Re: [Bug-gnubg] GnuBG/Play65&GE Domain Squatting

[Thomas A. Moulton]

Yeah it bugs me too and what kills me is no less than 1yr ago
i noticed it was free and thought about registering it
and said "Why?"

now i know why I should have :(

>
> Howdy all,
>
> Off the beaten path a bit - I wanted to finally address my pet peeve with
> GammonEmpire in reference to GnuBG. I have been known to give out the
> GnuBg
> url to people but I occasionally give it incorrectly as GnuBG.com . What
> bugs me is that Gammonempire/Play65 etc are cybersquatting and attempting
> to
> profit from our products name and line their own pockets. Now maybe we are
> getting kickbacks or a percentage of their profits to further our
> development?
>
> Technically cybersquatting is illegal when it Is done so to generate
> revenue. You can't tell me GammonEmpire/Play65 just so happened to choose
> that domain for some other reason. Now before people say its an isolated
> incident, I also noticed that they also own netgamon.com . Here they rely
> on
> a common typo. How many more they have I don't know.
>
> Does this irk anyone else besides me?
>
> Michael Petch
>
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