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    Re: Lego at Gerf.Org —Christian Holtje
   (...) Gerf, pronounced with a hard "G", is un-related. I will not contact them to ask their permission for this domain as I don't want to know their answer. Their rules about "internet addresses" are vague (is www.gerf.org/~lego not allowed? How (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Lego at Gerf.Org —Mike Stanley
   (...) Good move. (...) Really? Do you provide your own hosting or do you pay someone else for it? Do you provide your own pipe if you own the machine? I'd say if TLG wanted to cut you off they could find someone willing to agree with them, but (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Lego at Gerf.Org —Christian Holtje
   (...) Well.....I don't pay for the pipe, but me and Jerry own gerf.org to the last screw. I'm not sure what would happen if they tried. With the way things are going, I suspect that I could find a lawyer in Silicon Valley.... Ciao! (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Lego at Gerf.Org —Matthew Miller
   (...) It's an interesting point. Network Solutions gets involved in trademark disputes over second level domains, but I've never heard of them caring about what goes on under that -- it's not, so to speak, their domain. And if you're providing your (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Lego at Gerf.Org —Todd Lehman
   (...) IANAL and I don't know about precedent of other third-level domains other than the legowww.homepages.com incident in 1995-1996. Here's a bit more info... David Koblas, who ran the legowww.homepages.com site from 1995 to 1996, posted a copy of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
 

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