capemayfurmeet.org ...

[lionkingcmsl]

is now a website regarding the class action suit regarding Vioxx!!!

I will, when they post contact or copyright info, pursue the underhanded action they took in acquiring the .org domain name.

Capemayfurmeet.org in no way shape or form has anything to do with Vioxx. not in the name, what the Cape May Fur Meet is about, etc.

Is there anyone who knows more about the laws and such regarding what has happened?

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[atara.livejournal.com]

Don't think too much into it. And note, I didn't say it was a legit company.

Seriously. It happens ALL THE TIME. If your domain expires, ANY domain, it is instantly snatched up by spammers who scan lists of expired domains. Their assumption is that the domain has established traffic already, so they have pre-established visitors to the site.

Just look up "expired domains" on Google and you'll find a host of sites that list domains just waiting to be snatched up when they expire. They don't care what the domain is. They don't care who you are. They don't care what your site used to be about. It's a pre-established domain that's already listed on search engines, and they step in to suck your traffic into their ads.

The burned furs let their domain expire, and it turned into a hard-core porn site. A local amusement park let their domain lapse, and suddenly people were getting eyefuls of genitals instead of pictures of roller coasters. A friend's weblog domain expired and turned into a Prozac dispensary. No one is targeting furries - they are just grabbing whatever expired domains they can find.

These are not legit companies doing this, but what they are doing is 100% legal unless you can prove that their owning your domain is causing you financial stress or loss of business. You could probably sue them to get the domain back, IF you can find the people responsible and IF you want to pay the court fees for the hassle.

Oh, and emailing them? Does nothing, except possibly get you added to their spam list.

[the-lizard-rat.livejournal.com]

Glad I decided not to bother with getting a domain then... I get lazy like that. I'll have to point a few of my friends at your comment here to remind them to make sure theirs don't expire.

Lizard Rat out.
Now Informed in New Haven CT