Re: [asa] dot com

According to a "whois" lookup, asa3.com is owned by Salvia Corp., a Latvian
company, which has owned the name since 2003. The site to which that domain
currently points appears to be a "link farm." The purpose of a link farm is
to supply links to other sites in order to boost their search engine
rankings. Thus, you can see links like "pharmacy," "Jewish singles," and
"Real estate training" on the asa3.com page along with things like
"evolution" and "Teiard [sic] de Chardin".

A very quick review of WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution decision
indicates that Salvia Corp. is a known cybersquatter and is regularly
engaged in the link farm business. (See
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2006/d2006-0474.html and
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2005/d2005-1135.html)

Therefore, it is unlikely that ASA would be able to buy this domain back
from Salvia for a reasonable price. However, if ASA were to file a
cybersquatting complaint against Salvia under the Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Procedure ("UDRP"), there is a good chance ASA would
succeed in winning an order requiring transfer of that domain to the ASA.
The cost of filing a UDRP complaint is minimal, but it's wise to hire
counsel to handle the proceeding, and that can be a little more costly
(probably around $5,000 in fees if there are no unanticipated problems).

On 9/24/06, Don Perrett <donperrett@theology-perspectives.net> wrote:
>
> If one is worried about dot coms, please remember that while dot com is
> more
> common, there are several others to consider, "net, us, co, etc". The
> reason that
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Roger G. Olson
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 17:00
> To: ASA
> Subject: Re: [asa] dot com
>
> I concur with Jim that "we" should acquire the asa3.com domain name.
> There are domain name purveyors out there who will sell the rights to this
> name for less than $10 per year. In fact I have three domain names on my
> personal server, and each costs seven bucks annually to reserve. The
> reason
> that the asa3.com goes to any page at all is that someone else owns it and
> is going to make a profit in its resale. Try one of the others, and
> you'll
> get nothing. And this is under the assumption that they will sell it to
> begin with (poor english). Anyway, the info at the end of my statements
> is
> what you'll find concerning the owner of asa3.com. Since the owners
> registration ends on 10/07/2007, if one were to decide to buy it from
> them,
> it would be best done prior to this date. Please note however that they
> have had this domain for four years, it is quite possible that they are
> not
> in the resale business and will not part with it. Sorry for all this info
> Terry, I know that you of all people are already aware of these
> things. If
> figured I would enlighten some of the others.
>
> Don Perrett
>
> [whois.dotregistrar.com]
> This whois service shows the information for .COM and .NET domains
> only if they are registered thru DotRegistrar.com. For ORG, .BIZ, .US
> .INFO
> and
> .NAME domains, the information is displayed regardless of the sponsoring
> registrar for said domains.
>
> The fact that your query returns "NOT FOUND" does not necessarily mean
> that
> the domain may be available for registration. To search all domains,
> please
> go to the shared registry whois located at:
> http://www.internic.net/whois.html
>
>
> Registrant:
> Salvia Corporation (ASA3-COM-DOM)
> P.O. Box 96
> Riga, LV LV 1050
> Latvia
> +371.6563920
> admin@67k.com
>
> Domain Name: ASA3.COM
> Status: PROTECTED
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Salvia Corporation admin@67k.com
> P.O. Box 96
> Riga, LV LV 1050
> Latvia
> +371.6563920
>
> Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
> Salvia Corporation admin@67k.com
> P.O. Box 96
> Riga, LV LV 1050
> Latvia
> +371.6563920
>
> Record last updated on 20-Sep-2006.
> Record expires on 07-Oct-2007.
> Record created on 07-Oct-2003.
>
> Domain servers in listed order:
>
> Name Server: ns1.janr.com
> Name Server: ns2.wqct.com
> Name Server: ns2.janr.com
>
>
> Roger
>
> > I wondered if anyone had stumbled like me onto what happens if one
> > inadvertantly enters the asa3 url as a dot com instead of a dot org.
> > It goes to a default no-such-domain site which displays topics and
> > links to many of the subjects talked about at ASA.
> > However, take a look at some of the links suggested for topics like
> > Evolution and Creation Vs Evolution.
> > Some interestingly contrary perspectives.
> > I wonder if it would not be a desirable thing to pick up the dot com
> > domain for ASA3 just to counter this "stuff".
> > JimA
> >
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Received on Mon Sep 25 10:03:30 2006