What the @#*$..Domain Piracy or What!

[D'same]

Hi Guys..,

This is my first real post...did the obligatory Intro...etc..,

I have a domain parked at Sedo and was just checking my domains by typing in the domain name in the browser address bar...complete address and lo and behold instead of the Sedo parking page coming up, what came up was a Lycos Page (similar to Yahoo Geocity) with my domain name pastered all across the page with ads etc. As the Title, in the text everything...

I managed to track down the owner by email address etc...and politely asked him/her to take down the page or buy the domain name. The page is gone now but I am just wondering if anyone ever had such an experience or if its illegal.

Seems morally wrong even if its not illegal..

Its good to be here...thanks again..

 

[Mr.Domains]

Erm... what's the question? The one in your title seems completely different to the one in the post?

Anyway, to answer the first question, domain piracy is like cloaking your info so that when someone does a WHOIS on your domain it doesn't display your phone number, address and email, for all the world to see.

Not really sure about your Sedo/Lycos parking problems though...

 

[Chelsea]

Don´t get me wrong, but are you sure that you parked the domain correctly?

 

[D'same]

Erm... what's the question? The one in your title seems completely different to the one in the post?

Pardon me if the question and post differ or I misunderstand the term "domain piracy" but what I was trying to convey is that I had a domain parked at Sedo and when I typed the domain name in the browser's address bar, instead of the Sedo parking page showing this free page showed with the domain name as the onpage title and it was also plastered around the page as part of the content text. I emailed the owner and the page was removed.

Don´t get me wrong, but are you sure that you parked the domain correctly?

Is it possible to park incorrectly? It was parked for awhile and I didn't have that problem, my browser checks always resolved to Sedo parking page....after sending an email to the owner of the page it hasn't returned...

Just alerting members as I know a lot of you have tons of domains parked and I know its impossible to check on them individually but if this is an isolated case...so be it. However, these things don't happen in a vacuum...