Comment Defend the millionaire? (Score 1) 465
I think everyone should stop and read the WIPO doc. Because:
1) Mr. Zuccarini never bothered to even respond, so he was not concerned with losing these domain names.
2) After reading this, it seems he is not using these sites out of moral outrage, but as income. The Court found that the Respondent was a wholesaler of Internet domain names (defined as someone who acquires multiple domain names with the intent to profit from them), who owns approximately 3000 domain names, and that many of his sites featured advertisements for other sites and credit card companies where "visitors were trapped or 'mousetrapped' in the sites, unable to exit without clicking on a succession of ads. Zuccarini received between ten and twenty-five cents from the advertisers for every click." Id. at 635, 641. The Respondent's "click-based revenue now approaches $1 million per year." Id. at 640 n.7.
3) He seems to have A LOT of problems with companies, like:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc, Bama Rags, Inc., and Guinness plus
The Complainant has stated that the Respondent is no stranger to ICANN administrative proceedings and that there have been at least five ICANN decisions against the Respondent in which it has been found that he registered and used domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to famous trademarks in bad faith and without a legitimate business purpose.
This guy seems to be trying to cover his income scheme with free speech.
I believe in free speech and if he had anything useful to say that would be one thing, but he is in it to make money.
Lastly, the reason Guinness got the domains back also has to do with the fact that if Mr. Zuccarini hadn't used the GUINNESS name, his domains would be www.really-sucks.com, www.really-really-sucks.com, www.reallysucks.com, www.reallyreallysucks.com. I'll save my support for those truly oppressed by ICANN and WIPO.
1) Mr. Zuccarini never bothered to even respond, so he was not concerned with losing these domain names.
2) After reading this, it seems he is not using these sites out of moral outrage, but as income. The Court found that the Respondent was a wholesaler of Internet domain names (defined as someone who acquires multiple domain names with the intent to profit from them), who owns approximately 3000 domain names, and that many of his sites featured advertisements for other sites and credit card companies where "visitors were trapped or 'mousetrapped' in the sites, unable to exit without clicking on a succession of ads. Zuccarini received between ten and twenty-five cents from the advertisers for every click." Id. at 635, 641. The Respondent's "click-based revenue now approaches $1 million per year." Id. at 640 n.7.
3) He seems to have A LOT of problems with companies, like:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc, Bama Rags, Inc., and Guinness plus
The Complainant has stated that the Respondent is no stranger to ICANN administrative proceedings and that there have been at least five ICANN decisions against the Respondent in which it has been found that he registered and used domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to famous trademarks in bad faith and without a legitimate business purpose.
This guy seems to be trying to cover his income scheme with free speech.
I believe in free speech and if he had anything useful to say that would be one thing, but he is in it to make money.
Lastly, the reason Guinness got the domains back also has to do with the fact that if Mr. Zuccarini hadn't used the GUINNESS name, his domains would be www.really-sucks.com, www.really-really-sucks.com, www.reallysucks.com, www.reallyreallysucks.com. I'll save my support for those truly oppressed by ICANN and WIPO.
