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Microsoft admits taking 'MikeRoweSoft' too seriously
The software giant Microsoft has admitted it took things 'too seriously' when its lawyers threatened 17 year old student Mike Rowe over his domain name.
[blockquote]Microsoft has admitted it may have made a mistake in threatening Mike Rowe for using his Web site, mikerowesoft.com
Rowe, a student from Vancouver, registered mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time Web site design business in August 2003. Three months later, he received an email from Microsoft's lawyers asking him to transfer the domain name to Microsoft. They offered to pay him a "settlement" of $10 (£5.55), which is the cost of his original registration fee.
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[blockquote]Microsoft has admitted it may have made a mistake in threatening Mike Rowe for using his Web site, mikerowesoft.com
Rowe, a student from Vancouver, registered mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time Web site design business in August 2003. Three months later, he received an email from Microsoft's lawyers asking him to transfer the domain name to Microsoft. They offered to pay him a "settlement" of $10 (£5.55), which is the cost of his original registration fee.
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[link=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39119214,00.htm]Read more[/link] - [link=http://www.short-media.com/comment.php?691]Related news[/link]
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I bet he'd sell them the domain name for $100,000 or so though.;D