Advice on copyright please

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by pixeladd, Mar 23, 2008.

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  1. #1
    Im in the uk and as im sure alot of you know we love our football

    I have bought 5 .coms of up and coming footballers names, there not known at all and the players are still only 15/16 but im hopefull at least one will make it big time

    Now there is obviously a good earning opportunity here

    What i want to know is where do i stand legal wise if the footballer or his agent want this domain

    I remember seeing something about waynerooney.com and his layer claimed it was copyright
     
    pixeladd, Mar 23, 2008 IP
  2. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    You wouldn't stand a chance if their lawyer wants the domain back. I don't think this will be an arbitrage opportunity.
     
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  3. pixeladd

    pixeladd Banned

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    #3
    surely if i own the domain then its mine
    so if someone owns myname.com then i can claim it back
     
    pixeladd, Mar 23, 2008 IP
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    That is unless you are a public character, if they become famous they will be public characters and can lay claim to their domains as by then the domains will be valuable assets. Surely you have read about such celebrity domain names being claimed back back by the celebrities themselves.


     
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    pixeladd Banned

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    so they can just claim them back without paying

    How do you clearly define a "public figure" from a legal point of view

    thanx for the advice so far
     
    pixeladd, Mar 23, 2008 IP
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    A well known figure is a public figure.

     
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    kohashi Well-Known Member

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    IANAL: Here are some cases, they vary.
    Madonna.com
    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0847.html
    Sting.com
    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0596.html
    waynerooney.com
    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2006/d2006-0916.html

    do your research, if you really need to, talk to a lawyer.
    John Berryhill
    Stevan Lieberman
    Ari Goldberger
    Paul Keating

    just to name a few good domain lawyers
    http://www.dnlist.com/Domain_Names/Legal_Resources/Lawyers/
     
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    jon32000 Active Member

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    it should be your that like if i had my name as my domain and somone became famous with the same take it away that not fair
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    It is their name, why is it not fair?

     
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    kohashi Well-Known Member

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    He is suggesting that if he bought his own name .com and someone with the SAME name became famous, it would be unfair for them to take it from him.
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Of course, this will be a different story :) .

     
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    pixeladd Banned

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    could i change my name by deep poll to the domain name lol
     
    pixeladd, Mar 23, 2008 IP
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    ...unless the site content was about the famous person not the owner.
     
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    your best bet is to visit your lawyer
     
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    kohashi Well-Known Member

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    if he registered it first and it were his name, it would be hard to say he REGISTERED it in bad faith which is a condition, if he uses it after someone with they same name became famous to put a fan site, he still couldn't have originally registered it in bad faith.

     
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