06-09-2013, 02:21 AM | #1 |
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B&N launch nook snaps but don't seem to understand the Internet.
B&N launched a new service, nook snaps, recently.
But they haven't registered nooksnaps.com. Whoops. |
06-09-2013, 02:57 AM | #2 |
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So a blogger is basically trying to justify being a domain squatter. How sweet.
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06-09-2013, 03:09 AM | #3 |
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B&N is confusing these days. Not only this, but I hear that they took the link to their PC/Mac apps down on their homepage, and Nook HD+ is now going on sale for $150ish (usual $269) at Walmart and Target. You'd think they'd try having this kind of sale in their own store to get people in there, instead of just giving other stores the foot traffic.
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06-09-2013, 08:48 AM | #7 | |
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No. I would keep everything a secret, and not reveal any connection to the registered domains. And that's how you know that my main interest was in the news value. |
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Have you offered it to B&N for the same price you paid for it, as suggested by pdurrant? |
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My offer to B&N did not have a price tag attached. I merely asked if they wanted the domain. They have not yet responded. |
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06-09-2013, 10:33 AM | #10 | |
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I'm not sure if it fits the technical definition of domain squatting, but you are using a company's brand to divert traffic to your blog. It may be an unintended side-effect of how you went about things, but you didn't have to direct the domain to your blog. You didn't even have to register the domain, since registry records (accessible to the public via whois) could be used to verify the story after the fact. |
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06-09-2013, 11:12 AM | #11 | |
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1) This isn't domain squatting. That's when someone buys up as many relevant domains as they can think of, doesn't use them, and charges an inflated price for them. 2) Anyone can buy and use any domain they please. That's the great freedom of the internet. 3) Nook is an English word. B&N use it, they don't own it. Having a domain with nook in the name does not actually imply that the site is related to B&N. 4) I am now hungry for ginger snaps. B&N, why do you always try to pick such cutesy names? They don't have anything to do with books. |
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06-09-2013, 12:16 PM | #13 | |
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But that affiliate program is just about Amazon's only stick. They don't have a strong trademark argument against sites like Kindle Boards. They can't validly claim trademark infringement without also arguing consumer confusion, a commercial use of the term, etc. Admittedly, few trademark lawyers bother with evidence any more, but that doesn't mean it's okay. |
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