain name. Was the domain name registered in bad faith? In order for that to have happened, TWS would have had to have known about myspace in the US 6 years before they came into existence. Unless TWS has a time machine, that just didn't happen, and is very easily proven. Was TWS in the wrong for "allowing" SEDO to display MySpace.com-related ads on their page? That's the grey area. In my opinion the answer is no. After all, it was TWS's name before it was Murdock's. The FACT is that Murdock and crew are the usurpers here, not TWS. MySpace.com chose to use a name almost identical to myspace.co.uk to offer services which were similar to those already being offered by TWS on the domain, or had been in the past. I am very glad to see this BAD ruling reversed. It almost restores my faith in Nominet. The problem here was that the domain was in continuous use by TWS and its customers for 6 years prior to myspace.com being created and the time it was effectively stolen by Murdock and crew with the assistance of Antony Gold, one of Nominet’s so-called expert panelists who tried to rewrite the rules and claim that email was not a legitimate use of a domain name.

Was the domain name registered in bad faith? In order for that to have happened, TWS would have had to have known about myspace in the US 6 years before they came into existence. Unless TWS has a time machine, that just didn’t happen, and is very easily proven.

Was TWS in the wrong for “allowing” SEDO to display MySpace.com-related ads on their page? That’s the grey area. In my opinion the answer is no. After all, it was TWS’s name before it was Murdock’s. The FACT is that Murdock and crew are the usurpers here, not TWS. MySpace.com chose to use a name almost identical to myspace.co.uk to offer services which were similar to those already being offered by TWS on the domain, or had been in the past.

I am very glad to see this BAD ruling reversed. It almost restores my faith in Nominet.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234627 Andrew Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:22:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234627 Can't myspace use a geoservice to show the uk version of the site if its viewed by a UK ip? Can’t myspace use a geoservice to show the uk version of the site if its viewed by a UK ip?

]]> By: Wil Tan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234615 Wil Tan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:17:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234615 That's not what domain kiting is about. I don't know what to call what TWS is doing, but it's obviously acting in bad faith when ads about MySpace appeared, and the domain is not being used for anything else. Kiting is the practice of registrars taking advantage of the 5 days add grace period (AGP) that registries provide to delete a name without having to pay for it, and immediately re-registering it. That’s not what domain kiting is about.

I don’t know what to call what TWS is doing, but it’s obviously acting in bad faith when ads about MySpace appeared, and the domain is not being used for anything else.

Kiting is the practice of registrars taking advantage of the 5 days add grace period (AGP) that registries provide to delete a name without having to pay for it, and immediately re-registering it.

]]> By: Danny Dinges http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234498 Danny Dinges Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:22:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234498 http://www.myspace.com/uk goes to a profile of someone http://www.myspace.com/uk goes to a profile of someone

]]> By: Voice 2.0 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234486 Voice 2.0 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:12:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234486 Bebo and Facebook are the dominant social networks in the UK. MySpace is largely a US phenomenon. Bebo and Facebook are the dominant social networks in the UK. MySpace is largely a US phenomenon.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234460 Jason Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:57:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/no-more-uk-domain-for-myspace/#comment-2234460 Kind of lame of MySpace in my opinion. That had the domain years before, so let it be. Kind of lame of MySpace in my opinion. That had the domain years before, so let it be.

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