Re: the cybersquatting bill (was: Don't Split the List etc.)

[Jason Castonguay <castongj@wam.umd.edu>]

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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Chuck0 wrote:

> > recently, some people got an email letter from IDG saying that the words
> > 'For Dummies' was found on their site and to remove them ... because 'For
> > Dummies' is a registered trademark of IDG ...
> > 
> > anyone keen on doing something??  note - fordummies.com has been registered
> > by idg ...
> 
> How about fordummies.ORG? Techincally, they can't own that, since they
> aren't a non-profit.

Good idea. One might also want to think about fordumies.com or some sort
of misspelling. Look at http://www.guinessrecords.com for 2600's slam on
http://www.guinnessrecords.com .

BTW, .org stands for all other organizations, not just for nonprofit
ones. To top that off, no one really follows the RFC anymore.

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Jason Castonguay	castongj@bigfoot.com	

Stop the Microsofting of our schools.
Don't let education get a blue screen of death.
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