Ron Paul Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

[eyedomainous]

From the you can't make this shit up news file:

"Ron Paul lost attempts to claim two namesake domains, RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org, both of which belong to a group of ardent, Panama-based fans of the twelve-term Texas congressman. Case documents show Paul was also found guilty of "reverse domain name hijacking" because he ignored an offer by the owners to give him RonPaul.org for free.

Instead, Paul took his complaint to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency, which dismissed his suits.

Over on RonPaul.com, supporters remain incredulous that Paul, who has long been critical of the United Nations, would go through a U.N. agency to take websites from his supporters."


Ron Paul Launching New Website After United Nations Dismisses His Domain

 

[Whogister]

Well there's no innocent side to this story...

The people behind RonPaul.com aren't "fans" that became victims... They most likely made MILLIONS of
of Ron Paul's name.

Over on RonPaul.com, supporters remain incredulous that Paul, who has long been critical of the United Nations, would go through a U.N. agency to take websites from his supporters

Well I hate the IRS but I go through them to pay my income taxes.
RonPaul.com is not a site made by "supporters."

 

[Dave_Z]

Some "guilt by associations" (i.e. WIPO part of UN, ex-congressman) just happen to give some people (arguably) convenient excuses to put political color in what is essentially a civil dispute between two parties.

Somewhat unfortunately, this dispute is a tad more complex than some people realize in spite of whatever information can be found online. The real gist depends on whatever details were given to WIPO's panelists that time, which - alas - no one else will ever see other than what the decision indicated.

 

[sella.ca]

Ron should get a firm BIN price and run a kickstarter/indiegogo campain to raise whatever price the owners want (within reason). I think Ron Paul fans would be proud to help their man get "his" domain. Then again, he wouldn't even need the crowdfunding site...