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Porn Site Operator Turns Over iPhone-Related Domain Names to Apple

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Earlier this month, we noted that Apple had filed a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in an attempt to gain control of several iPhone-related domain names that had been registered by another party and set to forward to a porn site. Most notable among these domain names was iPhone4S.com, the highest-profile domain associated with Apple's new iPhone hardware.

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Domain Name Wire now reports that Apple has won control over the domain names in question, as the UDRP case has been terminated following the defendant's agreement to turn the domains over to Apple.
Apple terminated the case after the owner of the domains agreed to turn the domain names over. The whois record for the domains changed to brand protection company MarkMonitor today.
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MarkMonitor is the brand protection agency used by Apple and a number of other large companies to anonymously manage such holdings as domain names. As a word of warning to our readers, the domain names in question continue to forward to the porn site at this time, as the site continues to point to the previous owner's DNS server settings and only the various contact information fields for the site are appearing under MarkMonitor at this time.

Of the seven domain names, Apple is only expected to utilize iPhone4S.com, which it will presumably redirect to the company's main iPhone page at some point in the relatively near future. Apple will likely simply shut down the other six domain names while preventing others from using them.

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Themaeds

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Jeez there goes another one. I hope Apple never designs a product called xhamster phone.
 
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Earlier this month, we noted that Apple had filed a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in an attempt to gain control of several iPhone-related domain names that had been registered by another party and set to forward to a porn site. Most notable among these domain names was iPhone4S.com, the highest-profile domain associated with Apple's new iPhone hardware.

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Domain Name Wire now reports that Apple has won control over the domain names in question, as the UDRP case has been terminated following the defendant's agreement to turn the domains over to Apple.MarkMonitor is the brand protection agency used by Apple and a number of other large companies to anonymously manage such holdings as domain names. As a word of warning to our readers, the domain names in question continue to forward to the porn site at this time, as the site continues to point to the previous owner's DNS server settings and only the various contact information fields for the site are appearing under MarkMonitor at this time.

Of the seven domain names, Apple is only expected to utilize iPhone4S.com, which it will presumably redirect to the company's main iPhone page at some point in the relatively near future. Apple will likely simply shut down the other six domain names while preventing others from using them.

Article Link: Porn Site Operator Turns Over iPhone-Related Domain Names to Apple
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Thank god for the warning, I almost entered one of the addresses. I could have ended up on a porn site!!:eek:

I could have been damaged for life (or what little I have left of it).

You saved me from a fate worse than death. Well, a fate worse than a hangnail, anyway.:rolleyes: :D
 
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cire

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Darn! Now how am I going to get my porn onto my iPhone4S... unfair Apple! :p
 
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arn

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Shrink said:
Thank god for the warning, I almost entered one of the addresses. I could have ended up on a porn site!!:eek:

I could have been damaged for life (or what little I have left of it).

You saved me from a fate worse than death. Well, a fate worse than a hangnail, anyway.:rolleyes: :D
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some people don't like browsing porn at work.

arn
 
TimUSCA

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arn said:
some people don't like browsing porn at work.

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This may be shocking to some of you, but some people don't like browsing porn at all. But ESPECIALLY when at work or at home when their kids are sitting next to them. There are thousands of reasons why people don't want unexpected porn showing up on their computers.
 
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TimUSCA said:
This may be shocking to some of you, but some people don't like browsing porn at all. But ESPECIALLY when at work or at home when their kids are sitting next to them. There are thousands of reasons why people don't want unexpected porn showing up on their computers.
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And that is why there are filters you can install and adult content will virtually never hit your screen - accidentally or your teenage son trying on purpose...

Just saying. But for the work field, yes, I understand. Though I have to say most companies have the same kind of blocker installed and don't just monitor their employees. And even if - if you browsed on something like iphone4s.com and accidentally get to a porn site, you probably won't get fired over it when you close it right away. Back to why companies rather block: Hostile work environment and sexual harassment lawsuits are easier prevented when it is impossible to access these sites.
 
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helmsc

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"http://www.iphone4s.com/ is blocked by the Tennessee K-12 schools cooperative content filtering guidelines. "

No porn here anyway :(:p
 
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SandynJosh

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Shrink said:
Thank god for the warning, I almost entered one of the addresses. I could have ended up on a porn site!!:eek:

I could have been damaged for life (or what little I have left of it).

You saved me from a fate worse than death. Well, a fate worse than a hangnail, anyway.:rolleyes: :D
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cire said:
Darn! Now how am I going to get my porn onto my iPhone4S... unfair Apple! :p
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To any of us that love apple products, the iDevice ads are pure eye porn. Now if Apple can get Siri to sound more like Barbara Eden...
 
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My guess is that the domains were "turned over" after Apple ponied up some cash. I don't believe that it is an open and shut case that Apple would have won in court. Case in point. A friend of mine owned http://www.windows98.com. He registered it before a formal announcement from Microsoft. He used it to post free/shareware. Microsoft sued him and lost. The argument was that he was not a cybersquatter and was actively using the site in a way that related to the name of the site. Eventually, he sold it to CNet for some ridiculous price.

So, I'm not certain that Apple would have won all those lawsuits. Granted, iPhone4s.com they could have probably won, but not all the sites they were after would be slam dunks. Just because a domain name has a company name or product name in it doesn't mean the company automatically can claim it. I'm sure this is a case where most of the owners would have been easily persuaded by an offer of quick cash.
 
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TimUSCA said:
This may be shocking to some of you, but some people don't like browsing porn at all. But ESPECIALLY when at work or at home when their kids are sitting next to them. There are thousands of reasons why people don't want unexpected porn showing up on their computers.
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And this may surprise you but some people do like browsing porn. Oh, Wait, Steve was against porn and we all must blindly adhere to his idea of morality!!!
 
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