Comments on: The BlindMelon.com Story (I am not Cybersquatting) http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Decision: Denied at 2:48AM [The B-Sides] http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-50231 Decision: Denied at 2:48AM [The B-Sides] Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:02:12 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-50231 [...] Back in June I posted about how the band Blind Melon was suing me for the domain name BlindMelon.com. Well I was able to get a lawyer through the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and she helped me defend my case to the National Arbitration Forum. The band was accusing me of cybersquatting and they built their case around that but one of the first things they needed to prove was the fact that I had registered the domain in bad faith. Basically that means when I registered the domain my aim was to sell the domain name back to the band for a lot of money. [...] [...] Back in June I posted about how the band Blind Melon was suing me for the domain name BlindMelon.com. Well I was able to get a lawyer through the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and she helped me defend my case to the National Arbitration Forum. The band was accusing me of cybersquatting and they built their case around that but one of the first things they needed to prove was the fact that I had registered the domain in bad faith. Basically that means when I registered the domain my aim was to sell the domain name back to the band for a lot of money. [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42257 Mark Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:06:08 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42257 yeah exactly it was my choice so you dont have the right to come here and tell me what i should spend my money on. anyway this subject is closed. i lawyered up and will not be discussing this any further. yeah exactly it was my choice so you dont have the right to come here and tell me what i should spend my money on.

anyway this subject is closed. i lawyered up and will not be discussing this any further.

]]> By: Melon Fan http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42256 Melon Fan Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:02:49 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42256 That was you choice, not your duty. You chose to get the domain and make a site, nobody asked you to. Nobody held a gun to your head and said pay for this site. You never had to do it. So who freaking cares about how much it cost? I run two fan sites because I enjoy doing it, it takes time and a little money but I wouldn't hold that over anyones head or use it as a cheap excuse to make myself a martyr. That was you choice, not your duty. You chose to get the domain and make a site, nobody asked you to. Nobody held a gun to your head and said pay for this site. You never had to do it. So who freaking cares about how much it cost? I run two fan sites because I enjoy doing it, it takes time and a little money but I wouldn’t hold that over anyones head or use it as a cheap excuse to make myself a martyr.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42249 Mark Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:05:41 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42249 site maintainance? dude I was paying 90$ a month for fucking hosting back when it was hosted on fasthosts. 90 bucks a month! Who was paying for that? Where you paying for it? Was the band paying for it?? I was paying for it so if I got $100 off helping blind melon sell their cds then I have the right to spend it anyway i like. I never made profit from the site, I made money true but it wasnt profit. site maintainance? dude I was paying 90$ a month for fucking hosting back when it was hosted on fasthosts. 90 bucks a month! Who was paying for that? Where you paying for it? Was the band paying for it?? I was paying for it so if I got $100 off helping blind melon sell their cds then I have the right to spend it anyway i like. I never made profit from the site, I made money true but it wasnt profit.

]]> By: Melon Fan http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42246 Melon Fan Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:15:47 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42246 Links to Blind Melon CD's shouldn't have helped you AT ALL. If you were making money of the CD's you should have put it back into site maintenance, not buying clothes and shoes from amazon...ESPECIALLY when some unsuspectiing fans assumed it was an official site when it wasn't. Selfish is right. Or maybe this is Mark's claim to fame....this domain is all he has to make him feel important. Links to Blind Melon CD’s shouldn’t have helped you AT ALL. If you were making money of the CD’s you should have put it back into site maintenance, not buying clothes and shoes from amazon…ESPECIALLY when some unsuspectiing fans assumed it was an official site when it wasn’t.

Selfish is right.

Or maybe this is Mark’s claim to fame….this domain is all he has to make him feel important.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42237 Mark Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:03:19 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42237 Justice when I went and updated the site and added more feautres and a better messageboard everyone complained. When I moved it back to the old one again, everyone complained. The links to the Blind Melon cds help the band more then they help me just for your information. Justice when I went and updated the site and added more feautres and a better messageboard everyone complained.

When I moved it back to the old one again, everyone complained.

The links to the Blind Melon cds help the band more then they help me just for your information.

]]> By: Justice http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42230 Justice Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:32:20 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42230 Cajetan Baretto you said 'What happened to “LOVE PEACE AND BLIND MELON!!!” ?' ... ask Mark! It's been more than a year he closed the site and never update it since (except to add a link to the new blind melon merchandise). He don't really care about the band and he totally don't care about the melon community and now u want us to be nice with him? i think it's enough... Cajetan Baretto you said ‘What happened to “LOVE PEACE AND BLIND MELON!!!” ?’ … ask Mark!
It’s been more than a year he closed the site and never update it since (except to add a link to the new blind melon merchandise). He don’t really care about the band and he totally don’t care about the melon community and now u want us to be nice with him? i think it’s enough…

]]> By: Gabby http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42216 Gabby Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:59:43 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42216 Mark, what happened to you man? For the few years I was around the msg board I never knew you were so selfish. I just don't understand what the problem is. I don't get it... Just tell me something.. What's your reason for wanting that domain so bad? You say you don't make that much money.. The msg board is out (oh and btw, you say it was a 'technical problem' but that's NOT what it says on the msg you left.. You decided to shut it down and take away a beautiful thing from so many people b/c of "ABUSE" remember?)... Oh the whole "I grew attached" thing is SUCH bullshit.. You don't even remember that site exists anymore.. It's NEVER updated! Sorry man, but no one would go through such huge trouble for no reason... Unless you're an asshole or making shitloads of money off a band you never gave a fuck about. Mark, what happened to you man? For the few years I was around the msg board I never knew you were so selfish.
I just don’t understand what the problem is. I don’t get it… Just tell me something.. What’s your reason for wanting that domain so bad? You say you don’t make that much money.. The msg board is out (oh and btw, you say it was a ‘technical problem’ but that’s NOT what it says on the msg you left.. You decided to shut it down and take away a beautiful thing from so many people b/c of “ABUSE” remember?)… Oh the whole “I grew attached” thing is SUCH bullshit.. You don’t even remember that site exists anymore.. It’s NEVER updated! Sorry man, but no one would go through such huge trouble for no reason… Unless you’re an asshole or making shitloads of money off a band you never gave a fuck about.

]]> By: Cajetan Barretto http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42193 Cajetan Barretto Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:44:12 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42193 Hmmm. Looks like the Melon fans are beginning to show their true self now that the gloves are off. What happened to "LOVE PEACE AND BLIND MELON!!!" ? Hmmm.
Looks like the Melon fans are beginning to show their true self now that the gloves are off.
What happened to “LOVE PEACE AND BLIND MELON!!!” ?

]]> By: fake http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42176 fake Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42176 you don't need any fan to support the site... but you need a lawyer dude! you don’t need any fan to support the site… but you need a lawyer dude!

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42160 Mark Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:59:52 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42160 sorry but what you are saying is illogical. its not as if i was printing my own BM pirated cds and selling them. I was directing people to amazon and they were buying cds off them. this means every cd i helped the band sell they made money off. According to you all music stores around the world should shut down because they are making profit on selling cds.. I dont need any fan to support the site. sorry but what you are saying is illogical. its not as if i was printing my own BM pirated cds and selling them. I was directing people to amazon and they were buying cds off them. this means every cd i helped the band sell they made money off. According to you all music stores around the world should shut down because they are making profit on selling cds..

I dont need any fan to support the site.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42159 Meredith Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:56:25 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/cybersquatting/#comment-42159 Mark, you may own the domain right now, but do you really think fans are going to support any site you put on it? If you want to learn about ford you would type in www.ford.com and assume it was the official site correct? Blind Melon fans everywhere should have the ability to type www.blindmelon.com and find the official site. Its almost deceiving people, and then making a small profit to boot.....that is not right. Put yourself in someone elses shoes for a second. Mark, you may own the domain right now, but do you really think fans are going to support any site you put on it? If you want to learn about ford you would type in http://www.ford.com and assume it was the official site correct? Blind Melon fans everywhere should have the ability to type http://www.blindmelon.com and find the official site. Its almost deceiving people, and then making a small profit to boot…..that is not right. Put yourself in someone elses shoes for a second.

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