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____/ Homer on Sunday 20 July 2008 13:08 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that thufir spake thusly:
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:12:05 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>
>>> #3 - After getting the domain, the linux asshole (Mullenweg) turns
>>> around and sues Johnson and it ended up costing him $30,000 just in
>>> lawyers fees.
>>
>> what in the world did he sue him for?
>
> Because he's a cybersquatter trying to extort money through advertising
> from his victims.
>
> [quote]
> "They want to piggy-back on the great reputation of Drupal to get their
> link on high traffic, high page-rank sites," wrote a forum member at
> drupal.org. "And they want to do it under the guise of 'open.' What is
> so open about cybersquatting a domain, then 'benevolently' allowing the
> people who are busy making the domain valuable to use it..."
> [/quote]
>
> In the US, cybersquatting is a *crime*:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting
Not even a pleasant and easy case.
I was a lot more involved with WordPress and I remember the incident. Matt even
had his own personal site (photomatt) sort of cybersquatted before he
reclaimed it. It was a .org/.net thing.
As soon as wordpress.com was seized*, they began with the MU installation,
which over time became an exceptional success. I was actually among the first
people there.
___
*The name WordPress was made up by Matt and Mike Little who lives nearby in
Stockport... or maybe a girl friend of Matt, I can't recall the story Mike
told me.
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