Ryanair Complaint Site Gets To Keep Domain
from the good-for-them dept
We mentioned recently just how random the process is by which panels determine if you need to give up the domain name you own to some big company -- and it gets even more confusing when you get to complaint sites or "sucks sites." Sometimes a court will rule that it's clearly not domain squatting or trademark infringement to put up a complaint site using the name of whoever or whatever you're complaining about. But, not always. Just last year, someone was forced to hand over AirFranceSucks.com to Air France after an arbitration panel worried that people might not know what "sucks" means, and would therefore assume that AirFranceSucks.com was actually endorsed by the airline (no, seriously). With that kind of ruling, you would think that a more generic name like RyanairCampaign.org would also lose in one of these battles, but randomness strikes again. A panel is letting the owner of the site keep it running as a site critical of the airline Ryanair, noting that he's not doing anything in "bad faith" against the airline.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Hmm? That's the exact opposite of what the article says. The panel did NOT allow the "sucks" site, saying people might not know what it means, but they did allow the "campaign" site, saying that it was fine.
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Classic reverse psychology and governmental double-speak.
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Ryanair Complaint Site Gets To Keep Domain
I think courts are ruling against it because a non-satisfied customer is trying to make a point. Freedom of speach is taken away little by little each day.
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The guidelines are poor, especially when the battle is international. Remember that domain names are leased, not owned, and sometimes it is difficult to arbitrate between parties (not in this case though)
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The French
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/sarcasm
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Ryanair intransigence
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