OUTRAGED.
i'm in the journalism lab at uni working on a project due on thursday, when procrastination hits me like a drunk boyfriend & i google "babyporridge".
there are several things wrong with the third link.
1) THE BABYPORRIDGE.COM DOMAIN NAME SHOULD BE OWNED BY ME,
2) I AM NOT A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, &
3) IF I WERE A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, I WOULD BE CALLED 'TURDFACE ELITE'
regardless of whether or not i intended on becoming an internet conglomerate of sorts, i put a face behind the 'babyporridge' name. i know im probably getting my knickers into a tighter knot than is socially advised, but this makes me angry.
do i even have any options available to me in a quest to regain ownership of this domain name?
babyporridge.com, i hope your next eight meals taste like shit.
Posted in: on Monday, May 26, 2008 at at 1:45 PM
funny enough I googled babyporridge yesterday & found it. Luckily, it is serving Australia, New Zealand, and numerous Pacific Islands, hah hah
I'd join your social network, there'd probably be some sort of crazy initiation though...hah hah
hmmm....1 down. I don't wanna think right now about how many more to go.
later
o miss porridge, ur hatred towards bastards like this makes me feel like there is some hope for the human race. I had a similar problem, I wanted to register a .com but many of the ones I wanted were 'parked' but could be bought - some cost several thousand dollars. As for getting it back, you'd probably have to buy it. Unfortunately, there's no restrictions on who can register a .com, unlike .com.au - babyporridge.com.au is available, as are several others.
You could also just wait for the site to close, which it probably will, it looks shit.
I too hope that their next 8 meals taste like shit and all their toenails grow inwards.
the dirty bastards...
OH MY WORD!
How dare they!! Whoever stole your name for the purpose of social networking deserves to have no friends for the rest of their life. Karma says so!
it seems the operated of oziwi.com wanted to cash in on your notoriety generated by the Seven Network News report, since it was registered on the 17th April 2008 (US time), which would make it 18th here in Oz.
Go register .com.au etc... its not 'spensive do it do it do it..
Yeah - if you gain even a tiny bit of noteriety, your name will get registered. At this point, you could make a personal appeal (a nice one). No harm in that. I registered a domain for another youtber who I liked and I just did it to give it to her as a thanks for being entertaining. Sorry I didn't do the same for you. :( But maybe these people did, just because it's a way of getting your attention.
Though, yes, they're probably just looking for Aussie youtubers.
Definitely consider just asking them nicely though before getting agressive.
Actors have this problem, the minute you're in the union on the roster, your name will be taken.
I actually once managed to get a legal method of getting a name from someone though because her name was recognizable enough and on the site was some pretty nasty stuff. However, she had some lawyers behind her and there we did pay out some real money for it.
What about .net .org and others? Although, I know .com is the most prestigious.
Whats the problem with my domain? I intend to market a range of baby producys online....
Seen as your acting like a baby you might want to buy some...lol
Gregg Nelson