Chris Pirillo is socialsquatted; does the law care?

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pownce.com/chrispirillo is ok

Having pownce.com/chrispirillo, in my opinion, has to be OK. Here's my thought - the /chrispirillo indicates a directory and not a domain, sub-domain or alternate domain. If chrispirillo.pownce.com was the squatted name, then this would fall in the sub-domain category and an argument could be made. Creating folders or directories couldn't possibly be a problem. Let's look at the second issue - if the user is pretending to be Chris Pirillo and posting as Chris Pirillo, then we should be looking at a take-down letter. If the user fails to remove the picture and the posts, then Chris would have grounds to move forward. If the image and posts are removed then we are back to square one where the user is holding a directory and nothing more.

Here's my question - what do you think about a directory labeled chrispirillo as opposed to an sub-domain like chrispirillo.pownce.com?

Posted by: swlk   Posted on: 07/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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