Update: YoutubeIslam.com is now down. There was not anti-Islamic conspiracy. Youtube didn’t use the site to push inappropriate content. So these statements “والذي تحاول جوجل أن تستولي عليه لعرض مقاطعها الرديئة” and “وحسب ما ذكر بأنه سيتم تحويل الدومين إلى أحد صفحات يوتيوب التي لا ترضي المسلمي” were just wrong.
YoutubeIslam.com has been renamed to TubeIslam. I am not really sure what’s this talk about “Google trying to steal youtubeislam”. The owners claim that Google will replace the site with “Google ads & videos against Islam”.
“Youtube” a Google trademark and they have the right to protect their trademarks. Microsoft didn’t allow a developer to name his program “Windows Commander” for example. I am sure Google just don’t want them to use the name.
From the ICANN blog:
Google has a trademark in “YouTube”, the very well-known video site, and it argued that the current registrant did not have rights in the name and that it was using the site in “bad faith” – which is a legal term interpreted by the arbiter, but in this case might mean using the site to attract visitors by appearing to associate yourself with someone else.
Found the news about the rename from tech-wd. Read mroe about ICANN.
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agreed!!!
Infact I am agreed after reading:
http://blog.icann.org/2009/08/the-issue-of-youtubeislamcom-and-domain-disputes/
I would rather keep this issue objective rather subjective.
Negative, Google built their case based on “BAD FAITH” usage. What’s the “bad faith” in here?
There are so many video sharing website that are more identical to the YouTube in name and structure, and mostly focused on Porn. Why didn’t Google claim any right against them?
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