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Ohio Company Utube.com Sues YouTube

Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:30 PM EST
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Dennis M Wright

Why don't they just sign up for AdSense and make a killing?

  • 7 votes
Reply#1 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:39 PM EST
brgiant

Why don't they just buy a new domain and call it universaltube.com?

Too easy, and it won't get them any lawsuit money.

  • 5 votes
#1.1 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:46 PM EST
Dennis M Wright

They might not be reckoning on winning their lawsuit, might just be after the publicity.

  • 4 votes
#1.2 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:48 PM EST
Vanadium

Someone already seems to own universaltube.com (WHOIS information abridged below):

Registrant:
Universal Tube
2607 Bond
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
US

Domain Name: UNIVERSALTUBE.COM

Record expires on 08-Jul-2008.
Record created on 08-Jul-1999.
Database last updated on 1-Nov-2006 17:48:32 EST.

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#1.3 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:59 PM EST
Tony Angelo

How hard would it be for Google to just host utube.com on their servers -- for free, for life. Seriously. If no other servers in the world could handle it, Google's could.

  • 7 votes
#1.4 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 6:10 PM EST
Tim.

Yeah, they would make a fortune

    #1.5 - Sat Nov 4, 2006 6:57 PM EST
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    scottf

    Hmmm... convenient how this happened right after Google bought them.

    • 3 votes
    Reply#2 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:51 PM EST
    Dan Diemer (EDC)

    Thats idiotic, they sound like they've been listening to Ted Stevens too much lately. They won't get a dime because there is neither a copyright or trademark infringement on Youtube's part or any way to prove that Youtube was maliciously trying to destroy their site. That's like trying to sue AT&T for having a phone number one digit off of yours.

      Reply#3 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 7:12 PM EST
      Ben Hardy

      didn't someone try that?

        #3.1 - Wed Nov 1, 2006 7:28 PM EST
        Lee Stone

        Thats idiotic, they sound like they've been listening to Ted Stevens too much lately.

        That must mean utubes tubes are clogged!

          #3.2 - Fri Nov 3, 2006 1:46 PM EST
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          coxy

          How hard would it be for Google to just host utube.com on their servers -- for free, for life. Seriously. If no other servers in the world could handle it, Google's could.

          I agree with this, and I was thinking it the other day before this news story was posted.

          I didn't know they had filed a claim against YouTube, but I've visted utube.com before now just to see who owns it - and its such a crap site that I figured YouTube.com should actually host it for them. Maybe do what http://www.firefox.com/ does in return.

          I hate people sueing others over petty things such as this. I might write an insulting email to utube.com.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#4 - Thu Nov 2, 2006 7:05 AM EST
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