Well I was looking on the internet and I posted that I bought. AnnaSophiaRobb.tv and someone said that if she wanted she could take it for free. I didn't know that was possible since more than one person could have the same name then there would be no way to end it because both could take it. Also Emma Watson from Harry Potter doesn't have hername.com someone else already took it so she is using http://www.ewonline.net. If she want's can she take EmmaWatson.com or not? I don't see how you can take your name it's not TM'd
Harry Potter's Watson could have grounds to take the domain via UDRP if the site was about Harry Potter or Harry Potter's Watson. You can have your own name domain but not if you try to trade off the name of a more famous 'your name'.
So she can't take the domain if it isn't about her? So my AnnaSophiaRobb.tv is safe because it will most likely get her more fans right so I will be aloud to keep it?
I don't know who she is, but if you took my name and made a site about me and my job, AND MADE MONEY OFF OF IT, diverting traffic from my own site...I would sue you back into the stone age. Your grandkids would be delivering papers to pay it off. JMO I always get the Mike Rowe story wrong, maybe someone can help. His name is Mike Rowe. And Microsoft sued him. I see posts all the time about using names, and domains similar, or just like large corporations,a nd the posters have every intention of diverting traffic, and riding the coat tails of the "real" site. It is a dumb way to do business. If you don't have the money to fight , say, The NFL, why would you want to stick your finger in the cage? If you want a part of a market or niche, spend the money and get a domain that will not get you in trouble. Why would you register, "JustLikeBarnesandNoble.com"? Get out the checkbook, or get a part time job and buy "Booksonline.com" or "BookPrices.org", or "Books Direct.com" or something that will give you a real shot at doing something, but won't get you dragged into court when you do. People will wait to sue you, until you have something to take. For them, it's easy money because they know some lazy , cheap, broke webmaster will ride their coat tails, and just when he starts making some coin, BAM! "Cease and desist, Give me all of your money!" It happens every week. Many webmasters are waiting tables today (right next to a few mortgage brokers), and many more will be next year. Stay away from people who have more money than you!! You are sport to them! Capitalize on an industry, or niche, not people and corporations. (Before anyone say's it, THE NFL is a corporation, and it always has been. Football is a business. Privately owned and operated, just like General Motors)
What surprises me is that there are still many celebs who don't own their .com http://www.melgibson.com/
Sometimes you have to check and see that the domains is not registered under their management companies, agents, marketing/licensing companies, or relatives. And some people just don't care. But, I personally wouldn't even want to risk it. There is too much opportunity on the web, to have to take a chance of blatantly stepping on someone else's toes, and hoping to get away with it. It's too obvious, and like I say, no one is going to sit back and let you make money off of them, if they are not getting a cut. Also, "little people" getting sued for websites and such, is not big news anymore, unless they are getting sued by a big name. I never heard of anyone without arms suing McDonalds for not having handicap accessible bags, but it's being done. You are not going to see on the news the millions of lawsuits that are filed in this country everyday.
There have been hundreds of UDRP decisions involving celebrities and domain names. Celebrities tend to win. One of the deciding factors appears to be if it's a fan site with no monetization or a site that makes money off the celeb's name.