[wplug] DNS law?

[Zachary Uram]

Contact a lawyer. You get what you pay for in such matters is my
experience. Whatever the letter of the law may be this is relatively
new case law and a good attorney could make a huge difference,
especially since the airline likely has much deeper legal pockets than
yourself. You must also weigh how much this is worth to you. To
litigate this case may be very expensive.

Zach

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Douglas Green<diego96 at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Group-
>
> I understand that I'm not consulting an attorney by addressing your
> guys, and that your opinions don't constitute legal advice, etc.
> Nevertheless, many of you are pretty well informed regarding internet
> and The Law. Besides that, you're all pretty sharp.
>
> Some weeks ago I had a horrible customer experience with an airline.
> My issues were completely ignored by customer service, who actually
> didn't return email or phone calls. My final step was to register a
> domain name and put up a website, documenting the problems I've
> experienced with this airline.
>
> The airline owns "theirname".com.mx, but does not own "theirname".com,
> which is owned by some other travel-related company. I was able to
> purchase "theirname".us, just in time for them announcing US flight
> servce (previously, they only operated within Mexico).
>
> Today I got a cease/desist letter from a legal firm out of New York
> stating that my website is defamatory, and that I must immediately
> remove the website content AND give the airline company the Domain
> Name!!!
>
> It's this second point that I'm asking your opinions on- If I own
> airline.us, do I have to hand over the DNS to airline.com.mx who
> apparently failed to secure the top domain space despite their
> "tradename"? As far as the content being defamatory, AFIK if it's True
> then it ain't Slander!
>
> Thanks for your (non-legally binding) input! ;)
> -Doug
>
> PS- For the morbidly curious: www.volaris.us
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