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In lugnet.space, Dan Boger writes:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 02:06:14AM +0000, John Henry Kruer wrote:
> > In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes:
> > > One thing: LEGO (that is, the company) commonly ask people to refrain from
> > > using their brand name in URLs, so you might want to try and think of a
> > > different URL for your site.
> >
> > Mmm, so many people do it I thought it was OK.
> >
> > http://lego.kepplah.com
> > http://lego.bldesign.org
> >
> > for example... have you guys ever gotten any complaints from Lego?
>
> up to you to do whatever you want. however:
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> The LEGO Trademark cannot be used in an Internet Address
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> The LEGO trademark should not be incorporated into an Internet
> address. Internet addresses have become useful tools for people to
> identify the source of a homepage. Using "LEGO" in the domain name
> would be creating the misleading impression that the LEGO Group
> sponsored the homepage.
>
> from http://www.lego.com/eng/info/fairplay.asp
All fine and good, but the domain names in both of those cases is
kepplah.com and bldesign.org. The Lego is part of the url, sure, just as
joebob.com/lego is as well, but it's not part of the domain.
Adrian
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| (...) The domain name is the fully qualified host name. If you need DNS to look it up, it's a domain name - the "host" in the RFC. That's what it's a "Domain Name Service" :) Anything after the / is part of the path, as defined in the HTTP RFC (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) up to you to do whatever you want. however: The LEGO Trademark cannot be used in an Internet Address ---...--- The LEGO trademark should not be incorporated into an Internet address. Internet addresses have become useful tools for people to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish)
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