VIDEO: Ron Paul files suit for RonPaul.com (Fox News)

[angelatc]

The rules about cybersquatting. I'm only going off of what was posted here and the elements of the claim which I read but part of it was about not trading off people's trademarks.

But that has nothing to do with the valuation of the site. Using that logic, I would have more right to keep a celebrity domain if I was a bad at SEO and business in general than if I were good at it.

Not to say that the Zazzle links are not monetizing, and therefore possibly problematic. If it is an issue, the arbitrators will not care if he was making a little money or a lot of money. Only that he was attempting to make money.

If you're saying that the offer price might be used to indicate that he was running the site only because he hoped to profit from it, that might also be accurate. But again, FMV has absolutely no bearing on that for these purposes.

 

[jj-]

But the more they made off Ron's persona, the more that can hurt them in various IP claims. So that might be why they have not said how much they are making.

How much do you make sailing away? Do you enjoy sharing that information with others?

 

[angelatc]

'in which the complainant has rights', 'Bad faith', and 'legitimate interests'

With "And" being the key word here. Bad faith will be hard to prove, because so much time has passed, and the owner bought the site from the registered trademark holder. Spreading a political message via a fan site could certainly be deemed "legitimate interest."

 

[angelatc]

But the more they made off Ron's persona, the more that can hurt them in various IP claims. So that might be why they have not said how much they are making.

Why do you think that the success of their "business" (if it is indeed a business as opposed to a blog) will have any bearing? Again, do you think that they would have more rights if they were simply lousy at marketing their goods?

 

[qh4dotcom]

My guess is that his lawyers are aware in the differences in venues. Which makes this even worse.

Don't forget Ron Paul has a reputation of hiring incompetent people...why should the lawyers be an exception?

Maybe the lawyers did not advise Ron Paul that he would have to seek help in a UN tribunal...maybe the lawyers are not aware how much he detests the UN.

 

[cstarace]

This legitimately ruins his legacy for me. What a dick move.

 

[sailingaway]

How much do you make sailing away? Do you enjoy sharing that information with others?

It wasn't my idea they should or shouldn't share it. I was responding to people saying they should want to.

 

[sailingaway]

Why do you think that the success of their "business" (if it is indeed a business as opposed to a blog) will have any bearing? Again, do you think that they would have more rights if they were simply lousy at marketing their goods?

That post was addressing a different post.

Ok, I went and worked on some stuff and now have come back and the conversation is in a different place. When I was here before, people were saying the guy who ran the fansite is not the owner, was only a tenant, and now the site is up for sale by the owner who is who Ron was working with. Did that turn out to not be true? Because if that was true, the Landlord site owner who never ran a fan site but just took rent, ONLY got an income stream off Ron's persona. But now I have to go back to where that was posted and track it down. I've been on here briefly a few times but not following everything that was posted.

 

[CPUd]

That post was addressing a different post.

Ok, I went and worked on some stuff and now have come back and the conversation is in a different place. When I was here before, people were saying the guy who ran the fansite is not the owner, was only a tenant, and now the site is up for sale by the owner who is who Ron was working with. Did that turn out to not be true? Because if that was true, the Landlord site owner who never ran a fan site but just took rent, ONLY got an income stream off Ron's persona. But now I have to go back to where that was posted and track it down. I've been on here briefly a few times but not following everything that was posted.

That was in the complaint. I still am not sure what they meant by it. Something about the registrant leasing it to someone.

 

[sailingaway]

That was in the complaint. I still am not sure what they meant by it. Something about the registrant leasing it to someone.

Yeah, thanks. I just typed it up in the Ron Paul / Lew Rockwell tweets thread on this subject.

 

[unknown]

Every headline seems to run the meme "against his supporters".

Well I'm one of those supporters and he hasn't done anything to me and I have no respect for what the domain owner is doing

I'm not sure how to feel about this. I usually look to Ron Paul for guidance

How did he vote on the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act?

 

[papitosabe]

the owner already made his money off the RP name, I'm sure he did decent thru advertising and sales since 2007 or '08 using RP's name and likeness. Enough already. If the owner wants see if RP will buy all the email addresses, if not, delete all those mailing lists, or he can forward them all to Ronpaul.org or whaever.

 

[RickyJ]

I'm not sure how to feel about this. I usually look to Ron Paul for guidance

How did he vote on the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act?

Could you tell me how he voted? I have searched for his vote on that Act and have found nothing.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

Could you tell me how he voted? I have searched for his vote on that Act and have found nothing.

It appears that is passed by unanimous consent.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN01255:@@@R

 

[newbitech]

It appears that is passed by unanimous consent.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN01255:@@@R

pretty sure that was the senate version. I clicked the HR link on that page and found this.

Latest Major Action: 10/26/1999 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

So I am guessing this is the same type of vote they did at the RNC where the speaker just ask for yays and nays and people shout out. So in this way, the record will show no dissension.

That is something I think needs to be changed in congress. Those votes where people yell out yeah or nay need to be added to the history archive. I want to know if there is dissension, and I want the dissenting opinion to be heard.