Famous people ?

[doodlebug]

What is the score with owning famous peoples names as the domain name eg, music artist or actor ?

As there been many DRS cases ?

Thanks !!! Doodlebug

NB* I am trying to avoid regging anything that could land me with a DRS.

 

[accelerator]

Some famous people, e.g. footballers, have trademarked their names, so these ones should be avoided.

Rgds

 

[Skinner]

Some actors i.e. Tom Cruise has taken action and a few others.

I think they only go for it if its negative or they don't have the .com.

 

[doodlebug]

Thanks lads !!!

They're not blatent treademarks, I will show nothing negative.
If they want the domain i will freely hand it over to them with no contesting.
They are not .com ( i wish ) lol
And no they're not .biz or .info either lol

 

[Skinner]

IF they do get in touch, and start demanding it, its worth seeing if you can reach a deal where by the have a 'degree' or censorship/control to request (read as demand) you change things. Be aware if you link to their official site they will know about your site the second someone clicks the link, but inline with the above they may request a link to the mainsite and maybe the management.

I've heard of a few people who have done this, its mostly been cutting out gossip and dodgey photos.

Make sure your clear its not their actual site too, this used to be the case where being a .org.uk or .info was clear but then pinder/marsh ended up with .info and .biz I think because Dave Reed was kinda slow when he was creating them, so now the extention is nearly irrelevant.

100% Unofficial Fan Site seems to the consensus on wording. They make it like a Stamp effect, you like an approval stamp that says

100% (large print stretched to the same size as unofficial)
Unofficial (small)
Fan Site (same as above)

and stamp it on your banner, images and randomly around the site, fan's are almost immune to this and assume its a 'gimmick' almost.

If your not too bothered with simply handing the domain over then no drs no foul, just make sure you can be contacted via the site clearly, and first step in the procedure will be to contact you NOT DRS you, so its all good.

 

[doodlebug]

Cheers Skinner !!!

Yeah i think as long as i comply with the artists wishes and place a disclaimer on the site i should be OK ?

Good point about not linking to their official site, i will avoid that one !!!

I will put an e-mail addy on there but use a disposable one to avoid spamming.

Again Thanks !!!

 

[Systreg]

Good advice from Skinner there, I'm getting a mate to make me a logo banner with this wording on it:

100% (large print stretched to the same size as unofficial)
Unofficial (small)
Fan Site (same as above)

A Doodlebug, this is what I will also be sticking in the footer of all my pages:

Please note, all images on this site are assumed to be in the public domain.
If you have an issue regarding the copyright of any photos on this site, please email me and I'll remove any offending images.
Copyright © 2008 yoursite.co.uk

 

[doodlebug]

Good idea about the images Systreg.

2 years from now we will both be on here buying 1 word generics at 20k a shot lol