View Full Version : I own your old User Names
cwinton
03-11-2004, 05:32 PM
I have taken the liberty of signing up 1000's of old UserNames,
which means, essentially, that I own them ...
To use your old username, you must submit $50 to the
Kerry For President campaign.
Failure to comply will result in automatic payroll deduction
prior to auto-deposit into your checking account AND an IRS
asset-forfeiture notification in an amount not to exceed
five-hundred times the sum currently owed.
Receipt required. Have a nice day. :)
:lol
:beer Good of you to make it here Cwinton
Now do you wish your post count to be restored?
Daav
cwinton
03-11-2004, 05:58 PM
Well, it was like pulling teeth ... I'm tired of learning new software ...
ya' know? ... it's just frustrating ... but, now that I'm here ...
this is WAY BETTER!!!
I'm glad we're here ... dismayed by the speed of change is all ...
thanks for the warm welcome. :)
Post count, I just viewed a recent post of mine and it was
at 1315 ... I don't know what my last post was, but 1315 is
only a couple days old, so, close enough.
For some reason I can't seem to turn those damned smilies off!
Arghhh! Oh, and I want to donate toward buying space to
upload both pics, emoticons and avatars.
CUSTOM TITLES???? "AlienAnalProbe" ... please???
Congratulations on the bold move. Proud of you, I am.
Francois Cellier
03-11-2004, 05:58 PM
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4775193
Cybersquatters snap up names in web domain race
swissinfo March 9, 2004 5:32 PM
Many Swiss companies, including Nestlé, have been pipped to the post by "cybersquatters" in the rush to register new internet domain names with accents.
A first complaint has been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) which deals with name disputes in Switzerland.
Corporations such as Nestlé, which want to defend their trademark rights, have warned these cybersquatters that they could be facing legal action.
Wipo confirmed that a first grievance was filed, but refused to name the plaintiff.
Internet site names with accents, like the German “Umlaut” or double dot over vowels, became legal last week.
Switch, the non-profit organisation which registers the “.ch” domain names in Switzerland, says it was deluged with requests for the new addresses, which it handed out on a first come, first served basis.
The foundation distributed 18,000 names in one week, including 14,000 during the first 24 hours.
Fair chance
Demand was so high that buyers were often unable to get through to the foundation to put in their bids.
Switch admits that there was fierce competition from the start, but says it was an open race.
“Everybody had the same chance of registering a name,” Switch spokesman Marco D’Alessandro told swissinfo.
But some companies and organisations with well-known trademarks are angry that they were beaten by cybersquatters.
Victims
Swiss-based Nestlé, which owns more than 3,000 web addresses around the world, was one of the more high-profile victims. Stephan Maag, a student at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology landed the “nestlé.ch” domain for just SFr75 ($59).
Maag says he was not targeting the multinational, but merely wanted to get his hands on a high-profile domain.
He admits now that it may have been a mistake.
Nestlé, which says Switch’s allocation procedure is flawed, is threatening the student with legal action if he refuses to hand over the domain name.
A company spokesman told swissinfo that Nestlé would not resort to a conciliation procedure proposed by Wipo.
Financial gain
Nor is the multinational prepared to offer any financial compensation.
Financial gain has often been the motivation behind domain name registration in the past, with cybersquatters holding famous names to ransom.
Some companies have already paid individuals to recover some of the new “.ch” names.
But experts say it is becoming increasingly difficult to take over a name related to a copyright or a trademark.
Quick money
“Somebody who registers a name must, if challenged, show that they have a good reason to hold on to it,” said Francis Gurry, a deputy director of Geneva-based Wipo.
“You can’t just sit on it to earn some quick money.”
Switch says it does not verify whether someone is entitled to an address. But it advises new address-holders to make sure they are not violating a third-party’s rights.
Gurry explains that a Swiss organisation can take its grievance to Wipo, which offers a standard conciliation procedure. If no agreement is reached, a formal ruling can be requested.
“The internet’s growth has been fuelled by the simple rules that allow somebody to set up a website,” Gurry told swissinfo.
“If we were to introduce rules like those on trademarks and copyright, it would slow down the whole process and push up the costs involved.”
Gurry says that changing the registration process for new domain names would be counterproductive.
“It would be bad for business since it would be hard to launch a new product or service on the internet quickly.”
Oh, and I want to donate toward buying space to
upload both pics, emoticons and avatars.
No need at the moment. We have 600MB of storage and 25GB of bandwidth available a month.
Send me the urls of them and email or pm me and I'll upload them onto the site.
Daav
To use your old username, you must submit $50 to the
Kerry For President campaign.
Um, if I'm new and my name is new, do I get a free pass???
Also, not to let out how dumb I feel at the moment, but how does the quote thing work? If explaining costs extra, then I think I can figure it out myself. Ah hell, while I'm at it how do I get those cute little emoticons to do their thing for me?
Demanding old biddy ain't I and this is only my second post. Imagine what will happen when you get to know me.
Eirian
03-13-2004, 04:36 PM
Die Allerbeste, here. I registerd this name (Eirian) because I wanted it all to myself (for personal and sentimental reasons... didn't think I had it me, did ya'? Hahaha) but I'd much rather post as DA. When I registered that one, I never got my confirmation email, so when I try to log in, it tells me that I've entered an inactive username.
Help! Help! Please restore my identity! :dunno
Did you ensure you put a valid email address in when you registered. As the part of the database which stores validation keys and passwords is encrypted I am unable to validate your account, however I have deleted it so you should be able to register it again.
Daav
Just of out curiosity and fair play, does this person get a partial refund?
Hmmm..........this quote thing didn't work right. Guess I have to go back to my handy set of instructions and keep trying.. Guess you can just take this as :spam
But on the up side.....I did get those handy dandy emoticons to work for me!
cwinton
03-14-2004, 02:51 AM
Just of out curiosity and fair play, does this person get a partial refund?
Was there supposed to be an URL tag in there? I know those are weird ... i haven't figured 'em out yet myself. When I click on 'em, nothing happens.
But I did get emoticons to work with Daavros expert advice ('cause I'm too dumb to figure this shit out on my onw! Yipes!)
But, as for refunds ... sorry ... any errors result in duplicate charges ... and an additional fee for the 'inconvenience.' :)
(You do know I'm joking about fees of any type, right? I have a weird sense of humor ... sometimes it takes a bit to get used to.)
Whew.........I was worried someone might take ME serious about my reply and bitch me out! :cheers Glad to meet you.
Die Allerbeste
03-14-2004, 08:34 PM
Did you ensure you put a valid email address in when you registered. As the part of the database which stores validation keys and passwords is encrypted I am unable to validate your account, however I have deleted it so you should be able to register it again.I probably just made a typo when I entered the email address. It worked just fine this time. Thanks! :)
Glad you finally made it over :)
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