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A massive failure of the court system and yet more proof, despite Nissan Computer winning, that money wins in the end, even when the case is lost. Why this wasn

by mnm1 9y ago

A massive failure of the court system and yet more proof, despite Nissan Computer winning, that money wins in the end, even when the case is lost. Why this wasn't thrown out immediately is beyond logic. The lesson for aspiring business owners is that big money will hurt you even if you're in the right and it's not even worth trying. I guess that really is the business lesson everyone needs to learn today. Don't go against the big guys because there, even winning is losing.

macspoofing 9y ago
Nissan Motor didn't win. They don't own the domain. Who can quantify the millions and millions of lost revenue and brand tarnishing that resulted from people reading about this story or accidentally visiting nissan.com In the end, Nissan Motor should own the domain and Uzi should have been fairly compensated - i.e. they should have paid him the $15 million he initially asked for.
- justherefortart 9y ago
  He said the 15 million in jest. He had no desire to sell. Look up Trent Reznor being the same kind of asshole about http://reznor.com/ http://reznor.com/ Me important heroin addict angsty mcteen, give me "my" domain. Fuck him too.
- mnm1 9y ago
  Right, they didn't win the court case. But their company wasn't ruined like Nissan Computer was by the lawsuit. For fighting this case that they knew they were in the wrong of, a case they knew they'd lose, if Uzi fought them, they deserve every last bit of negative advertising and lost profits. Uzi didn't want to sell. If they had been better at their business, they should have grabbed the domain name first, but Nissan Motors was late to the market and lost out. If they hadn't been a giant corporation, no doubt the case would have been thrown out or settled, but they used the money to bully Uzi. They deserve what they got. And the rest of us deserve to have a court system that works for non millionaires ... But that's just wishful thinking.
  - macspoofing 9y ago
    >but they used the money to bully Uzi And it cost them. I'm not on Nissan's side here. They should have engaged Uzi in a good-faith negotiation. In the end, I think he would have sold for something - because that would have been the right thing to do. Not only because it would have made financial sense for him to do so, but because the branding value of the domain is so high for a multi-national/multi-billion dollar corporation compared to a small mom and pop outfit that it approaches at least an ethical consideration. But they didn't do that, and all sides are worse for it.

by mnm1 9y ago

macspoofing 9y ago

Nissan Motor didn't win. They don't own the domain. Who can quantify the millions and millions of lost revenue and brand tarnishing that resulted from people reading about this story or accidentally visiting nissan.com In the end, Nissan Motor should own the domain and Uzi should have been fairly compensated - i.e. they should have paid him the $15 million he initially asked for.

justherefortart 9y ago
He said the 15 million in jest. He had no desire to sell. Look up Trent Reznor being the same kind of asshole about http://reznor.com/ http://reznor.com/ Me important heroin addict angsty mcteen, give me "my" domain. Fuck him too.
mnm1 9y ago
Right, they didn't win the court case. But their company wasn't ruined like Nissan Computer was by the lawsuit. For fighting this case that they knew they were in the wrong of, a case they knew they'd lose, if Uzi fought them, they deserve every last bit of negative advertising and lost profits. Uzi didn't want to sell. If they had been better at their business, they should have grabbed the domain name first, but Nissan Motors was late to the market and lost out. If they hadn't been a giant corporation, no doubt the case would have been thrown out or settled, but they used the money to bully Uzi. They deserve what they got. And the rest of us deserve to have a court system that works for non millionaires ... But that's just wishful thinking.
- macspoofing 9y ago
  >but they used the money to bully Uzi And it cost them. I'm not on Nissan's side here. They should have engaged Uzi in a good-faith negotiation. In the end, I think he would have sold for something - because that would have been the right thing to do. Not only because it would have made financial sense for him to do so, but because the branding value of the domain is so high for a multi-national/multi-billion dollar corporation compared to a small mom and pop outfit that it approaches at least an ethical consideration. But they didn't do that, and all sides are worse for it.