Righthaven.com Domain Auction Has Begun
from the place-your-bids dept
As promised last week, it appears that the auction of the righthaven.com has begun over at SnapNames. The auction will apparently run until January 6th at 12:15 PT. So if you were planning to take up a collection to buy it for yourself, start counting those pennies. There have already been a few bids, and at the time I'm writing this, they're asking a bit over $1,000.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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The domain isn't worth $1000, it's worth more. As to why, let's round up the usual suspects:
-name recognition, it's infamous, rather than famous, and good for lotsa hits. The new domain will get traffic just from the publicity alone, regardless of what ends up on the site.
-repurposing, with a name like RightHaven, there are several other marketing themes/strategies that could be used ("This is the Right Haven for ...")
-nyah, nyah to poke fun etc at Right Haven (as was) and the related DRM/SOPA/PIP/patent/copyright stuff.
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Or maybe just slap up a webpage that says "RightHaven sued me and all I got was this lousy domain."
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But isn't that how the whole works? (wall street; real estate; etc.)
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Trademark
"IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Searching and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on computer networks for others. FIRST USE: 20100301. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20100301"
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I guess there's a chance they've lost their taste for lawsuits (or enough assets to fund them), but I wouldn't bank on it.
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Use it to counteract the CP troll's worldwide.
Most of us pay for the "insider" badge and seeing as the Tshirt is currently sold out *grumbles* Maybe a one off payment for the RightHaven URL would be a good thing. Across 100 of us (or more) would be well worth it. Ownership might have to rest in hands of Floor64 though (unless someone can figure out a co-op situation)
We could then have a Haven online that shows the Right and ethically correct way copyrights should be used for the benefit of all.
Just a thought
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Sued by whom? Righthaven's assets are being seized and sold...this will eventually include the name and the trademarks.
Even if the current righthaven people sue, they will not get to keep the money, if any, that they win. If they can collect.
Besides, even if they do sue, they probably won't show up to court.
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