I don't think this is really true, I would say for most when they are new in the business they ignore these letters cause they are small and have nothing to loose, once they get larger and have something to loose their lawyers tell them to ignore these letters and they will handle it, either way I can't see intimidating letters really working?

sorry the trademark is for the term sextube as you should know if you looked it up.

Did you not use (and still do) heavily advertise on biggest tube sites, filled to the brim with stolen content? Should we pull the threads maybe?

Pot, kettle, and so on.

Doesn't matter as the TM is sextube and not the word tube. So NO he can not sue youtube.

I can see anyone questioning the steps being taken but I can clearly understand what it is to protect a brand. THe thing is that the TM is rather vague I would say as in 2 general words. Thats the problem, but hey Shap if your lawyer says you can get it than I wouldn't care less.

It is a business we are in, why would you have sympathy for someone else really? I mean we are here in the first place to make yourself money not? If Shap would like to make friends and cuddle he would probably do so elsewhere. Don't get me wrong as much as I dislike some of the steps being taken I can perfectly see what is going on, and sometimes you just have to drop the being Mr nice Guy attitude I guess.

:2 cents:

http://widgets.alexa.com/traffic/gra...dr27fY3S9mA%3D
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...00&y=r&z=1&z=1

Someone has a much more successful tube site than you so instead of trying to compete fairly you just send your lawyers after the domain so you can just divert the traffic to your site...

Shap do you sell ads on your tubes? Not fucking around - I buy ads on tubes and profit greatly. Pornhub, keez, snizz, etc etc. Please let me know pricing.

Have him shut it down for a month then and pass it over after, we don't need the traffic.

You can sue someone for anything and send those letters out so of course his lawyer is saying it's ok to do.

There's nothing wrong with speaking out when you think someone else is getting fucked over or in this case I guess it would be a group of people.

Personally I believe that this is bullshit but then that is the nature of business. If you can afford the legal costs then you can push people around. All part of the game.

Ofcourse you can sue for anything but can you also win anything at all without a case? Lets see how this works out as I doubt Shap is just wasting a pile of cash on lawyers ;))

And I agree nothing wrong with speaking out, just like I just did I guess!

Its not intimidating letters its intent of legal proceedings Shap owns the trademark and he is actively pursuing anyone who is in violation of that.

TNAFlix.com has a ton of stolen content, and probably a ton of traffic along with it. You'd have to be pretty comfortable with copyright infringement of other content owners to advertise there.

Lots of lawyers will give bad advice. Maybe his lawyer is just telling him to do it but has no real plans on suing or just doesn't care because it's not his money. And threatening to sue can make people cave in to your demands, a lot of people do it just for that reason.

That's a stupid comment, especially coming from a host. Trademark is trademark.

Brad

While at the same time infringing and owning trademark domains belonging to several others in the industry. Go get him mpahlca! Oh wait, you're just a paid poster. Nevermind.

Just to make you feel better, we don't purchase ads there thats an affiliate account. Not a bought spot.

imo thesextube = infringing nice keyword+sex+tube = not infringing

Love the expired adult domains in your sig, and we have held domains for girls and companies if they ask for them most times we hand them over, or redirect to their sites on request. If you are in the domain business I am sure you have done this from time to time, and we own more domains than the ones listed.

They advertise in most tube sites (with tons of stolen content).

Shap is a hypocrite and an asshole.

Sorry, it doesn't make me feel better, especially when I see an industry giant touting infringement this and infringement that, all the while profiting from infringement itself. It probably makes _you_ feel better though. :thumbsup

Rogue affiliate.

Yes, we get it.

:1orglaugh

I'm not suing anyone to steal their generic domain names. Don't lump everyone in the domain business in with what you're doing. Most would and do disagree with reverse domain hijacking. :2 cents:

Personally I think Shap is getting to big for his boots... and that comment about the stolen content was BS and you know it, you don't mind the traffic from others people stolen content do you!!!

I'm going to register "Amazing Content" and then sue every other content seller who claims to have amazing content ;)))

Oh shit...my bad :winkwink:

hardsextube is my trademark in hungary... also my domain is registered before your trade mark... you are a trademark troll..

Hard Sex Tube is different enough a judge would let him keep it. Sex is a pretty open word. If it was a problem we would all have to stop using anything with sex.com in it... Like hardsex.com or indiansex.com. Hard is a distinct classification of a sex act. Just sucks that you have to hire a lawyer to keep a website with almost no traffic.

so wait xtube TM go after sextube..

adding se to xtube is a nono

:conehead

http://www.darksidedata.com/twistys2.txt

Yes, indeed you own more copyright infriging names.

:2 cents:

sex tube thats interested it would seem to me google should own anything that uses the name tube. aka youtube which came first.

Sorry but please read the thread you will see sextube.com was registered prior to youtube.com

Steve doesn't mind Shap owning LightSpeedSorority.com either? I hope we can get mpahlca to explain how this is different.

Karma is doing it's job... everyone gets hit SOON or LATE..

chio was one...

I will really enjoy when the canadian PIG gets hit by KARMA... Because HE WILL get HIT soon or late... We need to put some sharks near that boat.

?

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...ardsextube.com

If that is the case then fight to keep it. :2 cents:

OMG roffleskates galore!!!!

Youre going doooown DEAN!!!!

hardsextube.com created on 21 Mar 2007

you think so? we will find out with Icann good luck.

I really am not backing him but (i hate stolen content users) .... but...


you can't reasonably expect that because you have full rights to sextube.com that you automatically have rights to...

hardsextube.com
bluesextube.com
wetsextube.com
joessextube.com
mandysextube.com
cnotesextube.com
pillsextube.com
softsextube.com
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[insertanyname]sextube.com
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toinfinitysextube.com

or do you...?

i like your master of litigation ;)