Kathy Griffin sues owner of KathyGriffin.com

[Dorkside]

OK, here's the thing, Kathy Griffin has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a company that owns KathyGriffin.com, claiming they are making money off her name and image.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8c1ee8232b03c6cc948e12908b1acfdf

Wonder how this will play out. I've heard of celebs going to court to get domains away from cybersquatters, but I haven't heard of anyone asking for money.

 

[George Verdugo]

kathy sucks BIG

 

[theinvestor]

i never liked her....now i know why.

 

[DomainScoop.Com]

well, its domainer fault who gave this option to file a lawsuit.

other words, domainer had thought, he had done the right thing, may be she will help him, but she is not that nice!!!

Kathy Sucks anyways
~

 

[TLDN]

{she} just won another Emmy for her reality show, "My Life on the D-List,"

{she}was contacted in July by the owners offering the site for sale for $3,500

The site, registered to Ttrafficz.com, featured the words "Kathy Griffin standup comedian" and "My Life on the D-List."

And why is Kathy Griffin in the wrong? That IS cybersquatting. Their BS actions is what gives our industry a bad name, bad rep, and the owners deserve everything that comes their way.

 

[allanh]

who is Kathy Griffin ?

 

[Dorkside]

who is Kathy Griffin ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Griffin

 

[DomainsInc]

Looks like it just dropped in July. I wonder how much it went for. Looks like it has some decent traffic.

 

[SeatBeltPads.com]

she wont get any money, maybe the domain only because on the site/page there were refences to her specifically - and she'll spend more than the $3500 asking on legal expenses - IMO she fails. Domainer can show there any many more KathyGriffens and he may be reserving to sell to one of them...either way Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner. My friend sold miley cyrus her .com for $600 in 2006 and she/her reps were wining about the price - $600 thats recovered by what...400 cd sales that she may have lost to fans that ended up on the url and saw no trace of her official site...

 

[stewie]

She's a joke anyway...

 

[vip]

That IS cybersquatting. Their BS actions is what gives our industry a bad name, bad rep,

Hey, I was gonna say that.

 

[Hurley4540]

she wont get any money, maybe the domain only because on the site/page there were refences to her specifically - and she'll spend more than the $3500 asking on legal expenses - IMO she fails. Domainer can show there any many more KathyGriffens and he may be reserving to sell to one of them...either way Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner. My friend sold miley cyrus her .com for $600 in 2006 and she/her reps were wining about the price - $600 thats recovered by what...400 cd sales that she may have lost to fans that ended up on the url and saw no trace of her official site...

LOL!

This makes me laugh a multi-million dollar group complains about a mere $600...I could understand if this was an Average-Joe but for Miley Cyrus...come 'on! That's nothing to them, they can make that off 1/16 of ONE concert!

 

[Yusio]

LOL!

This makes me laugh a multi-million dollar group complains about a mere $600...I could understand if this was an Average-Joe but for Miley Cyrus...come 'on! That's nothing to them, they can make that off 1/16 of ONE concert!

More like 1/500

 

[broe-foe]

she wont get any money, maybe the domain only because on the site/page there were refences to her specifically - and she'll spend more than the $3500 asking on legal expenses - IMO she fails. Domainer can show there any many more KathyGriffens and he may be reserving to sell to one of them...either way Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner. My friend sold miley cyrus her .com for $600 in 2006 and she/her reps were wining about the price - $600 thats recovered by what...400 cd sales that she may have lost to fans that ended up on the url and saw no trace of her official site...

"She wont get any money..."

Look, if she pays good $ to the jerk whose squatting on her name, then she'll eventually have to pay every jerk along the way, including the registrant of .mobi and probably other extensions.

"Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner."

Are you saying stars are supposed to try to beat a cybersquatting domainer to the registration or drop? Give me a break.

"My friend sold miley cyrus her .com ..."

That's nothing to be proud of. Your friend is a parasite, and gives domainers a bad name for a few hundred bucks.

...other words, domainer had thought, he had done the right thing, may be she will help him, but she is not that nice!!!~

No, she is not "that nice", nor should she be that nice. The domainer = jerk in this case, and you should recognize that. Perhaps you're in an environment where business is so cut-throat and people are so desperate that they'll eagerly screw a high achiever for a few shekels. If so, I feel sorry for you.

 

[Yusio]

"She wont get any money..."

Look, if she pays good $ to the jerk whose squatting on her name, then she'll eventually have to pay every jerk along the way, including the registrant of .mobi and probably other extensions.

"Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner."

Are you saying stars are supposed to try to beat a cybersquatting domainer to the registration or drop? Give me a break.

"My friend sold miley cyrus her .com ..."

That's nothing to be proud of. Your friend is a parasite, and gives domainers a bad name for a few hundred bucks.

1. Who's saying she has to buy up all of the extensions?
2. If she didn't get to it first that's her fault.
3. I would do the same thing.

 

[DomainsInc]

"She wont get any money..."

Look, if she pays good $ to the jerk whose squatting on her name, then she'll eventually have to pay every jerk along the way, including the registrant of .mobi and probably other extensions.

"Stars are stupid for not having their own names sooner."

Are you saying stars are supposed to try to beat a cybersquatting domainer to the registration or drop? Give me a break.

"My friend sold miley cyrus her .com ..."

That's nothing to be proud of. Your friend is a parasite, and gives domainers a bad name for a few hundred bucks.



No, she is not "that nice", nor should she be that nice. The domainer = jerk in this case, and you should recognize that. Perhaps you're in an environment where business is so cut-throat and people are so desperate that they'll eagerly screw a high achiever for a few shekels. If so, I feel sorry for you.

Pretty funny to see you say that after seeing you post so many obvious tm'ed domains.

 

[randomo]

And why is Kathy Griffin in the wrong? That IS cybersquatting. Their BS actions is what gives our industry a bad name, bad rep, and the owners deserve everything that comes their way.

Hey, I was gonna say that.

I third the motion.

 

[Fearless]

I like Kathy Griffin although HD shows she hasn't aged very well.

 

[stewie]

Kathy Griffin should sue the person writing her jokes... she was much funnier years ago.

IMO

 

[broe-foe]

Pretty funny to see you say that after seeing you post so many obvious tm'ed domains.

Lot's of TM's on generic words. The difference is, I'm no cybersquatter. The creep approaching Kathy Griffin to sell her kathygriffin.com is the problem. The guy trying to sell outrigger boats at outrigger.info is not the problem.