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Microsoft sues 17 year old for domain

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Xeen:
Well it appears that Microsoft has reached a settlement with the kid.

     
quote:Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair.
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Looks like Microsoft not only got themselves the domain, but also promoted the hell out their products and themselves.

I wonder what they'd do if the kid said he'd give up the site if they bought him Linux products.


By the way, in case someone here wants to get into a fight with Microsoft, here are some domains up for sale:

http://www.mykrasoft.com/

micr0s0ft.info and micr0s0ft.ws

MYCROSOFT.BIZ
MYCROSOFT.INFO
MYCROSOFT.WS

MYCRASOFT.US (on sale fo just $4.95)
MYCRASOFT.NET
MYCRASOFT.ORG
MYCRASOFT.BIZ (on sale for just $4.95)
MYCRASOFT.INFO
MYCRASOFT.WS

And last but not least, MICRO-SOFT.WS is available! It'd be cool to buy that and have it redirect either here, or to a Linux site, or better yet to an Apple.com. Someone here with a credit card should really get that domain. Its only 10 bucks a year.

[ January 23, 2004: Message edited by: xeen ]

Canadian Lover:

quote:
Microsoft will pay for Rowe's expenses, the cost of switching over to a new site, provide training for certification on Microsoft's products, a subscription to Microsoft's developer program Web site, and an Xbox video game console with games, as well as an invitation to bring his parents along for a visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters for an annual technology fair.

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LOL!!! They're bribing the kid!

mobrien_12:
I think MS has a point here, but their demands are ridiculous.  The mikerosoft.com guy was willing to put a disclaimer on his site saying that the site had nothing to do with MS, but that wasn't good enough and the site is down.

restin256:
Ha, I thought you were talking about MikeRowesoft. </idiot>

If I were him I wouldn't have responded to the emails, or have just replied saying "Fuck off". I bet this opinion's useless and he was probably thinking the same thing, though.

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