if somone bought a website name of a rock band's name (say, 'rockband.com') during the early days of the net, how can the band get the site domain name back? is there any kind of law or something that automatically entitles the actual group or artist their name? if so, who would you contact to get the name back?
126990
You have to find a "Who Is" list on godaddy, etc. and try to purchase it from the current owner. Unfortunately, there are so many domain pirates out there.
411212
There are sites like godaddy.com that you buy domain names for a few bucks.\n\nIf you dont want to pay that, you can get site like example.com/yoursite. Google ye if ye doubt.
258182
Yes,  go here\nhttp://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp\n\nfind out more information about your domain name.  this is whois checker and will give you information about who owns it, address, email contact, phone etc.\nvery bottom there is a place called DNS = this will show you your server.
630704
That is something that a person would have to know the members of to get a fitting name.\n\nA band name should be cool, yet personalized. Just get everyone together, have a brain storming session, and throw it all against the wall, see what sticks, take ideas from everywhere.\n\nAny name someone here would use would just be a name, you want something with some meaning!\n\nThis is your band.
462752
There is nowhere to get free domain names that I know of.\n\nOnce they expire, if a company doesn't purchase the name, they go back into the mix for anyone to purchase.\n\nBut I don't know of anywhere that gives away expired names, they expired because the annual fee wasn't paid.  You would have to pay it to get the name silly.
154730
Who did you buy it from?\n\nBuying a site name doesn't mean you have a site, you have to have it hosted by someone. Ofcourse, some companies - like godaddy.com will let you have parking page even if you don't have the space to host the site.
248590
well...you DID say pretty please, so I guess I'll help.\n\nsite name = is what you're calling the site....for example, if you google something, and you get a list of all the website...the name at the top that you can click on to get to the website is called the site name.\n\nsite tagline = "It appears above, below or next to your business name and logo on every page of your site, but is especially prominent on your home page"
541128
the host is not necessarily the designers! but\n\nthe command traceroute let's you know how to get there... and you always get to a server by it's hosting company.\n\nand whois shows the registry of the name. not necessarily the host.
157862
when domain names aren't paid for they go back into the pool to be sold again to whoever buys them. That person can use them for porn, advertising or whatever they want.
134581
Don't pretend to be them. That could get you into some trouble. \nHowever, if you were to set it up as a tribute site, that is different. You can list as much info as you want about them, but be sure to put SOMEWHERE on the page that its a tribute page and you are NOT trying to be them.\nAlso, don't allow the music to be downloadable unless you KNOW for a fact the band is ok with free distribution. (Example: A Metallica fan site doing this would be a VERY BAD IDEA.)
61283
You must be the person who registered it. By not registering it you have no rights to it and in fact you did exactly what these sites want you to do and that is show an interest in a site so they can park on it. You should have used somebody like Netsol to search for the address and then any of the dozens of trusted registars to register it the second you thought you wanted that address.\n\nNow if you still want to have that address you have to show that you have a claim to that site and the current owner is just parking on it. The process will not be easy and will not be quick. I would suggest writting back to this outfit and ask them what they think is a fair fee for the domain name. If they come back with a number you are unwilling to pay then I would write them back that you are going to file a complaint with ICANN and you have the documentation to show they are illegally parking on the domain. This will probably get you another offer from them. To give you an idea the last group I had do this wanted $3000.00 for the domain which then came down to $500 when I talked tough.\n\nSorry but just like anything else you need to be fast and assume your going to get screwed in business. If there is anything we can do to help please contact us.
581478
Some time back, the fashion company Armani had apparently sued a gentleman by the name of A. R. Mani to get hold of a domain name. \n\nIt seems they tried intimidating him. He was ok with the idea of giviing up the domian name but he wanted to be compensated for the costs of printing new business cards and stationery etc. \n\nThe company refused although it offered him an expensive suit for his trouble. He just wanted the compensation. \n\nThe case went up to either ICANN or WIPO which ruled in favour of Mr. Mani.\n\nYou could try and get more information on this of the net. It does seem similar to your case.
286172
Check eBay 'Domain Names' Category. There are alot of names on there that sold in the $100s and some other rare ones sold in the $1000s. That is the only place I know of. If there are more I don't know of them. Since I do not do stuff like this.\nGood Luck!!!
49710
That is weird.\nCybershark.net is an online forum. Maybe she bought something from it, although I did not see any products being sold.\n\nYou can contact the owner of the domain name for more information.\nhttp://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jhtml;jsessionid=MNUFCPGIRBFIUCWMEAPSFEY?whoistoken=0&imageKeyPage=/whois/entry.jhtml&_requestid=493543
22189
I looked into this briefly and since I can't tell who you are it is difficult to determine if your domain name has been somehow hijacked. I suggest you go to Samspade.org and type in your domain name. Click the button called "Do Stuff" and you will find the registration information for that domain name. By clicking on the DNS address (the long string of numbers at the top of the Whois page) you will find the server that is hosting this website and contact information. Your first contact if your domain has somehow been hijacked should probably be your domain name registrar, which appears to be Register.com.\n\nThe most likely way that this can happen is that your domain registration expired and someone renewed before you did using that domain name. Some companies specialize in this business. Domain hijacking is also possible. Good luck.
51965
I am assuming that they stole your copyrighted content and design as opposed to stealing your domain name by altering DNS. In this case I think you are somewhat defenseless except to rewrite your website bigger and better.
22894
It's up to the webmaster. The domain name (like yahoo.com or netscape.net) is the 'root' of the website; any URL with something that appears before the domain name is subsidiary to the domain name. Since domain names can be used for a variety of purposes (such as mail, file transfer, etc.) www. is generally used to denote a >>web page<< that is part of the domain... but it's not a requirement, as any browser can easily determine whether what it's reading is a web page or not, no matter what it's named.