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Subject: 
Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
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lugnet.mediawatch
Date: 
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:20:58 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rick Kujawa writes:

BidBay was started in December 1999 by George Tannous, a former Internal
Revenue Service agent who bought the domain name for $1,000 on eBay.

He pays them $1000 for the name, then they sue him for using it.  Hmmm.  Quite
the racket IMO

   No, no--he bought it *on* eBay.  He did not buy it *from* eBay.
   Quite a bit of difference!

   LFB



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  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
(...) He pays them $1000 for the name, then they sue him for using it. Hmmm. Quite the racket IMO (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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