Just remembered about a dream I had last night...FCBayernMunchen wrote:
Dear Dr Klinger,
With reference to your letter (ref code Ref: 27cl13472 S 1712) dated May 13, 2009, please note that you mentioned 3 internet domains:
- bastianschweinsteiger.eu
- bastianschweinsteiger.com
- bastian-schweinsteiger.com
I own the latter two domains, but not the former which seems to be owned by some company in Karlsruhe, Germany. As regards the domains that I own, I have used them to put up a fansite that has been online before your client's official fansite. It's true that it hasn't been updated in a while, but I still care about it and wouldn't like to lose it.
Also, you have asked me to cancel the domains. Given the Google Pagerank of these domains, and the importance in search engines, you can safely assume that my internet registrar will keep the domain and put up yet another search site for expired domains that has polluted the internet. You would then have to threaten a lawsuit against this international company.
I am offering to settle this matter in an amicable way, as you put it, and am offering to take the trouble of transferring the domains (as opposed to cancelling them) and making sure that they end up registered in your client's name, upon receipt of an original Bayern shirt signed by Bastian Schweinsteiger himself. Such a gesture would mean a lot to me and make up for the time and money spent on developing the site, and your client should be all too happy to settle this matter easily.
Regards,
Mark Cilia Vincenti
Dumbledore7 wrote:You have a gift of a pioneer, to leverage every little thing you have to achieve something bigger. The only reason I signed up for this forum was because you locked out Lewandowski’s transfer thread to the public, when BayernForum.com was literally the best place on the internet for following his transfer (see my join date).
FCBayernMunchen wrote:I'm sending this to your wife to make her jealous.
I find it sad that they treat massive fans with legal action though. Luckily Basti was a gentleman about it, unlike Lell.
Is there actually any legal basis to demand someone hands over a domain? I doubt it...
MUTU wrote:FCBayernMunchen wrote:I'm sending this to your wife to make her jealous.
I find it sad that they treat massive fans with legal action though. Luckily Basti was a gentleman about it, unlike Lell.
Is there actually any legal basis to demand someone hands over a domain? I doubt it...
No I had nothing. I negotiated with just a 'threat' to cancel the domains as per their request and having them to sue GoDaddy instead.
MUTU wrote:At the same time, I had opened christianlell.com and andreasottl.com. Yeah, I know. I only had the domains, just in case they improved and deserved a fansiteSo one day (October 2008) I was sued by Lell's lawyers who wanted the domain. I remember chatting to him and I said I would transfer the domains if he would send me a signed shirt, and he said OK. I was stupid enough to transfer the domains, and he never sent the shirt, or answered my chats again. Thanks to him I learned an important lesson.
Then I was sued again.
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