• The new B5TV.COM is here. We've replaced our 16 year old software with flashy new XenForo install. Registration is open again. Password resets will work again. More info here.

NOOO!!!! This is evil to Crusade fans!

A

Adam

Beyond the rim
The domain name b5crusade.com has been taken over by a porn site NOOO!!!
frown.gif


------------------
Douglas Adams 1952-2001 "So long and thanks for all the books"
Home of the index of Alien races of Crusade: (Hopefully more updated more when Crusade comes back!)
http://babylon5crusade.cjb.net
 
Sacrilage. Just sacrilage. We get no respect.
frown.gif


------------------
Sheridan: Are you trying to cheer me up?
Ivanova: No sir, wouldn't dream of it.
Sheridan: Good, I hate being cheered up. It's depressing.
Ivanova: So in that case we're all going to die horrible, painful, lingering deaths.
Sheridan: Thank you, I feel so much better now.
 
That's just sick. *wince*

------------------
Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out.
 
As I said elsewhere, this is very common. The porn sites pounce on just about every semi-popular domain that lets it's registration run out.
 
Wow, nice if a child innocently tries to look up a Crusade site after catching an episode and runs in to that eh?
crazy.gif


------------------
"Faith Manages"
 
Yesindeedy, I had to cover my pre-teen sons eyes on that one. He leers just like his dad.

LOL

Who's kidding, the testosterone is driving me nuts here.

------------------
Colleen L. Stanford
Gideon's Mine, all Mine
(he just doesn't know it yet, LOL)
 
a porn site...
that's hard
they take every domain they get
what about startrek.com?
tongue.gif

would be a great satisfaction
smile.gif


------------------
If you find a cool signature for me please tell me ;)
 
Eventually somebody had to take it. That's what happens when a series gets canned. I'm still mad that the domain name for "My So-Called Life" was taken over by a plumbing company... and it lasted a heck of a lot longer.

------------------
 
Figures. Doesn't surprise me at all that the domain name was already taken, but I am shocked that it leads to a porn site. That is about as far from Crusade as you can get.

------------------
All my life I've had doubts about who I am, where I belong. Now, I'm like the arrow that springs from the bow. No hesitation, no doubts. The path is clear.
-Ambassador Jeffrey David Sinclair, War Without End
 
No, the whole point is to redirect people who are looking for the original site to their own site, and thus increasing their ad revenue and/or getting new subscribers.


[This message has been edited by drakh (edited June 11, 2001).]
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR> Did they buy the IP address and didn't think to change the code? I was never very good with the nuances of domain encoding and such.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


It works the other way. It's the B5Crusade.com part they pay Money for. The IP Address can actually Change if they move to a different service provider, but so long as they pay the fees, they get to keep the Human readable portion.

They may also be hoping to make a lot of Money by trying to sell the name to Warner, Babylonian Productions or the Skiffy Channel.

A few years back, a lot of money changed hands for domain names like this. People would buy the names and offer to sell them to corporations whose names matched up with the domains. Some corportaions paid Millions for their own names. It's called Cybersquatting.

Last I heard, the people who control domain names were trying to stop squatters by allowing legitimate companies to challenge the registrations. I'm not sure how far such efforts have gone. It helps keep the Lawyers in business, though.
mad.gif


------------------
Yes, I like cats too.
Shall we exchange Recipes?
 
Lawyers, I work for IP lawyers (well did) and cybersquatting was quite a lucrative business from what I could see.

------------------
Colleen L. Stanford
Gideon's Mine, all Mine
(he just doesn't know it yet, LOL)
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Not Important:
Just who do they think they are?
mad.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

TNT.
laugh.gif



------------------
'The brighter the light, the darker the shadow... symmetrys a bitch' - Me

'Remember, light travels faster than sound. That's why some people seem bright until they speak.' - Me
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sinclair:
Figures. Doesn't surprise me at all that the domain name was already taken, but I am shocked that it leads to a porn site. That is about as far from Crusade as you can get.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You mean like "Snow White and the Seven Narns" and "Who's Your Little Pak'ma'ra?"
wink.gif


Okay, joking aside: While technically people have a right to run pornsites, it's at best silly to take a URL like b5crusade.com, IMHO ridiculous and irresponsible.

Did they buy the IP address and didn't think to change the code? I was never very good with the nuances of domain encoding and such.

------------------
Joe Medina (neargrai@aol.com)

"...that which are, we are"
 
the domain can always be bought back from whichever porno site grabbed it... but the price is likely too high to be worth it, unless Warner Bros. itself wants it... and I doubt that's the case...

------------------
-Londo's Hair
"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics!"
 
Cybersquatting, is it. How frightfully apt.
tongue.gif


Anyway, that shows you the extent of my tech know-how. And possibly my naivete. I didn't want to rush to judgement as to who to blame. But swiping a URL just to mislead people...I find that unethical, regardless of the law.

Somewhat B5-ish in that respect, hm? (he said in a last-ditch effort to sound topical....)

------------------
Joe Medina (neargrai@aol.com)

"...that which are, we are"
 
Cybersquatting becomes trickier when the domain name is based on a trademark like "Star Wars" or "Babylon 5" rather than a generic, but identifiable name or on a name that is not also a registered trademark. So even though Warner Bros. let the domain name lapse, they might be able to get it back with they want to without paying the cybersquatters a penny. At least that seems to be the trend based on some recent articles I've seen.

A guy I know registered "starwarsdvd.com" a few years ago, not for the purpose of selling the name back to Lucas, but just so that he'd know when the damned discs were coming out, on the theory that Lucasfilm would try to register that domain name when the time came. In fact Lucasfilm started buying up every conceivable "Star Wars" domain name not long after my friend registerd the DVD variant, and he got a letter from the Lucasfilm lawyers in very short order. His own attorney advised him to give them back the name base on two notions: 1) "Star Wars" is a registered trademark and 2) Lucasfilm could afford to keep him in court for the next 20 years if it wanted to, even if it ultimately lost the case. If whoever has the "B5-crusade" name thinks they can keep it forever, or even make big bucks selling it back to WB, they're probably mistaken.

Regards,

Joe

------------------
Joseph DeMartino
Sigh Corps
Pat Tallman Division
joseph-demartino@att.net
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Joseph DeMartino:
If whoever has the "B5-crusade" name thinks they can keep it forever, or even make big bucks selling it back to WB, they're probably mistaken.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Whoever is: (thanks to http://www.allwhois.com )


b5crusade.com
Request: b5crusade.com
Russx Casting Company
19, Bondarenko square
Obninsk, Kaluga reg 249020
RU

Domain Name: B5CRUSADE.COM

Administrative Contact:
Charles Bukowski admin@pornolio.com
Buy This Name
19, Bondarenko square
Obninsk, Kaluga reg 249020
RU
Phone- (626) 722-1440 ext7719
Fax- (626) 722-1440 ext7719
Technical Contact:
The Administrator admin@eeex.net
eee X Hosting
1052 West Alameda Avenue # 211
Burbank, CA 91506
US
Phone- 213.401.2100x5769
Fax- 213.401.2100x5769

Record updated on 2001-04-19 14:09:50.
Record created on 2001-04-19.
Record expires on 2002-04-19.
Database last updated on 2001-06-12 09:56:57 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.EEEX.NET
216.179.222.148
NS2.EEEX.NET
216.36.116.189

------------------
"Gideon says we all have things to hide."
"Does he? How unfortunate, I was hoping he'd come further than that. Well not that it isn't true of course, it's just that one simply doesn't have to say it."

"I was just trying to work out whether a comment from me right now would be most wanted or least needed."
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Members online

No members online now.
Total: 371 (members: 0, guests: 371)

Share this page

Back
Top