Comments on: Arunjaitley.com Is Lawfully Mine, Claims Arun Jaitley

By: Anand Srinivasan

Anand Srinivasan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:19:26 +0000

I’m unsure if that is applicable to Indians, Manisha. An article on Business Standard seems to make a similar claim (read the clarifications part): http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cyber-squatting-returnsa-bang/368858/

And that is why, like I mentioned in my comment earlier, I wonder why Bharti Airtel has not claimed the Airtel.com domain name from Vodafone so far.

By: Manisha

Manisha — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:06:45 +0000

“Though, this is a case of unethical cybersquatting, it is nowhere illegal.”

Of course it is, Arun Jaitely has every right to own the domain name at regular price instead of an exorbitant amount by some little unethical greedy auctioneer. Read the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act

By: Anand Srinivasan

Anand Srinivasan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:42:45 +0000

Thanks for the info about the anticybersquatting act, Danny. Wonder if we have a similar one in India, though.

Now, can’t help thinking why Airtel.com still redirects to Vodafone’s website!

By: Amardeep Sidhu

Amardeep Sidhu — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:22:21 +0000

I read this piece of news on timesofindia.com and couldn’t even understand that what exactly was the issue ? Then after googling i hit this post and everything became so clear. Just to stop someone from using his-name.com domain, they are creating all the non-sense.

Bullshit !

By: Danny Younger

Danny Younger — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Re: Nothing prevents me from owning a http://www.laluprasad.com or http://www.jayalalitha.com with the idea of selling it to the rightful owner at an exorbitant price when approached.

This might: In the U.S., the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act makes people who register domain names that are individuals names (with the sole intent of selling the rights of the domain name to the individual for a profit) liable to civil action. Statutory damages may be awarded up to $100,000 per infraction.

By: Abhimanyu

Abhimanyu — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:51:27 +0000

He should have tried the “.IN” domain before jumping over to Delhi HC and suing Network Solutions. That way he’d have got his domain name at perhaps below a 1000 bucks, and it would have sounded a bit patriotic too. Now with Mr. Jaitley making a storm out of the issue, perhaps even other domains are bound to face the same fate.