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Re: Microsoft Lays Claim to Kid's Domain Name
Posted by: Jay Lyman 2004-01-21 22:55:50

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If your name were Mike Rowe and you created Web site software, the thought of an Internet site at MikeRoweSoft.com might sound like a good bet. But as a 17-year-old Canadian named Mike Rowe has found out, that bet turned out to be risky. Redmond, Washington-based supercorporation Microsoft contacted Rowe regarding his domain name last November. Rowe has resisted the company's request to transfer the domain. Some reports indicate Microsoft has threatened legal action, but it appears the company has simply made a copyright claim against the Internet domain.

Re: Microsoft Lays Claim to Kid's Domain Name
Posted by: JohannBacker 2004-05-22 01:59:07 In reply to: Jay Lyman

Microsoft would do WELL to CONCENTRATE on the release of "Longhorn" and cease harassing someone who develops software and IS using his . . . LEGAL name!
Microsoft appears to be laying claim to the--- universe.
Does Gates think he is dictator to the world?