Apple seizes 16 domain names from squatter

I already abandoned the Apple Blog for being apple sycophants, please don't make me do the same here. How are these domain names Apple's rightful property? If I want to set up a website that finds the best place to buy iPhones I might call it iphonesbaratos.com

Awesome. Chris Lova Lova is an amazing entrepreneur ;)

Ridiculous! Macfriend.com is theirs? What if I'm an apple fruit lover, applelovers.com. Sue me?

Is this where we leave mean comments? I know everything. You are wrong.

I think that's everything.

Jesus Horatio Christ! I had to read this article twice just to make sure it wasn't a spoof editorial. You should be ashamed of yourself for such biased reporting. Capitalism is what it is, and to operate under the assumption that a company should be able to seize domain names at anytime it deems so long as it has anything on it relating to their copyrights, is ludacris.

@Andrew: Apple has only rights to their trademarks in countries, where they have been registered by Apple. If anybody else registered a domain name of anything Apple-related, in a country Apple has never registered any trademark, it's none of Apple's business as long, as it doesn't hurt Apple's business. Obviously, re-selling iPods (made by and to a profit of Apple) is not a threat to Apple, as these iPods are already paid for.
You are very keen to shout about lack of knowledge to others, but you need to catch up with trademark law really quickly. If you're still in doubt, check out why Google can not use gmail.de domain name.

Wow, it should only be a matter of time before 123macmini.com gets shut down then, with Apple rightfully reclaiming their copyright on the name if you follow these thought processes...

Just think how some people on this forum would be squawking if MAC Tools took Apple to court. Guess which one was there first. MAC tools have been selling tools under that name since 1963. So, using the logic in your blog post, they should own the rights to all things mac. Mac (the computer) is short for Macintosh. Let them grab all the Macintosh urls out there.

This is just another example of a larger business squeezing out an entrepreneur by threatening them with legal action when they can not afford the legal costs.

Best site that Apple owns: http://www.hotclubsexxxx.com. It redirect's to Apple's site, no joke.

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