Feathercoin dot ORG / NET / INFO Domains Hacked!
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I’m no expert, but at this point I think your only recourse may be to buy the domains from the individuals who currently own them. And the sooner the better.
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[quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“2100” timestamp=“1368179366”]
I’m no expert, but at this point I think your only recourse may be to buy the domains from the individuals who currently own them. And the sooner the better.
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I have a funny feeling that the owner/register of the domains is either not going to give them up, or is going to request an absurd amount of money. Of which really wouldn’t surprise me. -
Then again … why pay them? .COM is the accepted TLD. No one pays much attention to .NET and .INFO. The .ORG is probably not a big issue either. If the current owners are not asking a lot to sell them, it may be worth it. Otherwise, I personally wouldn’t bother since .net, .info. org aren’t really worth much compared to the .COM.
With all that said, protecting a (for lack of a better term) brand is [b]very important[/b]. The fact that it was brought up on this forum shows some people will find these links. How many will not have teh internet wit to figure out the .COM is the actual site and the others are spammers is a guess, but I’d guess low.
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[quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“2102” timestamp=“1368179969”]
Then again … why pay them? .COM is the accepted TLD. No one pays much attention to .NET and .INFO. The .ORG is probably not a big issue either. If the current owners are not asking a lot to sell them, it may be worth it. Otherwise, I personally wouldn’t bother since .net, .info. org aren’t really worth much compared to the .COM.With all that said, protecting a (for lack of a better term) brand is [b]very important[/b]. The fact that it was brought up on this forum shows some people will find these links. How many will not have teh internet wit to figure out the .COM is the actual site and the others are spammers is a guess, but I’d guess low.
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One key way I can think people will end up on .org… Is thinking logically from the Litecoin URL http://Litecoin.org . http://Litecoin.com redirects to org. x:http://Bitcoin.com redirects to http://Bitcoin.org too.
http://Ppcoin.com also redirects to http://Ppcoin.org
If anything, http://Feathercoin.com is the odd one out. ^^;
Seems someone has spotted a mistake/flaw in this community and are looking to profit from it. IMO.
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[url=http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/avoid-trademark-infringement-domain-name-29032.html]http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/avoid-trademark-infringement-domain-name-29032.html[/url]
If you choose a domain name that conflicts with any one of the millions of commercial names that already exist, you risk losing it. And if you’ve put money and sweat into marketing your website and then are forced to give the domain name up, your Web-based business is likely to suffer a damaging, if not fatal, blow.
The rules for understanding whether a legal conflict exists comes from trademark law. Here are the basics you need to understand:
[b]Names that identify the source of products or services in the marketplace are trademarks.[/b]
Trademarks that are clever, memorable or suggestive are protected under federal and state law.
Trademarks that are descriptive and have achieved distinction through sales and advertising can be protected under federal and state law.
One trademark legally conflicts with another when the use of both trademarks is likely to confuse customers about the products or services, or their source.
[b]In case of a legal conflict with a later user, the first commercial user of a trademark owns it.[/b]
If a legal conflict is found to exist, the later user will probably have to stop using the mark and may even have to pay the trademark owner damages.Customer Confusion
Applying these principles to your domain name selection, you are at risk of losing your chosen domain name if the owner of an existing trademark convinces a judge or arbitrator that your use of the domain name makes it likely that customers would be confused as to the source or quality of the products.
Sometimes similar domain names can cause customers to buy different goods or services than what they intended to buy. For instance, suppose, on the recommendation of a friend, you decide to purchase Lee’s famous Flamebrain barbecue sauce, which is sold only on the Web. You intend to type “flamebrain.com” into your browser but accidentally enter “flamerbrain.com” instead. You get a website run by Henry, who has both copied Lee’s idea to offer a barbecue sauce for sale on the Web and, with a very minor variation, the name of Lee’s sauce. You order two bottles, completely unaware that you ordered the wrong product from the wrong website. You get a barbecue sauce that is much inferior to Lee’s famous sauce.
Protected TrademarksCustomer confusion matters only if a domain name that’s similar to the one you want to use is a protected trademark. To be protected, a trademark must be distinctive. A name may be distinctive because it is made up (chumbo.com for an online software store), arbitrary in the context of its use (apple.com for computer products), fanciful (ragingbull.com for investment advice) or suggestive of the underlying product or service (salon.com for an online magazine). If a domain name uses surnames, geographic names or common words that describe some aspect of the goods or services sold on the website (healthanswers.com for online health information) it is ineligible for trademark protection unless the owner can demonstrate distinction through substantial sales and advertising. If the trademark owner has been able to register a name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it is probably distinctive.
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Feathercoin.com who.is information:
[quote=who.is]
Registrant Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 123 43
City: YBN
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1z5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095750
Email: hushh@tormail.orgAdministrative Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 1007-1221 Homer St
City: Vancouver
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1c5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095730
Email: aaa.@gmail.comTechnical Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 1007-1221 Homer St
City: Vancouver
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1c5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095730
Email: aaa.@gmail.comInformation Updated: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:25:21 UTC[/quote]
Legitimate or not, you decide. If it’s not legitimate information we can try and contact GoDaddy on grounds of falsified information.
If it IS legitimate information, it’s a possible foothold into talking with the Domain registerer.Update:
A little background check on this person reveals he owns 99 domain names, I doubt he was hacked.
Domains include:
http://LiteCoinExchangeRate.com
http://LiteCoinFaucet.com
http://LiteCoin.net
http://NameCoinFaucet.com
http://ppcoinwatch.com
http://litecoincalculator.org
http://LiteCoinWatch.org
http://NameCoinMarket.org
http://LiteCoinMarket.org
http://NovaCoinFaucet.com
http://PpCoinCentral.com
http://NovaCoinMarket.comAnd the list continues… X:
As this person owns LiteCoin.net … I’m really leaning towards this person is out to make quick money and to taint FTC. x:
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I wonder if “they” are monitoring this discussion. Just a guess. Check the sites now.
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[quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“2114” timestamp=“1368182062”]
I wonder if “they” are monitoring this discussion. Just a guess. Check the sites now.
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It seems most of the domains aren’t actually pointed at anything ‘yet’ but being a domain registrar of so many makes me wonder what this person is actually upto. :/ -
Currently they’re all pointing to this …
[url=http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090930/640/demotivators_640_12.jpg]http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090930/640/demotivators_640_12.jpg[/url]
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FYI the person who did that was cycloid from bitcointalkorg. I actually saw the post where he mentioned it being a “stretch” for Feathercoin to get noticed and then posted the links to those three sites. Then dreamwatcher commented on it and put him down for doing such idiotic things.
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[quote name=“aysyr” post=“2127” timestamp=“1368184855”]
FYI the person who did that was cycloid from bitcointalkorg. I actually saw the post where he mentioned it being a “stretch” for Feathercoin to get noticed and then posted the links to those three sites. Then dreamwatcher commented on it and put him down for doing such idiotic things.
[/quote]URL to post mentioned above …
[url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg2083303#msg2083303]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.msg2083303#msg2083303[/url]