[SGVLUG] flipping domain names - Re: sgvlug domain name

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Tell them to "stick it". We have two now - the com is for business and if someone wants to try it, we can force them to cease. There is plenty of case law to back our position. 

Stephen

-----Original Message-----
>From: matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Nov 12, 2008 8:04 PM
>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
>Subject: [SGVLUG] flipping domain names - Re:  sgvlug domain name
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>Hi!
>
>I'm thinking this company is more of a flipper
>of domain names... tho i really haven't looked
>closely, I do know a lot of ISPs and companies
>do this sort of business. (buying domains and
>reselling them.)
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>> > I'd say we force arbitration as this is outright
>> extortion, and we can
>> > show a LONG history of the .org/.net domains...
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>hmmm... what do we need to do to force arbitration?
>
>if we need a lawyer, it will be cheaper to just
>buy it.
>
>> Yep.  As Matti points out in another post, the whois entry
>> shows that
>> they registered sgvlug.com mere hours before they
>> approached him with
>> the offer. 
>
>we could try to wait until it expires next year...
>
>agreed we have been doing ok without it upto 
>this point...
>
>best
>matti
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