IFPI drags WIPO into Pirate Bay fracas
p2pnet news | Music:- It looks like WIPO is to be dragged into the punch-up between Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s IFPI and Sweden’s The Pirate Bay.
TPB shanghaied the Big’s IFPI.com domain name.
“The URL www.ifpi.com was acquired by a cybersquatter who appears to have passed it on to an associate of The Pirate Bay,” says IFPI mouthperson Alex Jacob, quoted by Wired.
But not to worry.
“IFPI has already taken legal action to get the domain returned by filing a complaint in early October at WIPO under the dispute resolution procedure designed for classic cybersquatting cases such as this which involve the use of a URL in bad faith,” he says sternly.
And No, WIPO doesn’t stand for World Internet Piracy Organisation.
It’s short for World Intellectual Property Organization.
Also See:
shanghaied – The Pirate Bay hijacks Big Music’s IFPI, October 15, 2007
Wired – Anti-Piracy Group Not Amused Pirate Bay Has Its Domain, October 16, 2007
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October 17th, 2007 at 10:43 am
IFPI will get their domain back. These things are always to good to last, aren’t they?
October 17th, 2007 at 11:09 am
hmm.. TPB did aquire the domain legaly because IFPI messed up.. why shouldnt they get to keep it? TPB has a good track record in court, im sure they will get to keep the domain witch they now own thx to stupid people
if you forget to pay a subscription and it becomes aviable and someone else takes it, would you bitch about it? sure but in the end you messed up, and its all your fault.
I see no reason why someone who messed up and forgot to renew should get the domain back after it has passed on to other owners, that would be messed up and unfair.
domain names would never be aviable then as the owner can stop paying and when he wants the domain again he files a lawsuit and gets it back.. not happening tbh! not with TPB hot and smart lawyer it aint!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
IFPI will get the domain back because they are stinking rich and will lean on ICANN, WIPO and whoever else they need to, to get it back. There is a “dispute resolution” procedure designed to resolve disputes like this. In practice, it’s successfully abused by the rich to get what they want.
Fairness? They’ve heard of it.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:16 am
They’ll get it back because they will have registered IFPI as a trade mark or service mark or something similar. If you own a string of letters within the framework of some legal registration, you get first pick on owning the domain name. That’s kinda how it should be, unfortunately.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Shortcut and domains are not trade marks.
Legally they can’t win, using other ways … maybe
October 18th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I am a pirate that has gotten sick and tired of the RIAA.
The reason I pirate is because I paid hundreds of dollars for Windows XP then I can’t use it unless I ask Microsoft Servers.
That’s why I pirate is because I when I pay for a product I want to use it till the day I die, not till the day I have to upgrade to Vista, Vienna, or VisaXP(in 2016).