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I guess now might be a good time to send a mass email informing the others of this news.
The sooner we get this all sorted out, the sooner you will all be given another surprise (a good one this time)
Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 18, 2008, 04:03:24 pmThe sooner we get this all sorted out, the sooner you will all be given another surprise (a good one this time)Is karma back?
Since scammers have gotten a hold of the old domain, please make sure to update all of your links and encourage all site owners to update their links to use forums.soldat.plThe old domain will not be coming back. Some sleazy company has gotten hold of it and doesn't appear to be willing to sell it.
Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 18, 2008, 04:03:24 pmSince scammers have gotten a hold of the old domain, please make sure to update all of your links and encourage all site owners to update their links to use forums.soldat.plThe old domain will not be coming back. Some sleazy company has gotten hold of it and doesn't appear to be willing to sell it. Did you contact your registrar for advice? I thought there was supposed to be a period after expiration where only the original owner could register.ICANN has a policy called Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) but this does not seem to apply in this case because it seems to have some sort of trademark requirement. I can't say I fully understand the policy and how it should be used though.Link to WHOIS information.Good luck.
Common Law Trademark Rights Panels interpreting the UDRP have consistently held that the Policy affords protection to those having common law trademark rights as well as to those having rights in registered trademarks. See, Cedar Trade Assocs., Inc., v. Ricks, FA 93633 (Nat. Arb. Forum Feb. 25, 2000); see also Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. v. Lafwani, D2000-0014 (WIPO Mar. 11, 2000) (“it is this reputation from actual use which is the nub of the complaint, not the fact of registration as trade marks.”). Many of the cases in which common law trademark rights are asserted have involved personal names that have, through use and publicity, acquired the distinctiveness necessary to become trademarks or service marks: van Hooijdonk v. Tait, D2000-1068 (WIPO Nov. 4, 2000); Stam v. Cohen, D2000-1061 (WIPO Nov. 4, 2000); MPL Communications Ltd. v. Hammerton, FA 95633 (Nat. Arb. Forum Oct. 25, 2000); Feinstein v. PAWS Video Prods., D2000-0880 (WIPO Oct. 21, 2000); Carter v. Afternoon Fiasco, D2000-0658 (WIPO Oct. 17, 2000); Ciccone v. Parisi, D2000-0847 (WIPO Oct. 12, 2000); Estate of Getz v. Vogel, D2000-0773 (WIPO Oct. 10, 2000); Adjani v. Second Orbit Communications, Inc., D2000-0867 (WIPO Oct. 4, 2000); Estate of Shakur v. Shakur Info Page, AF 0346 (eResolution Sep. 28, 2000), Estate of Francis v. Magidson Fine Art, Inc., D2000-0673 (WIPO Sep. 27, 2000); Adu v. Quantum Computer Servs. Inc., D2000-0794 (WIPO Sep. 26, 2000); Marino, Jr. v. Video Images Prods., D2000-0598 (WIPO Aug. 2, 2000); Rattner v. BuyThisDomainName, D2000-0402 (WIPO July 3, 2000); Monty and Pat Roberts, Inc. v. Keith, D2000-0299 (WIPO June 9, 2000); Roberts v. Boyd, D2000-0210 (WIPO May 29, 2000); Winterson v. Hogarth, D2000-0235 (WIPO May 22, 2000); see also Sean Michaels Inc. v. Mark Allan Online Enm’t, AF 0214 (eResolution July 2, 2000).
MM is going to contact his registrar soon to figure out what the hell happend and ask how he lost the domain. I was also under the impression that there is a grace period after the domain expires before it can be re-registered. I'll look into how WIPO might help get the domain back.
This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired.Please contact the domain provider with questions.
Link to WHOIS information.
Registrant: Sof-Tech Wojciech Marcinkowski michalm@poczta.fm +48.607914215 Sof-Tech Wojciech Marcinkowski ul.Lipowa 23/4 Nadarzyn,mazowieckie,PL 05-830Domain Name:soldat forums.com Record last updated at 2008-10-13 00:14:32Record created on 2004/10/4Record expired on 2008/10/4Domain servers in listed order: ns2.onlinenic.net ns3.onlinenic.net Administrator: name: Piotr Nowak mail: info@nazwa.pl tel: +48.122978810 org: NetArt address: Zabawa 118 city: Wieliczka,province: malopolskie,country: PL postcode: 32-020Technical Contactor: name: Piotr Nowak mail: info@nazwa.pl tel: +48.122978810 org: NetArt address: Zabawa 118 city: Wieliczka,province: malopolskie,country: PL postcode: 32-020Billing Contactor: name: Sof-Tech Wojciech Marcinkowski mail: michalm@poczta.fm tel: +48.607914215 org: Sof-Tech Wojciech Marcinkowski address: ul.Lipowa 23/4 city: Nadarzyn,province: mazowieckie,country: PL postcode: 05-830Registration Service Provider: name: NetArt tel: +48.122978810 fax: +48.122978808 web:http://nazwa.pl
Post from nEttsE deleted.Purposefully avoid the swear filter again and it's a warning. Also, not a good idea to joke about hacking another site, as hacks of any kind are not tolerated on this forum.
To Whom It May Concern,Soldat Forums was recently the victim of a hostile domain takeover as of October 6th of soldatforums.com by a company that now uses the domain's traffic for ad revenue.It was a hurtful blow to the community, right after the domain was taken away, that the Internet Archive restricts archive access due to the new robots.txt file. We understand why the Internet Archive respects robots.txt retroactively, but if you could make an exception for our community's benefit then we would be most appreciative.If you want to check out our new forum, it's been moved to http://forums.soldat.pl/Thanks!,Soldat Forums Staff
So we are getinng the domain back? Sweet!
I don't understand why they stole it in the first place, they will gain nothing but very short-term accidental traffic, then nothing.
