How can I legally make money from a Celeb's name Domain?

I've noticed that alot of celebrities leave fan sites alone. Bad PR to be hassling your fans but that really depends on how close your domain name is to the real name of the person (without dashes and the like?). they could still end up wanting to use it.

 

Here's a thought - what happens if you redirect it (using a php or html redirect, not a domain redirect) to another site that is about the celebrity, and has monetization?

Of course, you don't get as much value from the domain name in this (SERP value may be higher if your site is on the domain name instead of a different name); but still, better than nothing...

 

What if I made it a fan site with no ads or offers to sell but made the fan site really crap with terrible graphics made on paint that look like a 4 year old made the site?

 

they technically still could go after the domain if they wanted it, but going to court would not be in their best interest anymore and they stand a big chance to loose. Free speech starts coming in here...

 

Not unless Tom Brown made BritneySpears.com a noncommercial fansite. But I
suppose Ms. Spears can seek some other legal remedy since she's got dough,
although that's all theoretical.

But a point is that personal names aren't automatically trademarks unless used
as one like Ms. Spears does. Even if an individual has a name trademark, it isn't
always going to get them the domain name like the Bruce Springsteen dispute
resulted.

Especially if the person opted for UDRP:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/overview/index.html#16