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[impulse]

I do not believe they said that, and even if they did, I am sure their legal department would think differently.

- Eric
http://www.bored.com

 

[phrone]

AOL Legal Department 22000 AOL Way Dulles, VA 20166

Write them, or call thieir legal department at: 703-265-1000



Did you contact them yet impulse?

 

[JohnGBUK]

I fail to see the connection with AOL in respect of this domain and it's use. Can someone put me in the picture here?

 

[labrocca]

AIM is Aol Instant Messenger which is the focus of the site.

 

[phrone]

Yes it is, but AIM and AOL are two different things..

AIM is just one of the features that AOL offers, the only decent one actually.

 

[impulse]

AOL has a trademark on the phrase "AIM" and can enforce that trademark however they see fit. They have already shut down AIMster. It is not very likely they would go after a site like aimsource, but there is always a slight chance.

I run a large company, so I have too much too lose in doing battle with AOL, but if I was just a small home business with a few websites I would not worry about it.

- Eric
http://www.bored.com

Yes it is, but AIM and AOL are two different things..

AIM is just one of the features that AOL offers, the only decent one actually.

 

[phrone]

So I take it your offer is 100% gone?

Buy AIMSource for $650.00

Hopefully you didnt ruin this thread by scaring people about TM issues where there are none.

 

[impulse]

So I take it your offer is 100% gone?

Buy AIMSource for $650.00

Hopefully you didnt ruin this thread by scaring people about TM issues where there are none.

Yes, my offer is no longer valid. But, the site does seem like a good deal for somebody else who would not be as concerned with the legal problems. I run a big company and can't afford the risk, even if it is very slight. I did not ruin this thread though. The DNForum admin put it in a category for sales with trademark issues, so that is what started it.

 

[mccollin]

AOL has a trademark on the phrase "AIM" and can enforce that trademark however they see fit. They have already shut down AIMster. It is not very likely they would go after a site like aimsource, but there is always a slight chance.

I believe that this is completely incorrect. AIMster had nothing to do with AIM messaging. AIMster was trying to do the same thing as Napster did, and they met similar fate. The owner of the company is local to where I live. The "AIM" was because his daughter was named Aimee, and she was prominantly exploited on the site with her pictures everywhere. AOL may have joined in on the legal problems that led to its demise, but it was the music industry that were leading the charge.

As far as risk goes, you need to do the checking with your own legal sources. But, I think you can look at the history. There are a TON of sites with "AIM" in their name that are AIM community sites. I don't know of any of them that have been attacked by AOL. AOL is in hot competition for share with Microsoft and Yahoo, so it would be silly for them to target and attack the community to which they are trying to grow. I see very little risk with this. Further, how much is at risk... for $650 you could just shut it down if they really attacked you.

To the contrary, Ebay has gone after ANY site with "ebay" in the url. It would be suicide to try and run a site with such a url.

 

[labrocca]

I agree...very very low risk as long as you aren't distributing anything harmful to AIM they will most likely leave you alone.

 

[phrone]

I believe that this is completely incorrect. AIMster had nothing to do with AIM messaging. AIMster was trying to do the same thing as Napster did, and they met similar fate. The owner of the company is local to where I live. The "AIM" was because his daughter was named Aimee, and she was prominantly exploited on the site with her pictures everywhere. AOL may have joined in on the legal problems that led to its demise, but it was the music industry that were leading the charge.

As far as risk goes, you need to do the checking with your own legal sources. But, I think you can look at the history. There are a TON of sites with "AIM" in their name that are AIM community sites. I don't know of any of them that have been attacked by AOL. AOL is in hot competition for share with Microsoft and Yahoo, so it would be silly for them to target and attack the community to which they are trying to grow. I see very little risk with this. Further, how much is at risk... for $650 you could just shut it down if they really attacked you.

To the contrary, Ebay has gone after ANY site with "ebay" in the url. It would be suicide to try and run a site with such a url.

Thanks for that mccollin! Thats what I wanted to say, but didn't know how. Also thanks to labrocca for helping out

Hopefully someone realizer theres no threat to buying this site, as it pretty much helps out AIM!

 

[mccollin]

By the way, the site is down at present with this:

There seems to have been a slight problem with the The Domain Name Forum database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

 

[phrone]

It's 20 minutes later and it's not down - worked for me

Threads: 1,761, Posts: 21,793, Members: 583

 

[mccollin]

Actually, it's not your site that's down. Your link in your signature produces that message. The url in your signature link is an invalid dnforum url.

 

[phrone]

All fixed, thanks.

Hopefully someone plans on jumping on this great deal..

$650 takes the whole site right now.

 

[Alexander]

A little update:

Threads: 1,789
Posts: 22,069
Members: 588

 

[phrone]

Store added, arcade added - members LOVE them both!

Threads: 1,912,
Posts: 23,607,
Members: 614

Buy it for $650

 

[phrone]

$650 and it's yours.

Google adsense is up to $166.55 total, and $9.70 this month.

 

[impulse]

What will happen with the existing forum moderators? Will they stay? If I bought it, how much work do you estimate I would have to do per week to run it?

- Eric
Bored.com

I will pay $600 for aimsource.com. I would want to use escrow.com for the closing, but I will pay the escrow.com fees.

- Eric

 

[Alexander]

All PMs answered. AIMSource.com has been SOLD!

Thanks Eric.