IP: Humorless Comedy Central show demands battlebots.org domain

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:52:02 -0400
>To: politech@politechbot.com
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>
>
>[Battlebots (think robots mauling each other) is quite a decent show, and 
>it's a shame to see that their lawyers are just as censorhappy as anyone 
>else's. The TV show already owns battlebots.com; now they're gunning for 
>battlebots.org. The .org domain apparently has nothing to do with 
>real-world robots and everything to do with IRC 'bots, a recognizably 
>different species. I'll forward replies from aforementioned humorless 
>lawyers or comedy-impaired company representatives if they feel they can 
>publicly defend this shoddy practice of theirs. --DBM[ and so will I djf] ]
>
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>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:05:14 -0700
>To: declan@well.com
>From: Warren [last name and email address deleted --DBM]
>Subject: The battle over battlebots.org
>
>Declan,
>This small ISP's dilemma may interest the politech list.
>http://www.battlebots.org/
>
>Basically the owner is being sued for the domain name although he 
>registered the domain name before the Battlebots TV show registered the 
>name as a Trademark.
>
>Also could you leave my e-mail address anonymous?
>Thank you
>
>-warren
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