Scarlett Johansson Wins ScarlettJohansson.com - GoFuckYourself.com

fris · 12-29-2008, 08:29 AM

Actress Scarlett Johansson has won rights to the domain name ScarlettJohansson.com in an arbitration decision at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Johansson has starred in numerous movies including Lost in Translation, Match Point, and The Ghost Whisperer and been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards.

The details of the domain name arbitration case are rather interesting. Apparently the owner of the domain, Tristan Dare, set up a contest on the site that invited people to win a shot at a ?threesome? with Johansson. However, the threesome was actually just the chance to go to Johansson?s movie Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona with two other people. Contestants had to send an e-mail explaining why they should be the winner.

As an indication of how much traffic the domain received, Dare said the site had 100,000 visits over 4 days and 10,000 people entered the contest. It also received media attention.

Johansson had nothing to do with the contest, but Dare said an ?anonymous? person e-mailed him offering $10,000 to run a campaign promoting the movie. When Dare declined, he claims the person offered $20,000. He said he wouldn?t take money because he?s an artist, but created the site as a parody for non-commercial gain. Dare didn?t provide the e-mails to the WIPO panel.

source: http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/24...m-domain-name/

cardinalvices · 12-29-2008, 08:31 AM

Omg how could it happened? She has nothing to do with this domain name, isn't she?

HorseShit · 12-29-2008, 08:32 AM

domain squatters will be punished

The Duck · 12-29-2008, 08:43 AM

He fucked that up didnt he.

FreeHugeMovies · 12-29-2008, 09:00 AM

bad news for the idiot trying to sell terapatrick.net or whatever that domain was.

pornlaw · 12-29-2008, 09:07 AM

If he set it up as nothing more than a fan site he probably could have kept it.

There was probably some sort of commercial gain to the site.

I would be interested in the details....

czarina · 12-29-2008, 09:17 AM

he should've said YES to the $20,000. Now he has no money and no domain. Moronic artists!

ffmihai · 12-29-2008, 09:47 AM

nice read

CaptainHowdy · 12-29-2008, 10:48 AM

More POWA to the WIPO!

JP-pornshooter · 12-29-2008, 10:56 AM

strange to me also.. i mean her stage name is nothing more than a trade marked / copyrighted legal article, how could she be entitled to the url?
Is there legal precedence for this?

lazycash · 12-29-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by czarina

he should've said YES to the $20,000. Now he has no money and no domain. Moronic artists!

Agreed, hell I would have just taken the 20k and said here's the domain to do with what you please.

96ukssob · 12-29-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Agreed, hell I would have just taken the 20k and said here's the domain to do with what you please.

for sure, what an idiot.

Violetta · 12-29-2008, 11:06 AM

strange...

Iron Fist · 12-29-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by kandah

He fucked that up didnt he.

By not providing the e-mails to WIPO that he declined financial gain, he probably would of won! So the story is probably bullshit, he knew he would lose the domain and probably made a shitload of cash off of it already anyways.

John-ACWM · 12-29-2008, 02:42 PM

I love her anyway

kane · 12-29-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JP-pornshooter

strange to me also.. i mean her stage name is nothing more than a trade marked / copyrighted legal article, how could she be entitled to the url?
Is there legal precedence for this?

It seems like if you are famous and someone owns the domain of your name you can get it back. If this domain was owned by someone who had the same name then she probably would have lost the case, but stars can make the argument that someone else is using their name to profit from or to generate business and that they should not be allowed to do that.

It really is no different than if you owned pepsi.com and had some ads on it or had anything at all that could either generate you income or exposure. Pepsi could then say you are using their name for some form of gain.

There is a long list of celebs who have fought for and gotten their domains back from other people. Madonna was even able to get madonna.com back.

Like someone else said if it was just a fan site with no income the guy probably would have won as well, but since it wasn't and the domain's owner isn't also named Scarlett Johansson it would be hard for him to argue that he wasn't trading on her name.

pornlaw · 12-29-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kane

It seems like if you are famous and someone owns the domain of your name you can get it back. If this domain was owned by someone who had the same name then she probably would have lost the case, but stars can make the argument that someone else is using their name to profit from or to generate business and that they should not be allowed to do that.

It really is no different than if you owned pepsi.com and had some ads on it or had anything at all that could either generate you income or exposure. Pepsi could then say you are using their name for some form of gain.

There is a long list of celebs who have fought for and gotten their domains back from other people. Madonna was even able to get madonna.com back.

Like someone else said if it was just a fan site with no income the guy probably would have won as well, but since it wasn't and the domain's owner isn't also named Scarlett Johansson it would be hard for him to argue that he wasn't trading on her name.

100% correct ... and if the name is a stage name and its trademarked, the infringer could be looking at a Anti-Cybersquatting claim as well as a trademark infringement claim...

That was the approach we took in the Devinn Lane infringement case...

http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece....&q=devinn+lane

sortie · 12-29-2008, 08:02 PM

Not really news, if a well know person who profits from their name wants the
domain with their name then they will get it.

If you buy TomCruise.com then sell it for any decent offer before you get slammed.

TidalWave · 12-29-2008, 08:03 PM

it said arbitration ... so it was mutually agreed

D Ghost · 12-29-2008, 10:27 PM

good for her

Barefootsies · 12-29-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jdavis

domain squatters will be punished

This is called, sweet justice.

LiveDose · 12-29-2008, 10:29 PM

Damn I love her tits.

12-29-2008, 08:29 AM	#1
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,252	Scarlett Johansson Wins ScarlettJohansson.com Actress Scarlett Johansson has won rights to the domain name ScarlettJohansson.com in an arbitration decision at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Johansson has starred in numerous movies including Lost in Translation, Match Point, and The Ghost Whisperer and been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards. The details of the domain name arbitration case are rather interesting. Apparently the owner of the domain, Tristan Dare, set up a contest on the site that invited people to win a shot at a ?threesome? with Johansson. However, the threesome was actually just the chance to go to Johansson?s movie Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona with two other people. Contestants had to send an e-mail explaining why they should be the winner. As an indication of how much traffic the domain received, Dare said the site had 100,000 visits over 4 days and 10,000 people entered the contest. It also received media attention. Johansson had nothing to do with the contest, but Dare said an ?anonymous? person e-mailed him offering $10,000 to run a campaign promoting the movie. When Dare declined, he claims the person offered $20,000. He said he wouldn?t take money because he?s an artist, but created the site as a parody for non-commercial gain. Dare didn?t provide the e-mails to the WIPO panel. source: http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/24...m-domain-name/ __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

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