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A friend of mine was a web producer, mostly successful but one of his clients refused to pay, so my friend redirected his domain to a porn site. His parents we
by MichaelCrawford 11y ago
A friend of mine was a web producer, mostly successful but one of his clients refused to pay, so my friend redirected his domain to a porn site.
His parents were quite surprised when a sheriff's deputy came to their home in hopes of serving a lawsuit complaint.
I never heard how the lawsuit turned out but I expect the client would have lost.
- onion2k 11y agoI expect the client would have lost Really? If I buy a domain that refers to someone else's business and redirect it to a porn site, I would expect a complaint against me to be upheld - it's at least trademark infringement, if not some form of defamation. The fact there was work involved and the client didn't pay doesn't change that.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoThe client contracted for a website but then didn't pay. My friend therefore was not expected to deliver.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoIn the construction trades that's known as a "workman's lien".