Blog "get out my namespace"

The whole topic of name ownership, to me is unbelievable. Especially when your real name is different from your "stage name", like Bill Wyman. I think that it is ridiculous to serve somebody a "cease and desist" order to a guy whose real name is Bill Wyman. That is outrageous.

The cybersquatter from Alberta, Canada, Jeff Burgar has some interesting claims. He officially owns peoples names, for website usage, but some of the domain names do not have sites yet. I think that part is wrong, but registering BruceSpringsteen.com for a Bruce Springsteen fan club should be fine. which, he managed to hold on to that name but has lost other case to contain names.

I understand if you have a copyrighted name, like Coca-Cola or McDonalds. These are trademarked names and should not be used by anyone but the company. If your name just happens to be Ronald McDonald, I think it should be fine to use it for a website. If someone uses cocacola.com or Nike.com, then they should lose the court battle.

In my opinion, no one has the right to sue some one over a "real" name. If there was another Josh Lemieux in the world, that had Joshlemieux.com, there is nothing i would do. He has the right to that name, just like I do. If I had the domain name, and the other Josh Lemieux was famous, IF it was that much of a big deal to him, we could reach a financial agreement. I think it is truly ridiculous to sue someone over a name. If you could do that, I am sure David Bowie would have sued Davy Jones from the Monkees for making a joke out of David Bowie's real name, David Jones.

People is this world , just want everything, or expect everything. Famous people get away with so much crap, that it can be intimidating for the little guy to stand up to them. The courts have to decide what is right and wrong in this area, and not flip-flop and change their minds. Famous People and corporations think they are above the law. Even Jeff Burgar thinks so, he registered many famous domain names but has done anything with them. I think that is wrong and should be stopped.