Cease and desist … and I would Love to Scream right now!
This capture was taken by yours truly and describes best the title of this post and this is why I am using it. This morning when I checked my email all the lovely thoughts and memories of the Valentines Day yesterday vanished. Why? Because of the email that I received from the attorney of a huge and world known company, asking me to cease and desist the use of a domain name and the web site that goes with it, as according to them, I am in breech with the Intellectual Property Rights of the company they are working for…
Needless to say it but I got cold shivers all over me. The though that first crossed my mind was – how can I go against them – it would be crazy to even try. You see, I am like the ant against the elephant here. No matter how good of an attorney I have I would never win this battle as I do not have the time, nor the cash to bear with the consequences that a probable loss would mean for me. Ceasing the use of the domain name and site would mean for me cutting my bread and butter for at least 3/4 of what I now make a month. Meaning I would have to do with barely a 1/4th of what I earn right now. And the entire amount is worthless and not even enough to make me pay the monthly costs of the server I am using alone 
Really my friends, I am so distressed and upset right now that I need to take a break and see to put my mind together and come up with a good enough plan as to where I will go from here on with my online venture. Will talk to you soon, and if you don’t see a post from me in a week means that I am too busy with this problem as they have given me only 10 days to solve the crisis. Bye for now.
February 16th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Here’s a link for information on domain name conflict resolution.
February 16th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
That really sucks, good luck with the battle!
February 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Thank you Bob and Hungry Mother, and yes, I am definitely not going to step back in this battle here. No matter whatsoever how tiny I feel in comparison with whom I am going to fight with. I hate even more feeling a looser, so the choice wasn’t that hard after all. I am simply pondering some more the way I am going to write them back with. Thanks again
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