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Ditto. I don't get anything - Server not found.
So lets sum everything up: People get nothing, macmall, and some even get Dotster for crying out loud!
It's 2128 CDT and I can still raise MacSlash via Earthlink dialup in the upper midwest.
Curiouser and curiouser...
Curiouser and curiouser...
If you leave off the "www" for MacSlash.Com, you'll find a company many of you may have bought things from...
hmmm...
...ok, i'll be the only one here with an unpopular opinion.
Excuse me, but didn't the MacSlash guys let the domain 'lapse'? Isn't that their fault?
Sure, it's crappy to swoop in and take it, but hell, you can pay for domains ten years in advance; there's really no excuse for not keeping the registration current. Seems like they have to bear some of the responsibility for allowing their domain to be "stolen".
OK, go ahead and flame me.
...ok, i'll be the only one here with an unpopular opinion.
Excuse me, but didn't the MacSlash guys let the domain 'lapse'? Isn't that their fault?
Sure, it's crappy to swoop in and take it, but hell, you can pay for domains ten years in advance; there's really no excuse for not keeping the registration current. Seems like they have to bear some of the responsibility for allowing their domain to be "stolen".
OK, go ahead and flame me.
Another one bites the dust?
I seem to recall there being a www.macosxtips.com website at some stage. I just went there as I was work and well, had nothing better to do than to surf around abit , and found that this website has also been hijacked by dotster.
Bastards!
I seem to recall there being a www.macosxtips.com website at some stage. I just went there as I was work and well, had nothing better to do than to surf around abit
, and found that this website has also been hijacked by dotster.Bastards!
go to this address
http://www.nwforum.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=523
and let the fun begin.
http://www.nwforum.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=523
and let the fun begin.
Well,,, Its is pretty shady for somthing like that to happen. But you gotz to pay da bills. Yep yep. But if their registartion service screwed the pooch, then would they not have some sort of legal action they could take? I guess you would have to weigh the costs of legal vs buying the name back. Hmmm,, cant wait to see how this turns out
If you are talking about MacMall, no it can go there with the www intact.
my DNS server is rerouting to http://www.merc-net.com/md/macslash.htm
and this brings up MacMall.
Actually it brings up an url suggesting it is part of an ad campaign, which means the squatters sold them a redirect as if it was a banner ad or something, rather than MacMall themselves being the domain thieves. But you might want to let MacMall know you are not interested in such advertising practices and they should redirect their promotional funds elsewhere, if they are indeed innocent.
Well, now the full www version redirects, eventually, to MacMall.
(Personally, I buy stuff from MacZone.)
(Personally, I buy stuff from MacZone.)
After all, Macmall installed the wrong RAM in many people's new iMac. I only purchased one item from Macmall, and the company that made it went out of business. Voicepowerpro.
This kind of domain squandaring, which Macmall has done, and yes I get redirected to the full Macmall site after first being directed to a page with nothing but the word Mac in it, is totally
out of character. Let's all call Macmall and tell them to give back Macslash to the rightfull holders of the domain. Perhaps if we overload their phonelines they will listen.
This kind of domain squandaring, which Macmall has done, and yes I get redirected to the full Macmall site after first being directed to a page with nothing but the word Mac in it, is totally
out of character. Let's all call Macmall and tell them to give back Macslash to the rightfull holders of the domain. Perhaps if we overload their phonelines they will listen.
Keep in mind it may not necessarily be their fault DIRECTLY, perhaps merely that they have bought ad placement from some sleazy operators, as if it were banner click re-direct. Its still okay to let them know that you do not agree with what has happened.
Well, right now, (20:00 GMT) I'm getting Macslash.com going exactly where it should. Mind you, here in Israel, we don't do as the US tells us!
Originally posted by The Bender
Well, right now, (20:00 GMT) I'm getting Macslash.com going exactly where it should. Mind you, here in Israel, we don't do as the US tells us!
In the US it brings up a page that says Visit Macslash.org. You link on this and the Address bar still reads www.macslash.com.
Wonder exactly what happened to get the MacMall ad out of there, and a link to MacSlash.org placed in the placekeeper page?
Also, I find it slightly fishy that MacSlash.org make no mention of the MacMall redirect themselves-- they want to place most of the blame on Apples Mail filtering (Dotster, those contracted with contacting MacSlash about the lease about to expire, apparently being blocked by Apple for spamming)
I smell a New Coke conspiracy afoot....
The Truth
It does not matter if the domain name registration was allowed to lapse, if someone stole it, or someone registers a domain name "confusingly similar" similar to yours. If you have obtained common law trademark rights in the name and a cybersquatter registers it in "bad faith" you can usually recover it under the ACPA. We recovered another one yesterday:
http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/109757.htm
The bottom line is that macslash.com has developed brand recognition with its name and has the right to prevent others from trading on that brand recognition. The ultimate goal here is to protect the consumers.
Patrick W. Fletcher
http://www.internetdisputes.org
It does not matter if the domain name registration was allowed to lapse, if someone stole it, or someone registers a domain name "confusingly similar" similar to yours. If you have obtained common law trademark rights in the name and a cybersquatter registers it in "bad faith" you can usually recover it under the ACPA. We recovered another one yesterday:
http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/109757.htm
The bottom line is that macslash.com has developed brand recognition with its name and has the right to prevent others from trading on that brand recognition. The ultimate goal here is to protect the consumers.
Patrick W. Fletcher
http://www.internetdisputes.org
Unfortunately, the domain I wanted to register over five or seven years ago has ALWAYS been squatted. And it has never linked to anything except occasionally a "Want to buy this Domain name?"
There was never common law rights of ownership attached to the name...merely cybersquatting. I haven't kept up with any tools that would alert me if its ownership lapsed, but I would like to take advantage of them if I knew of them.
There was never common law rights of ownership attached to the name...merely cybersquatting. I haven't kept up with any tools that would alert me if its ownership lapsed, but I would like to take advantage of them if I knew of them.
So, they let the light go out without trying to pay the bill? Well BOO-HOO. Email filltered the renewal as spam,,, so what? I dont feel bad for these guys at all. This is just one more reason that real paper will never go out of style. Get a wall calender and a pen. Flame me if you want, but we dont feel bad for the guy next door when his light go out due to non-payment of the bills.