would this be legal?

[michaelA]

if i bought a domain name like yahoo.co.uk (i know its currently taken, but what if it wasnt)
what could be the consequences?

What if i said the website is to support my game clan called:
"yellow assosiation of heroes and orange oysters"
y.a.h.o.o.

And can I sell it later on i.e. on ebay?

[asim99]

you will have to prove your right to own that domain name

[Barton03]

as long as you dont contact and solicit the sale of your domain, you will be fine. i own google.us and google.biz just kidding

[TenzoR]

yahoo is a trademark and there is law to protect that

[TenzoR]

http://www.keytlaw.com/urls/urllaw.htm

here you go

[Txiasaeia]

And can I sell it later on i.e. on ebay?

This is the problem right here. If you're registering a domain just to sell it for big bucks later on, then I wouldn't be surprised if yahoo (for example) would legally go after you for cybersquatting.

[George W. Bush]

I think you should be ok.

Who on earth decides whether the word "yahoo" of "crapoo" belongs to a certain entity? Since when general words such as "boo" are copyrighted? Should "yahoo" not be a name reserved for people that go in the mountains and "yahoo"?

This business smell bad...

http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/250/rrj4264.gif

[sportsfan99]

Your playing with fire by doing this don't do it.

[ichpen]

if i bought a domain name like yahoo.co.uk (i know its currently taken, but what if it wasnt)
what could be the consequences?

What if i said the website is to support my game clan called:
"yellow assosiation of heroes and orange oysters"
y.a.h.o.o.

And can I sell it later on i.e. on ebay?

Yes, cybersquatting now has legal precedents. Didn't Canadian Tire win over crappytire.com or .net or whatever it was.

Anyway, if you manage to grab a domain of a mid to large name company by sheer chance then prepare yourself to lose it very very quickly should they decide to go after you.

[TenzoR]

I think you should be ok.

Who on earth decides whether the word "yahoo" of "crapoo" belongs to a certain entity? Since when general words such as "boo" are copyrighted? Should "yahoo" not be a name reserved for people that go in the mountains and "yahoo"?

This business smell bad...

http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/250/rrj4264.gif

okay lets put it this way,

you are the CEO of a very profitable company called Smelly. The company is very popular and whenever the word Smelly is mentioned, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is your company. Now some turd decides to make a smelly.co.uk and tries to sell pornography through the website as well as using people's typo (it happens) to get hits on their site. Would you want that to tarnish your company's name?

and not to mention the turd could very well be blackmailing the company because he is the legal owner of the domain, thus using it to its advantages.

[Bordello]

Stooples.com isn't shut down yet, so there's still hope for you.

[15-20_God]

Who on earth decides whether the word "yahoo" of "crapoo" belongs to a certain entity? Since when general words such as "boo" are copyrighted? Should "yahoo" not be a name reserved for people that go in the mountains and "yahoo"?

you can copyright anything as long as its a recognizable trademark.

[runamuck]

ur best bet would be to legally change your name to "yahoo" then try and sell it..

[CheapScotsman]

ICANN (the guys who manage the top level domains) have a domain conflict resolution process (http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm) ... basically, if yahoo complains and you don't have a reason for the domain, they just yank it from you

but say it doesn't get there ... then yahoo sues you and you get to pay for your lawyer to fight them in court ... which court? how about a US court cause that is where the bucks are. If you got 100K to 1million for legal fees alone, you might make it.

Basically, you could do it and you (small chance) might get away with something but why not spend your time doing something that has a higher degree of success.

[jayisthebest88]

Yahoo



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[Miter Binesderty]

I remember back when Alladvantage was still around and they actually paid their members. My buddy went out and bought like 10 url addresses like http://www.alladavantage.com or http://www.allavadatage.com. He got so many referrals from using this method. Smart mofo.