Hi all,

bear with me....

I am pondering on this:
getting a name for a local celebrity (female singer). Mainly for discussion of her activities, and forums.

Do you guys think a .COM is better, or a .ORG is better????

thanks!!:)

Get both :D .com first though.

.com then .org - ideally get all the tld's you can ;)

CNOIB IMO :D dont give chance for someone to tease you

thanks all!!

WOW!! seems like all of you suggested getting both TLDs(or even more)

errrhhhh..... i would if it is possible... BUT my point is ... a .COM seems to be a more official (or commercial), thus related to all merchants of that particular celebrity.

while a .ORG seems to be more fitted to my case, which is set up by his/her supportors. an more "UNofficial" kind-of, a community driven webby.

does that always being the case????

Make sure you get her blessing (or that of her manager). It may be a good idea to register both, give or reserve the .com for her, in exchange for her endorsement of your using the .org as a fan site.

Originally posted by nameslave
Make sure you get her blessing (or that of her manager). It may be a good idea to register both, give or reserve the .com for her, in exchange for her endorsement of your using the .org as a fan site. this raises a question...

Does "she" has the legal rights to claim the .com back 1 day????

I would go with the .com version first. I do not see a fit for the .org honestly for a celeb or quasi-celeb website

If you only want one, get the .com, if two get com/org. Not too sure about the other extensions, though it wouldn't hurt.

If it's just a name, honestly I don't think they SHOULD be able to get it back from you (it's a generic term) but they may be able to, or at least might sue over it (eg: nissan.com)

If their name is trademarked, you might see yourself in a heap of trouble.

A good book to read: Cybersquatters Beware! (http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/tpm/search/bookinfo.php?isbn=0070905797) and doing a search for Celebrity Domains can bring you some interesting cases.

Thanks all!!

Originally posted by coreybryant
A good book to read: Cybersquatters Beware! (http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/tpm/search/bookinfo.php?isbn=0070905797) and doing a search for Celebrity Domains can bring you some interesting cases.
This book looks interesting.... time for me to go library!!!:)

cool book..

reminds me of BAA.com case, even if u have the right to own it, sometimes u dont have the power to fight against bigger people and finally you'd give it away tothem just to stop paying legal fees for your lawyer

If the singer is a local celebrity with potential to become more widely known, it would seem more cost effective to register every version before others covet them. If .org looks like the best thing to display for now, the .com, .net, .info, .us, etc can be set to redirect with masking. Check with the prospective registry about availability of this feature.
It would probably be best to discuss with her to define your role to avoid expensive litigation later over trademark issues. It would probably be more in her interest to contract to have you as a technical contact or an agent for domain ownership on a periodically renewable basis than to simply say "okay" to you being the perpetual domain owner without any strings attached.

Originally posted by Disgruntled
If the singer is a local celebrity with potential to become more widely known, it would seem more cost effective to register every version before others covet them. If .org looks like the best thing to display for now, the .com, .net, .info, .us, etc can be set to redirect with masking. Check with the prospective registry about availability of this feature.
It would probably be best to discuss with her to define your role to avoid expensive litigation later over trademark issues. It would probably be more in her interest to contract to have you as a technical contact or an agent for domain ownership on a periodically renewable basis than to simply say "okay" to you being the perpetual domain owner without any strings attached.

The importance of negotiation and putting it in writing. ;)

i could have got thecatempire.net (The cat empire was a local band) but I passed it up.

6 months on, they have won a Aussie Music Award (Aria) and just completed a sold out tour of Europe. If only i had paid the $8 I could have made a very nice fansite (all the good tlds are gone now)

I agree with the others. It is usually not worth the time. There are some entertainers who might appreciate it and let you keep the domain, content etc. But for the most part, they want to control everything.

Getting the .ORG would be far from future legal troubles. .COM could become complicated if she wants the domain.

domian are cheap now a days, get all

Every one of these replies is basically approaching the question from the perspective of which name or names would be most valuable to own and use, but the original poster seems to be asking which one would be most expressive -- I.e. which is the right name.

The .org is clearly the one that most correctly expresses what the web site is. The definition of .com, going back to the beginning of the DNS is names of commercial enttities, while .org is noncommerical organizations. This is apparently a not-for-profit organization of fans of a particular artist and won't be selling anything. It's a .org.