Whoever owns ronpaul.com consider voluntarily giving it up to Ron Paul.

[sailingaway]

ronpaulfever.com

is available

also good.

 

[2ndfor1st]

It doesn't matter what the guy paid for it, he's using Ron's trademark to profit. It will be the guy's loss. He understood the risks before forking out $25k for it, believe me!!! Ron Paul would win in an arbitration dispute resolution (UDRP) court for about $2000, and not have to pay the guy anything.

 

[Rudeman]

Someone with any contact with Ron Paul or his reps pm me. (I don't own ronpaul.com but have a good domain idea and would like to pass it on to him, I may end up registering it just to hang onto it for him).

 

[qh4dotcom]

It doesn't matter what the guy paid for it, he's using Ron's trademark to profit. It will be the guy's loss. He understood the risks before forking out $25k for it, believe me!!! Ron Paul would win in an arbitration dispute resolution (UDRP) court for about $2000, and not have to pay the guy anything.

He has a Ron Paul Fan site with Ron Paul content...I doubt he's making much of a profit after web hosting costs.

Like I said earlier, it wouldn't be very libertarian of Ron Paul to go seize someone's property...his libertarian credibility would go down if the word got around....

 

[sailingaway]

He has a Ron Paul Fan site with Ron Paul content...I doubt he's making much of a profit after web hosting costs.

Like I said earlier, it wouldn't be very libertarian of Ron Paul to go seize someone's property...his libertarian credibility would go down if the word got around....

I don't think it is a question of seizing.

Ron would offer value I'm sure, but I'd like to see it happen. people naturally go there thinking it is Ron's.

 

[qh4dotcom]

I don't think it is a question of seizing.

The RPF member I replied to was suggested RP should go to court over it

people naturally go there thinking it is Ron's.

At the bottom of RonPaul.com it says
Copyright © 2008 - 2016 RonPaul.com. This website is maintained by independent grassroots supporters. It is not paid for, approved or endorsed by Congressman Ron Paul

 

[sailingaway]

The RPF member I replied to was suggested RP should go to court over it



At the bottom of RonPaul.com it says
Copyright © 2008 - 2016 RonPaul.com. This website is maintained by independent grassroots supporters. It is not paid for, approved or endorsed by Congressman Ron Paul

and no one reads that and media all the time say it is Ron's page.

 

[Ivash]

It doesn't matter what the guy paid for it, he's using Ron's trademark to profit. It will be the guy's loss. He understood the risks before forking out $25k for it, believe me!!! Ron Paul would win in an arbitration dispute resolution (UDRP) court for about $2000, and not have to pay the guy anything.

I doubt it. Somehow a polices' department's internet site was not renewed and someone else bought it. That guy held the website hostage until the local police force bought it back. They could not get it back through a court settlement (or the court ruled against them. I can not recall).

 

[Rudeman]

I just purchased www.ronpaul.co along with another domain (www.realronpaul.com) I'm willing to give both to Ron Paul or just have them redirect to whatever ends up being Ron Paul's domain. PM me if you have any sort of contact with him or the people that will be running the website.

Edit: Currently forwarding both to C4L since that is what RP2012 redirects to until RPs site is up.

 

[angelatc]

Ron Paul could easily have it taken from the owner under the cybersquating act. It wouldn't be difficult to prove that the owner is making money off of Ron Paul's name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act

They bought it from another guy named Ron Paul though, so it's pretty unfair if they could be accused of squatting. They didn't register the domain with the intention of making money off Ron Paul.

And Ron Paul had the same chance as everybody else at buying it.

 

[2ndfor1st]

They bought it from another guy named Ron Paul though, so it's pretty unfair if they could be accused of squatting. They didn't register the domain with the intention of making money off Ron Paul.

And Ron Paul had the same chance as everybody else at buying it.

He's using Ron Paul's "identity" to make money, not just his name. Your identity is your own trademark.

In any event, Ron Paul could, if he wanted to, get the domain name transferred to him for very little money.

 

[qh4dotcom]

They bought it from another guy named Ron Paul though, so it's pretty unfair if they could be accused of squatting. They didn't register the domain with the intention of making money off Ron Paul.

And Ron Paul had the same chance as everybody else at buying it.

Something else that isn't being considered....the owner is an avid Ron Paul fan and it's possible that some or most of his profits get donated to Ron Paul causes.

 

[sailingaway]

Something else that isn't being considered....the owner is an avid Ron Paul fan and it's possible that some or most of his profits get donated to Ron Paul causes.

Ron Paul isn't even pushing this. I'm suggesting there be a mutually beneficial trade of value somehow. Maybe including a job to make sure the domain is renewed. I see no reason anyone should be opposed to that avenue being checked out. If he wanted to volunteer it it would be great but for the amount of money he paid, a sale is more realistic.

 

[Confederate]

Ron Paul isn't even pushing this. I'm suggesting there be a mutually beneficial trade of value somehow. Maybe including a job to make sure the domain is renewed. I see no reason anyone should be opposed to that avenue being checked out. If he wanted to volunteer it it would be great but for the amount of money he paid, a sale is more realistic.

Or perhaps hiring the guy as the webmaster? He obviously has the experience...

 

[sailingaway]

Or perhaps hiring the guy as the webmaster? He obviously has the experience...

that is sort of what I meant, and suggested then someone didn't like his design.. whatever. It would be a deal between him and Ron, in any event. I bet people would chip in to acquire it, though.

 

[qh4dotcom]

Maybe including a job to make sure the domain is renewed.

Don't you think the extremely valuable RonPaul2012.com domain needs to be renewed BEFORE RP starts thinking about managing another domain? It's expiring on March 23, 2013

 

[sailingaway]

Don't you think the extremely valuable RonPaul2012.com domain needs to be renewed BEFORE RP starts thinking about managing another domain? It's expiring on March 23, 2013

no, for one thing that is in March. And anyone knowledgeable could renew it, our job is to get Ron the person to do it, somehow. Regardless Ron should have his name, imho. HE may not care about 'an old youtube website for an old campaign' so may not be thinking about it. He needs people who KNOW that is valuable.

 

[Confederate]

Don't you think the extremely valuable RonPaul2012.com domain needs to be renewed BEFORE RP starts thinking about managing another domain? It's expiring on March 23, 2013

How do you know it's not on auto-renew?

 

[eleganz]

Don't you think the extremely valuable RonPaul2012.com domain needs to be renewed BEFORE RP starts thinking about managing another domain? It's expiring on March 23, 2013

The fact that they already took down all of the ronpaul2012 content more than likely means they don't even want it.

I don't know how, not renewing the 08 and 12 campaign domains mean that whoever runs his sites are incompetent and certainly has no correlation to how a Ron Paul owned, www.ronpaul.com would be run.

 

[sailingaway]

The fact that they already took down all of the ronpaul2012 content more than likely means they don't even want it.

I don't know how, not renewing the 08 and 12 campaign domains mean that whoever runs his sites are incompetent and certainly has no correlation to how a Ron Paul owned, www.ronpaul.com would be run.

the youtube account outranks tons by virtue of its view count. that is valuable in harnessing internet dominance. He should renew it. But a ronpaul.com with a web savvy employee could be run spectacularly.