putting a trademarked term within the domain name will not be allowed. You can however place it in the subdomain or folder text. Good luck...
Does all these domains belong to myspace or have they not been hunted yet? http://www.myspace-codes.com/ http://myspace-html-layout.com/ http://www.myspace-layout-background.com/ http://www.myspacegeeks.com/ http://www.myspace-games.com/ among others... I just did a little search on google.
You can do it, for a while. But, sooner or later they will contact you with a cease and desist. Why go through the trouble for something you know won't last? It's not worth it.
Just because there are many people infringing upon a trademark - it does not make it legal and the owner is subject to loss of income, punitive damages, treble legal fees, etc - although most (not all) larger companies will send you a C&D before taking action because the chance of recovery usually isn't worth the expense. A trademark holder can also go to ICANN and take the domain under certain circumstances. In the short term you may get away with it, but eventually you will hear from the trademark holder - as they have a legal obligation to go after infringement to prevent losing their mark. There are some gaming companies look the other way on the use of their trademark, but myspace isn't one of them. MySpace doesn't have exclusive right to the name (there are actually several different trademark holders of the name) but if the content is in any way related to their site or is in the same or similar sector, it is infringement to use "MySpace" plus anything else, with any TLD. Putting a disclaimer on the site does NOT prevent infringement with the domain name- nor does it matter if your site is "PRO" company and sends them any number of visitors.
PayPalSucks.com will never be taken down because it's a site about why PayPal sucks. Actually, it's a site run by a PayPal competitor. (shocking, no?) Same with the other *sucks.* sites out there. You can use trademarked names without legal problems but you have to be very very careful how you use it.
no one knows, different company have different policy..they have the right to do it. and they do what they want to do :d However, you don't want to do it. Do you want to spend a years to develope site and myspace take it from you after all of your hardwork. There is certain risk...
The courts have ruled that "xxxxxsucks" isn't trademark infringement because a reasonable person would assume is NOT operated by the trademark holder (although many companies do register "xxxxsucks" to prevent such a site) - and it falls under free speech - HOWEVER, you still can't register such a name and then put content like "MySpace" codes, etc on it. You can express why you think a company "sucks" but still could be held responsible if you made libelous comments - i.e. the CEO is embezeling company funds or the CEO likes little boys, etc. It isn't a method for using a trademarked name and then offering related content.
Many people do get away with it, but it's always good to try thinking up a domain without the TM in it, as a precaution.
"Are you a lawyer, or is is just some BS you made up?" I think it was the owners of "FordSucks.com" that were sued and won in court. You can use *sucks.com all you want. You can see for yourself that PayPalSucks.com is alive and well and I'm pretty sure PayPal tried to sue them as well. It's now precendent. So yes, it's a fact you can use TMs in domains for certain purposes. It's called freedom of speech. Not freedom of marketing. Those that use TM's for marketing purposes will get their asses sued and lose big time. Those that use TMs to voice their opinion about the TM are safetly protected by the legal system.
Yup, he is correct. actually there is some interesting info here http://www.paypalsucks.com/domain-name-disputes.shtml