Martha Stewart Might Be Suing Me

So I've been purchasing a lot of domain names lately. I've bought some domain names that have famous people's names in them such as Martha Stewart. I bought MarthaStewartTube.com and some other website domain names as a courtesy to some high profile celebrities and companies that wouldn't want a youtube style website about ONLY them on the internet. So I saved these domain names a professional courtesy...

I just got billed $20 by an internet company that I work with for my domain names because they had to process some kind of legal complaint on the domain name, MarthaStewartTube.com

Now keep in mind this is a courtesy I've done for celebrities and companies, holding onto these domain names and spending a lot of money to do so.

Now Martha Stewart or her people, want to take up legal action. I'm sure this will get ironed out really quickly once they call me but we'll see. I thought this would give you guys a good laugh.

+ as you see I have the domain name directed to no website, so they can't claim damages or any losses or anything of the sort.

do you guys know any laws pertaining to domain names on the internet? such as this?

hahaha

stupid martha stewart!

a private company, I believe domainsbyregistry.com contacted me right now asking me to confirm my mailing address.

I told them the story really quick, explained to them what I was doing is a professional courtesty and told them I don't appreciate martha stewart filing a lawsuit and to tell her to contact me through my domain company and that I don't want to talk through some private company I don't do business with.

Just out of interest Michael.

I've heard somewhere, floating about in internet traffic that godaddy awarded you a shitload of credits.

Now, I'm not critisizing or mocking, but why choose to spend them on irrelevant names? If someone was searching for "youtube" I highly doubt they'd type in mathastewarttube by mistake. Additionally, the way in which search engine ranking works is as follows; Your website gets it's pagerank set upon the amount of links you get on websites, the higher the website pagerank you have your link on the more beneficial it wil be to your pagerank. Now, purchasing a shit load of domains ((unless they are all heavily promoted) will not in any way boost your pagerank or add any value in the form of traffic to your website.

If I get the wrong idea, just say. I mean of course it's your choice and none of my business. I'm just intruiged.

Here's what I'm doing, pretty much I am starting up a new series of websites online that will be video sharing sites, for expample wrestlingtube.com will be a video sharing website for wrestling videos. now weak doesn't want me plugging websites on here so I won't describe the bulk or amount of domain names I've purchased but you should get the picture --------------> it's a lot

So I knew that this idea will work out so I also purchased the domain names of marthastewarttube.com, howardsterntube.com, marthatube and howardtube.com and I'm saving all these domain names and other celebrity and company domain names so that some kid in some far away country owns the domain name and hosts copyrighted videos, cheating the companies or the celebs.

so I bought a ton of these domain names, websites that I will use and have content on and also probably around 150 + domain names of celebrites and companies and I'm just holding them, protecting them as a professional courtesy. I also own everything from foxtube.com to cnntube.com to wwetube.com to every you can possibly imagine in your mind __________tube.com

for example, I already called wwe legal offices and told them I had a domain name I'm holding for them as a professional courtesy, wwetube.com and I told a couple people that work in their company that I know that I had the domain names and that if they wanted them, have them contact me. wwe hasn't contacted me yet but they will for sure, that company is just so busy with so many things so this isn't on their priority list.

I also told somebody at TNA that I had tnatube.com and I was holding it for them. im not trying to extort anybody. and that's the story....

I underatand you're pretecting domains for companies, perhaps I dare say trying to make a spare buck as a few people I know have done the exact same thing.

But, any particular reason they all end in "tube" ? There are probably millions of other words people could register instead of tube. I aint gonna go into it anymore as of course it's business and your business is none of mine.

Just interested in the aspects of it all.

I've always liked the word tube a lot for tv and I had a business idea about this word probably like 5 years ago. anyways, youtube went online and I thought that website was cool but it was just too clustered and unorganized so I'm just trying to create a few websites with targeted video content.

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haha, yeah, Im sure its all done out of the goodness of your heart Michael. Courtesy? Mate, you did it to make money, do you think we're fucking idiots?



I find this the strangest of statements. Here's a man that talks about "his entertainment lawyers" non stop on here, trying to bring them into every sentence and has threatened me and other people through them. Why wouldnt you just call them instead of asking a board full of people with no qualifications in law? Gee? I wonder if its because your entertainment lawyers dont even exist Moody?

I dont know why you jump on every bandwagon and steal other companies names. iHomegrown, WrestlingTube? haha Get some of your own ideas you unoriginal fuck. Its gay

I don't take this as a serious legal threat what so ever, I find it funny. that is why I haven't even bothered to call my entertainment lawyers. they would just sit here and laugh with me.

and yes it was a professional courtesy believe it or not because I already offered company workers in wwe and tna wwetube.com and tnatube.com so take that one to the bank.

elliot, at least I do things with my life. all u do is sit here and type insults to me. and you want to talk shit to me?

haha Make your mind up dickhead.



HAHAHA. Ill choose not to beleive it but thanks for the option. You must be really bored if you go around protecting Martha Stewarts interest during the day out of the goodness of your heart.

give it up already Elliot. fuck man, we all know you don't like Moody or anything it does, but no reason to start the usual e-fighting in this thread.

I understand why you complain about the HGC stuff, but there's just straight up no point in arguing over this matter.

the first line of websites should be ready in about 3 weeks if everything goes as planned. I thought things would be simpler but I decided to go with having a programmer create me an exclusive code that transfers all kinds of video into flash player technology video. it's not expensive to have a programmer create an exclusive code like this but it does cost a good amount of money, but once I own the code, I can do whatever I want with it on any many websites as I want. I'm also developing some myspace style technology websites that will be used in conjunction to gather footage for 2 tv shows (not the homegrown tv show) but I can't go anymore in depth than that but trust me, the ideas are unique are really cool.

Is it just me, or did that not make any fucking sense?

Theres no way I'm reading everything people have said.

But haha, that's great Moody, haha.
I would love to see this on a South Park episode, I can see it happening.

there is a difference between expensive and a good amount of money. it's a thin line but I know what is a reasonable price.

How much did all these domains set you back?

If you have to meet her lawyers, show up in this mask.

LMAO!

lol I find it ammusing that your basis for this is 'a courtesy to some high profile celebrities and companies.' there was a law back in the day called cybersquating that made people who had like names of people or companies as domains give them up the companies.

basically you made the domain knowing someone would see it, and now that someone has you think you are being sued? if anything they will just take the shit away from you.

I think he meant he's not joking about the fact she might sue him, not the fact its funny.

I really don't think this is a courtousy matter, Moody. You hope that the Youtube boom will continue to climb to new heights and companies/people will want to have their own videos in a youtube style site. The best name for that would be company/nametube.com. And that's cool with me, if anything, it's a good idea to make money, I commend you for it. Might as well go ahead and buy WWEspace.com Marthaspace.com and Sternspace.com while you're at it, maybe they'll be after those next. Good idea, although done before, but don't try to cum off like you're Robin Hood or something, stealing from the rich to give to the richer. You have personal interests, everyone does, don't disguise it as goodwill.

so far, probably at least a strong 6,000 but that is only for one year. I have to pay that fee every year because the domain names automatically renew.

it's an expenisve business venture but we'll see.

also, I have a lot of these domain names because I'm pitching a new kind of tv show and I need the names of a lot of celebs and tv channels/networks. im going to pitch my idea to a network but if companies want these domain names before then I'll give it to them

I talked with a lawyer from martha stewarts corporation today and they want marthastewarttube.com and I told them about marthatube.com and they said they wanted that one too but if my lawyer says they have no grounds to request that domain name. she tried to tell me that nobody can use the name martha, I laughed at her. she said, nobody can use the name "oprah" and I laughed again. I explained to her that if anybody is born with the legal name of Martha or Oprah, they can do whatever they want.

so pretty much, a quick look at martha.com and it isn't owned by martha stewart obviously. and pretty much, I wasn't a big fan of this lawyer I talked to so I don't see any reason I should give them marthatube.com because I rather just give it to some random girl named martha.

they didnt offer to buy it?

they might offer to buy it probably after they realize I dont have to give them marthatube.com

they are just trying to put fear in me and give them everything they want, I won't. ill give them what I has her full name it it and that's all.

holy shit, 6K in domain names?!

pretty much, then factor in the costs of web designers, webmasters, servers, etc... + I'm doing this for 20-30 websites in the first initial release. the server I have now is pretty kick ass but within a month im going to have to step that thing up big time.

How much are you looking at making from this?

I'm not doing this to get rich or anything. if the websites get popular that will happen, we'll see. karl on this forum just backed out of our plans for him to help me out with things which is a big let down especially since he encouraged me to buy an expensive server (which I still have to make monthly payments) + all the websites I rushed to get designed, and he knew I was going to take care of him financially and give him a % of revenue from the sites for helping me get them online. why he pulled some shit like this today, and I literally found this out like 30 minutes ago, I do not know but its not hard to figure out.

so the websites are likely delayed 1 more week now until I get somebody to replace karl.

the new trailer for the homegrown collection dvd will be posted online later tonight I believe... we'll see.

Moody, Ive asked this a few times but when am I getting charged with soliciting like you said I would?