Sep
30
2003My Anti-VeriSign proposal
30
2003
Here’s how I propose humanity deals with the VeriSign typo-jacking shenanigans. The way I see it, they are open to the world’s largest class action lawsuit. Practically every human being on Earth has a case against them.
Excerpts from: US Code: TITLE 15 > CHAPTER 22 > SUBCHAPTER III > Sec. 1125
“A person shall be liable in a civil action by the owner of a mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark under this section, if, without regard to the goods or services of the parties, that person […] (i) has a bad faith intent to profit from that mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark under this section (ii) registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name that […] in the case of a mark that is distinctive at the time of registration of the domain name, is identical or confusingly similar to that mark.”
I am not a lawyer, but I believe I legitimately excerpted that legalese, which translates in English to: Nobody can use my personal name as a domain name for the purpose of profit.
My full legal name is Jeffrey Michael Chausse. Verisign is using www.JeffreyMichaelChausse.com for the purpose of profit. Practically everyone on earth (Sorry, John Smith) could find some variant of their name which VeriSign is abusing in a similar manner.
Any lawyers want to back me up on this? I’ll be the first to join up in a class action lawsuit.