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On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 01:42:51AM +0000, Mike Stanley wrote:
> The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org> wrote:
> > 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 about lego@gerf.org?). I don't
> > really want to play with their lawyers.
>
> Good move.
>
> > Do we have more history on that? I imagine lego just bullied
> > homepages.com. Not a possible tactic here, I *own* gerf.org.
>
> 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 that's the pessimist in me speaking.
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!
--
Will you loan me $20.00 and only give me ten of it?
That way, you will owe me ten, and I'll owe you ten, and we'll be even!
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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