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  1. #1

    WWF.COM

    Ok,
    I know WWF changed to WWE because of trademark issues, but does anyone know how in the world the domain was allowed to expire? Someone snatched it on December 2 and it now shows a site called Women Without Families. Seems like they just threw that up to try and avoid TM issues. But it is still mind boggling to me!
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    Not sure what you mean unless they took it offline. Here's the WHOIS --

    Organization:
    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    Kelly Stempien
    1241 East Main Street
    Stamford, CT 06902
    US
    Phone: 203-352-8600
    Email: kellydns@wwe.com

    Registrar Name....: Register.com
    Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
    Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com

    Domain Name: WWF.COM

    Created on..............: Fri, Nov 18, 1994
    Expires on..............: Wed, Nov 17, 2010
    Record last updated on..: Wed, Aug 07, 2002

    Administrative Contact:
    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    Kelly Stempien
    1241 East Main Street
    Stamford, CT 06902
    US
    Phone: 203-352-8600
    Email: kellydns@wwe.com

    Technical Contact:
    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    Felipe Negron
    1241 East Main Street
    Stamford, CT 06902
    US
    Phone: 203-352-8600
    Email: felipedns@wwe.com

    Zone Contact:
    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    Felipe Negron
    1241 East Main Street
    Stamford, CT 06902
    US
    Phone: 203-352-8600
    Email: felipedns@wwe.com

    Domain servers in listed order:

    NS20.CUSTOMER.LEVEL3.NET 209.244.5.53
    NS1.WWE.COM 63.208.148.144
    NS2.WWE.COM 64.152.4.141
    I'm sure even though they currently have it that the Word Wildlife Fund will take it over soon. That's who sued them for the naming rights before they gave up and just switched their name.
    - Mark

  3. #3
    Better get a better whois, here is what I have:

    12/07/02 00:09:18 whois wwf.com
    .com is a domain of USA & International Commercial
    Searches for .com can be run at http://www.crsnic.net/

    whois -h whois.crsnic.net wwf.com ...
    Redirecting to DOTSTER, INC.

    whois -h whois.dotster.com wwf.com ...


    The data contained in the WHOIS database, while
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    with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This
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    Any use of this data for any other purpose, including, but not
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    Please limit your queries to 10 per minute and one connection.

    Registrant:
    NuBrand
    Noeltingstr.48
    Hamburg, DE 22765
    DE

    Registrar: DOTSTER
    Domain Name: WWF.COM
    Created on: 01-DEC-02
    Expires on: 01-DEC-03
    Last Updated on: 05-DEC-02

    Administrative Contact:
    Baach, Frank king@nyc.com
    NuBrand
    Noeltingstr.48
    Hamburg, DE 22765
    DE
    01776147633

    Technical Contact:
    Baach, Frank king@nyc.com
    NuBrand
    Noeltingstr.48
    Hamburg, DE 22765
    DE
    01776147633


    Domain servers in listed order:
    NS1.99KR.COM
    NS2.99KR.COM

    Register a domain name at www.dotster.com

    End of Whois Information
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  4. #4
    Actually registered on 12/01/02 and now it just appears to be a blank page.

    Kinda Crazy though to just let it expire. It will more than likely be up for sale or used as a redirect in the near future

  5. #5
    My buddy got that domain lol.
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  6. #6
    He seems to get some pretty good domains there - nyc.com. I've been out of the registering of dropping domains for quite some time now, is he new to the game? Not new as in inexperienced, but new as in public wise. I'm quite familiar with the big players names and have never seen his before. Either way, he seems to be on track for getting some good domains.
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    flitcher, he doesn't own NYC.com
    He uses their free email service.

    In any case he picked WWF.com up for $8.95 using NameWinner. Hardly an indication of him being a "big player". Got some nice domains nonetheless but nothing amazing. Anyway, I'm glad beatz got it. Better him then UltSearch (or any other hot shot domain grabbers for that matter)!

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    And the fun of getting cease and desist letters from WWF.org now begins

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    Originally posted by timechange
    And the fun of getting cease and desist letters from WWF.org now begins
    no kidding, I am sure that will be in his future, if they can take it away from the largest sports entertainment company in the US with billions of dollars, I almost bet they can stop the guy that got it off NameWinner from using it
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    It's no longer a property of World Wrestling Entertainment (Federation). The letters WWF are copyrighted and owned by the World Wildlife Fund. I presume it won't be long before they own that domain.
    - Mark

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    Now goes to a blank page... Looks like someone is getting scared.
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