If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
Dear pilots friends
I've just opened an aviation social network, called Aero Club, you may find some usefull free services: Groups - to organize flying groups and students groups Aero Photos - to share your aviation photos and many others... so, don't forget to join us! Happy landings and happy new year... Rocco Caruso Aero Club www.aeroclub.net |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
wrote in message ... Dear pilots friends I've just opened an aviation social network, called Aero Club, you may find some usefull free services: Groups - to organize flying groups and students groups Aero Photos - to share your aviation photos and many others... so, don't forget to join us! Happy landings and happy new year... Rocco Caruso Aero Club www.aeroclub.net You're dangerously close to encroaching on established names. The Aero Club of America was the predecessor of the National Aeronautics Association. More importantly, the Aero Club of Washington at www.aeroclub.org still is an ongoing operation. Did you consult a lawyer before settling on that name and a URL that differs only slightly from an established, respected entity? This may or may not be illegal, but it most definitely can be interpreted as an attempt to exploit an existing name. It's not as odious as the attempts by individuals in the early days of the Internet to claim "squatter's rights" by registering obvious corporate URLs in the hope of selling them to the corporation, but you really ought to consider using a name that cannot be confused with an existing website. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
You're dangerously close to encroaching on established names. *The Aero Club of America
was the predecessor of the National Aeronautics Association. *More importantly, the Aero Club of Washington atwww.aeroclub.orgstill is an ongoing operation. *Did you consult a lawyer before settling on that name and a URL that differs only slightly from an established, respected entity? This may or may not be illegal, but it most definitely can be interpreted as an attempt to exploit an existing name. *It's not as odious as the attempts by individuals in the early days of the Internet to claim "squatter's rights" by registering obvious corporate URLs in the hope of selling them to the corporation, but you really ought to consider using a name that cannot be confused with an existing website. Thanks for your advice, John. I don't really want to be confused with Aero Club of Washington or Aero Club de France www.aeroclub.com I just want to set up an open and free space to share aviation documents online and to create groups of pilots in any "real" aero club. So I will soon add an "about us" page to describe how "Aero Club aeroclub.net" was founded and how it works. Rocco Caruso Aero Club www.aeroclub.net |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
wrote in message ... You're dangerously close to encroaching on established names. The Aero Club of America was the predecessor of the National Aeronautics Association. More importantly, the Aero Club of Washington atwww.aeroclub.orgstill is an ongoing operation. Did you consult a lawyer before settling on that name and a URL that differs only slightly from an established, respected entity? This may or may not be illegal, but it most definitely can be interpreted as an attempt to exploit an existing name. It's not as odious as the attempts by individuals in the early days of the Internet to claim "squatter's rights" by registering obvious corporate URLs in the hope of selling them to the corporation, but you really ought to consider using a name that cannot be confused with an existing website. Thanks for your advice, John. I don't really want to be confused with Aero Club of Washington or Aero Club de France www.aeroclub.com I just want to set up an open and free space to share aviation documents online and to create groups of pilots in any "real" aero club. So I will soon add an "about us" page to describe how "Aero Club aeroclub.net" was founded and how it works. Be sure to post a conspicuous disclaimer on the home page as well as the "about us" page that you have no relationship to ACoA or ACoW or ACdF. That doesn't totally resolve the issue but it definitely would help in establishing your good-faith motives. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
On Jan 8, 8:21*am, "John Mazor" wrote:
You're dangerously close to encroaching on established names. *The Aero Club of America was the predecessor of the National Aeronautics Association. *More importantly, the Aero Club of Washington atwww.aeroclub.orgstill is an ongoing operation. *Did you consult a If "Aero Club" isn't a common generic term, I don't know what is. The thread starter's site is an (online) Aero Club and it has just as much right to the domain name aeroclub.net as anybody else doing something similar, in fact more so than those brick and mortar establishments you presented as ".net" is ".network", for *international* network organisations - which apparently is exactly what this new site is planned to be. If anything it's your examples which have silly choices for domain names, as they are country specific entities and should by rights be using an appropriate domain under thier ccTLD. Besides, poster #1 is in Italy by his email address, he an quite cheerfully throw any possble C&D from your examples in the bin, US legal jurisdiction doesn't extend to Italy. If aeroclub.org had wanted aeroclub.net as well then they should have registered it, I'm sure they could have found the $10 somewhere. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Aero Club, the aviation community and social network
"James Sleeman" wrote in message ... If "Aero Club" isn't a common generic term, I don't know what is. I can't quite agree. "Aero Club" and the even more general term of "Aviation Club" are used by several existing organizations. However, I wasn't trying to shut him down, just make him aware of the situation. He seems to have taken it in the right spirit and hopefully will post a disclaimer, which closes the matter for me. The thread starter's site is an (online) Aero Club and it has just as much right to the domain name aeroclub.net as anybody else doing something similar, I never said he didn't. If anything it's your examples which have silly choices for domain names, as they are country specific entities and should by rights be using an appropriate domain under thier ccTLD. But they don't, so there is the possiblity of confusion. Many users don't even know the difference between aeroclub.org, aeroclub.com and aeroclub.net ,or what the country designators mean. Besides, poster #1 is in Italy by his email address, he an quite cheerfully throw any possble C&D from your examples in the bin, US legal jurisdiction doesn't extend to Italy. I wasn't threatening legal action or even reporting him to an abuse mailbox. If aeroclub.org had wanted aeroclub.net as well then they should have registered it, I'm sure they could have found the $10 somewhere. Commercial corporations know from experience to do that to protect their brand. The potential for confusion (deliberate or otherwise) probably never even crossed the minds at the Aero Club of Washington or the French one, and they probably don't even care. (If they did, there'd have been lawsuits between those two and the loser would have had to use a different URL.) I was addressing the confusion that might be created in the minds of viewers. A simple disclaimer takes care of that. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Navy Aero club in Norfolk, VA ? | John Doe | Owning | 1 | July 27th 05 01:24 AM |
Aero club rates | Paul Tomblin | Piloting | 2 | August 6th 04 07:50 PM |
aero-domains for anybody in the aviation community | secura | Aviation Marketplace | 1 | June 26th 04 07:37 PM |
Aero-domains for everybody in the aviation community | secura | Soaring | 1 | June 26th 04 03:59 PM |
Alternative to Aero-NUT-Network | RobertR237 | Home Built | 3 | April 21st 04 09:29 PM |