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

[Chris Billett]

Also gutted to hear about the problem - sounds nasty - the best I can  
offer is this:
http://www.website-law.co.uk/resources/domain-name-disputes/reverse-domain-hijacking.html

A series of links.

CB

On 1 Aug 2008, at 12:08, Mike Cowling wrote:

> 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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