[BNM] Can anyone offer some legal advise on a domain?

[Mike Cowling]

Hey Andy!

Sorry i have no info about your problem but i still owe you some pints for
helping me a couple of years back!

Hope you're well

Mike

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:22 PM, <php at amnuts.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone can help out with a bit of a legal issue involving a
> domain name and the content found on the website it points to?  Here's the
> brief story...
>
> There is a community-based organisation, mainly staffed by volunteers.  A
> while ago (March 2004) they had one of their volunteers offer to make them
> a website.  That person registered a domain name and built the site.
> However, recently they have become very disgruntled towards to
> organisation and have replaced the content of the website with porn
> banners, satanic worship banners and the like.  Obviously this is not very
> good for the organisation and the person who registered the domain on
> their behalf is claiming that they own it and can put whatever they like
> on the site.
>
> Is there are legal footing for the organisation?  Does the
> Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act have any grounds here, even
> though it's a U.S. Federal law?  Or is there something comparable in
> British law?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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