A celebrity's name as a domain name

[Jebaited]

Can I sell or park it?

 

[korganian]

If it's their first and last name, you will be asking for their legal counsel to take action if you park it because the parking page will probably show ads relating to that celeb.

 

[Jebaited]

If it's their first and last name, you will be asking for their legal counsel to take action if you park it because the parking page will probably show ads relating to that celeb.

Sedo allows to exclude specific words from the ads.
What do you think about selling?

 

[hawkeye]

What do you think about selling?

To who?

 

[Jebaited]

To who?

Selling in general, so listing it for sale.

 

[hawkeye]

No one is going to buy a celebrities domain, so they can have legal problems instead of you. There is a reason it was available to reg. Drop it and move on.

 

[Kuffy]

I'm not sure how you can make money from celeb names, unless you start a fanclub of course. I reg'd HarlemHeat.com some years ago without doing any research. It was on a drop list, and I thought it would make a great porn site. Harlem Heat was a professional tag wrestling team, and they were great wrestlers. Out of respect for them, I didn't ever develop the site.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Can I sell or park it?

You can give it to them without any strings attached, and hope to be rewarded after the fact.

Kinda like putting in some karma work.

 

[Jebaited]

You can give it to them without any strings attached, and hope to be rewarded after the fact.

Kinda like putting in some karma work.

Sorry Jesus, I only care about money. 100k exact searches a month should be monetized

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Sorry Jesus, I only care about money. 100k exact searches a month should be monetized

Many domainers are now familiar with the remarkable news item reporting that Toronto Raptors

NBA star Chris Bosh won a judgment for $120,000 against a domainer, Luis Zavala (Hoopology.com), for registering ChrisBosh.com. The judgment apparently came down in April, but then Bosh’s lawyers reportedly convinced the judge to order that the domainer’s 800 other mainly sports and celebrity domain names domains be handed over to Chris Bosh as well, since the defendant wasn’t likely to pay the $120,000 judgement that Chris Bosh had obtained in an action under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, for cybersquatting.

What did they do with the 800 domains they won?

“I will offer the return of the domain names free of charge, but I’d also love the opportunity to show their owners how Max Deal can help.”

Full article HERE

 

[Lysted]

Person's names are as protected as trademark names. All they have to show is the 'intent'.

 

[GoKaizen]

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[Chris Hydrick]

http://adamyamada.com/penelopecruz-com-sells-flippa-505/

http://adamyamada.com/michelleobama-com-sells-3550/

Encouraging the practice @Adam27?

 

[GoKaizen]

Encouraging the practice @Adam27?

I am Not a Lawyer.

http://adamyamada.com/penelopecruz-com-sells-flippa-505/

http://adamyamada.com/michelleobama-com-sells-3550/

 

[Kuffy]

Does anyone remember the MikeRowesoft.com and Microsoft fun a few years ago?

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Does anyone remember the MikeRowesoft.com and Microsoft fun a few years ago?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft

A settlement was eventually reached, with Rowe granting ownership of the domain to Microsoft in exchange for an Xbox and additional compensation.

 

[Kuffy]

Mike Rowe took this to one of thedomain boards I can't remember which one, but it may have been DNF. Most people seemed to think that he should have continued the fight, but I think he did the right thing by accepting Microsoft's offer. It must have been a great help to him as he started his career.

 

[Steven McEvoy]

A little off topic but if its the same name as yours they really cant say much can they??

Is it the same name as yours?

 

[Jebaited]

Is it the same name as yours?

Of course not. But this name is pretty common, there are tens of occurrences in our local social network.

 

[Lysted]

Same name as yours - then you are fine, but if you try to sell it to celebrity, then it is not. 'Intent' that is what matters.

 

[Jebaited]

Same name as yours - then you are fine, but if you try to sell it to celebrity, then it is not. 'Intent' that is what matters.

What if I list this domain for public sale and the celebrity wants to buy it?

 

[Chris Hydrick]

What if I list this domain for public sale and the celebrity wants to buy it?

If the celebrity isn't offended, and the domain is offered at a reasonably price (less than legal fee's) than the celebrity might buy it to save time.

What if the domain is bought by another domainer, and that domainer is sanctioned to a lawsuit from the celebrity? Will you still be implicated?

 

[Jebaited]

If the celebrity isn't offended, and the domain is offered at a reasonably price (less than legal fee's) than the celebrity might buy it to save time.

What if the domain is bought by another domainer, and that domainer is sanctioned to a lawsuit from the celebrity? Will you still be implicated?

Well, if that domainer is getting sued, it must be his own fault (using celebrity's personality).

 

[frank-germany]

it all depends

my name for example is a mass name like smith / miller

so who is the legit owner?

me.

so if you drop that name let me please know I pay you the reg fee

 

[Lysted]

What if I list this domain for public sale and the celebrity wants to buy it?

I do not think there is any difference between public or private sale. 'Monetary Gains' is the keyword here. You do not have rights to the name if

a) You cannot prove that it is for your own personal use
b) You cannot establish the relationship to the name
c) You cannot prove that it is not registered solely for monetary gains

All three points above point to 'intent'. Not related to celebrity, classical case is 'Nissan dot com', owned by person who ran his business as Nissan computers, and his last name is Nissan as well. Nissan Motors has lost all their cases.

What if the domain is bought by another domainer, and that domainer is sanctioned to a lawsuit from the celebrity? Will you still be implicated?

If you are selling the domain to another domainer, and there are no terms in the sale such as 'you are not aware of trademark violations', you cannot be sued by buyer domainer. If you have legal agreement for sale, make sure to enter the term that violation of agreement (called "severance") is capped by the amount it is sold for.

Celebrity cannot sue you since you are not directly selling to them.