Simon Grabowski
A warning about registering copyrighted domains
I'll make this section quick and to the point.
One thing you should never be tempted to do is register a domain
name that contains a company name which isn't yours, especially
when it comes to bigger companies. So don't even think of registering
MicrosoftSoftware.com or McdonaldsHamburgers.com, because their
legal departments will eat you alive. Literally.
In the early days of the net, there were a lot of "cybersquatters"
who registered company domain names in the hope that they could
bid them to massive companies and reap millions of dollars for
their efforts.
Hundreds of court cases and thousands of dollars in legal expenses
later, all that happened was the courts summoned the "little guy"
to give up his trademarked name and literally give it away to
the big companies.
So the warning is simply this. If you spot a hot domain that you
think would bring a major company's purchasing department to its
knees, resist the temptation. You'll go through much more hassle
than it's worth.
To ensure that there won't be any copyright conflicts on the particular
name, use a trademark search on any new domain. I personally use
http://www.nameprotect.com.
Tread with caution... because if you launch a multi-million dollar
venture on a domain that doesn't belong to you, you may end up
giving it away.
--------------------- About the Author ---------------------
Simon Grabowski is the owner of many online businesses that generate
close to a million dollars in annual online sales. His latest
is the BizMint.com,
a unique, sophisticated tool that helps you to explode your online
business by searching and registering from millions of expired
and soon-to-expire domain names. See http://www.bizmint.com/
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