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13 September 2006, 05:21 PM

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can you copyright an e-mail address?

having seen a couple of copyright threads recently i wondered if you can copyright an e-mail address?

is there anyway of proving who registered an address and when?

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13 September 2006, 05:22 PM

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having seen a couple of copyright threads recently i wondered if you can copyright an e-mail address?

is there anyway of proving who registered an address and when?

You can certainly register your own domain, won't stop the spammers spoofing it though.

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13 September 2006, 05:23 PM

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yes, already had that happen

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13 September 2006, 05:26 PM

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yes, already had that happen

You can use "WHOIS" to see who registered a domain, you can find web based searche interfaces with a google!

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13 September 2006, 05:29 PM

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Why can't copyright an email address any more that you can a real address.

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13 September 2006, 07:31 PM

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Why can't copyright an email address any more that you can a real address.

although in some cases the domain name bodies may take a domain off you and give it to a "legal copyright owner" or something like that.

The bastids

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13 September 2006, 07:57 PM

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although in some cases the domain name bodies may take a domain off you and give it to a "legal copyright owner" or something like that.

The bastids

Hardly unreasonable, though. After all, if you had gone out a few years ago and bought (for example) disney.com, .net, .co.uk, .tv etc then there would be a pretty fair case for Walt Disney Corp to take them off you. Whether you would be entitled to compensation is another matter entirely, though I'd say you shouldn't get any more than you paid out - cybersquatting is a pain in the **** and merits no reward...

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