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MasterAkumaMatata - Jan 21, 2004

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  MasterAkumaMatata Jan 21, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			A 17-year old high school student in Victoria, British Columbia has been offered a cash payment to sell his new domain name to Microsoft. The student, Mike Rowe, added "soft" to his name and registered [url]www.MikeRoweSoft.com[/url]. The student and the large software firm with a similar name are now in negotiations "to reach a mutually agreeable resolution" over compensation. For details see http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/...t.ap/...



  
	
	

		
		

			He wrote back asking to be compensated for giving up his name. Microsoft's lawyers offered him $10 in U.S. funds. Then he asked for $10,000.


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 racketboy Jan 21, 2004
$10?

 stack99 Jan 21, 2004
lol.... what a steal..lol :agree

 Zziggy00 Jan 21, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by racketboy@Jan 21, 2004 @ 11:02 AM



 $10?


yea that doesn't seem right...not to mention where can you even register a domain name for $10....and why would MS want it sure it sounds like microsoft but so what?

and go look at other registered domains... like mikerowsoft...that's been registered for .net .com and a few others, why doesn't MS jump all over that.

 Gallstaff Jan 21, 2004
Hm Yeah I read about this a while ago.

Apprently he had to give it up because after they offered him 10 dollars, he said his effort alone was worth 10,000 as a joke. If you state that are willin gto sell the site for money, it is fair game for them to shut it down since you didnt have an intention of keeping it to begin with.

 Zziggy00 Jan 21, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Gallstaff@Jan 21, 2004 @ 02:50 PM



 Apprently he had to give it up


he still owns it www.mikerowesoft.com...

 Gallstaff Jan 21, 2004
well WILL have to

 Dud Jan 21, 2004
EDIT: I would of held out for the 10,000 if I was that guy.

 muffinman943 Jan 21, 2004
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhhhahahahahajhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahh only 10 dollars, hey ill give u ten dollars for a website, because we need it and our company is worth billions of dollars, and ur website can confuse people because we need even more money, even it is impossible to spend it all in a lifetime.

 RitualOfTheTrout Jan 21, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Gallstaff@Jan 21, 2004 @ 09:50 PM



 Hm Yeah I read about this a while ago.



Apprently he had to give it up because after they offered him 10 dollars, he said his effort alone was worth 10,000 as a joke. If you state that are willin gto sell the site for money, it is fair game for them to shut it down since you didnt have an intention of keeping it to begin with.


So if this is true.. then perhaps the 10 dollar offer was merely a trick to get him to state he was willing to sell it, so now they can get it for nothing?

 Gallstaff Jan 21, 2004
Thats the exact idea

 Mask of Destiny Jan 21, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Zziggy00+Jan 21, 2004 @ 05:11 PM-->
QUOTE(Zziggy00 @ Jan 21, 2004 @ 05:11 PM)