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

[Alex Farran]

Without a trademark on the name I doubt you can force them to hand
over the domain, but you might want to look into libel law and see if
that applies in this case.  UK libel laws are pretty strong.  A letter
to the hosting provider might do the trick.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Chris Billett <chris at chrisbillett.net> wrote:
> 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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