New Kindletalk website taken down

SanAntone · 11-23-2007, 11:20 AM

There was a new Kindle website: www.kindletalk.com that looks like it lasted 4 days. It didn't have much traffic at all and the formatting of the forums was horrible.

I find it interesting that if you click on it now, it goes straight to the Amazon Kindle page. My guess is that with a name like kindletalk.com, the attorneys at Amazon took offense at their capitalizing on their registered trademark.

Oh well...it highlighted to me how much I enjoy the diversity of this site and the discussions about multiple devices rather than simply a fanboy website.

vivaldirules · 11-23-2007, 12:10 PM

I visited it the two days ago and it was pitiful - void of info and hosted by a moderator who didn't seem to know anything. It was a smart move to nuke it.

chrisc · 11-23-2007, 01:59 PM

So, was the site taken down by Amazon, as your title says, or do you just think it was?

strangeseraph · 11-23-2007, 02:37 PM

Proving that nothing can beat the awesomeness of Mobileread.com for news and chatter.

Heheheh.

Wonder how many of these little sites will splinter up.

SanAntone · 11-23-2007, 02:48 PM

Well...when you go to the former website it now redirects you to Amazon's kindle page. Hmmmmmm.

HarryT · 11-23-2007, 03:14 PM

It's undeniably true that it's been taken down. It's the "... by Amazon" bit I'm not so sure one can be definite about

. Would you like me to remove the last two words from the thread title for you?

TadW · 11-23-2007, 03:26 PM

The whole domain got taken over by Amazon, as a whois on kindletalk.com reveals:

http://www.whois.sc/kindletalk.com

Code:

Administrative Contact:
      Amazon Technologies, Inc.
      Amazon Hostmaster
      P.O. Box 8102 
      Reno, NV 89507
      US
      Phone: +1.2062664064
      Email: Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com

SanAntone · 11-23-2007, 03:36 PM

Harry,

Sure--might make it more accurate.

NatCh · 11-23-2007, 06:45 PM

The former proprietors took the trouble to come here and tell us that they were unassociated with Amazon. Wonder if they might drop by again and explain what happened ....

KlondikeGeoff · 11-28-2007, 11:39 AM

Last week I registered on the kindletalk.com forum. Then, for a day or two when clicked on the bookmark, just got an error screen. Now, when click on that, it goes directly to the amazon.com page.

Anybody know wha' hoppon?

JSWolf · 11-28-2007, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KlondikeGeoff

Last week I registered on the kindletalk.com forum. Then, for a day or two when clicked on the bookmark, just got an error screen. Now, when click on that, it goes directly to the amazon.com page.

Anybody know wha' hoppon?

Read this thread for any possible answers.

NatCh · 11-28-2007, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TadW

The whole domain got taken over by Amazon, as a whois on kindletalk.com reveals:

http://www.whois.sc/kindletalk.com

Code:

Administrative Contact:
      Amazon Technologies, Inc.
      Amazon Hostmaster
      P.O. Box 8102 
      Reno, NV 89507
      US
      Phone: +1.2062664064
      Email: Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com

What would have been really interesting is to see the same search while the forum was operational ... but we'd've had to know in advance that it was going to get pulled.

Dave Berk · 11-28-2007, 03:44 PM

I think somebody did that at the time (nate the great?, can't recall) and found that Amazon was hosting the site, then the admin of site posted here and said they weren't affiliated with amazon or some such...

mores · 11-29-2007, 01:12 AM

back in the days of domaingrabbing, this was quite a lucrative thing to do.
register a domain that you think will probably be useful to some big corporation some day.

like iphone.com

or eink.com

back then people could charge a lot of money to hand over the domain.

now, with all kinds of laws in effect, this is hard to do. i guess amazon decided that kindletalk.com is a good thing to have so they probably paid the owner the 9 dollar registration fee for a year and asked him to hand it over to amazon.

unless his name is one Mr. Kindle Talk ....

11-23-2007, 11:20 AM	#1
SanAntone Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 34 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas! Device: Kindle DX	New Kindletalk website taken down There was a new Kindle website: www.kindletalk.com that looks like it lasted 4 days. It didn't have much traffic at all and the formatting of the forums was horrible. I find it interesting that if you click on it now, it goes straight to the Amazon Kindle page. My guess is that with a name like kindletalk.com, the attorneys at Amazon took offense at their capitalizing on their registered trademark. Oh well...it highlighted to me how much I enjoy the diversity of this site and the discussions about multiple devices rather than simply a fanboy website.

11-23-2007, 02:37 PM	#4
strangeseraph Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 592 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Device: Amazon Kindle 3	Proving that nothing can beat the awesomeness of Mobileread.com for news and chatter. Heheheh. Wonder how many of these little sites will splinter up. __________________ -=- Jenny -=- ~You have to be able to laugh at yourself, the world already does.

11-23-2007, 03:14 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 55,161 Karma: 27556397 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	It's undeniably true that it's been taken down. It's the "... by Amazon" bit I'm not so sure one can be definite about . Would you like me to remove the last two words from the thread title for you? __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-23-2007, 03:26 PM	#7
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,533 Karma: 889242 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	The whole domain got taken over by Amazon, as a whois on kindletalk.com reveals: http://www.whois.sc/kindletalk.com Code: Administrative Contact: Amazon Technologies, Inc. Amazon Hostmaster P.O. Box 8102 Reno, NV 89507 US Phone: +1.2062664064 Email: Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com

11-23-2007, 06:45 PM	#9
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	The former proprietors took the trouble to come here and tell us that they were unassociated with Amazon. Wonder if they might drop by again and explain what happened .... __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

11-23-2007, 12:10 PM	#2
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 9,845 Karma: 12304195 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I visited it the two days ago and it was pitiful - void of info and hosted by a moderator who didn't seem to know anything. It was a smart move to nuke it.

11-23-2007, 01:59 PM	#3
chrisc Go Sox! Posts: 6 Karma: 16 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dead Trees	So, was the site taken down by Amazon, as your title says, or do you just think it was?

11-23-2007, 02:48 PM	#5
SanAntone Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 34 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas! Device: Kindle DX	Well...when you go to the former website it now redirects you to Amazon's kindle page. Hmmmmmm.

11-23-2007, 03:36 PM	#8
SanAntone Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 34 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Texas! Device: Kindle DX	Harry, Sure--might make it more accurate.

11-28-2007, 11:39 AM	#10
KlondikeGeoff Wombat Aficionado Posts: 456 Karma: 733 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Device: Fire, Kindle1, Sony PRS-500 Reader, Rocket 1100 eBook	What happened to the kindletalk forum? Last week I registered on the kindletalk.com forum. Then, for a day or two when clicked on the bookmark, just got an error screen. Now, when click on that, it goes directly to the amazon.com page. Anybody know wha' hoppon?

11-28-2007, 03:44 PM	#13
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	I think somebody did that at the time (nate the great?, can't recall) and found that Amazon was hosting the site, then the admin of site posted here and said they weren't affiliated with amazon or some such...

11-29-2007, 01:12 AM	#14
mores Guru Posts: 830 Karma: 77381 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	back in the days of domaingrabbing, this was quite a lucrative thing to do. register a domain that you think will probably be useful to some big corporation some day. like iphone.com or eink.com back then people could charge a lot of money to hand over the domain. now, with all kinds of laws in effect, this is hard to do. i guess amazon decided that kindletalk.com is a good thing to have so they probably paid the owner the 9 dollar registration fee for a year and asked him to hand it over to amazon. unless his name is one Mr. Kindle Talk ....

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