Domain Rights

A non business owns my domain name and I have a trademark for the name. Do I have the rights to the domain?
It appears that a webmaster of some sort has snatched the domain for my company's name. I have Trademarked my company name. I have heard that I may have legal right to it if noone is actually using it in association with a real website. Any assistance would be appreciated.

This is kinda a gray area (I mean Microsoft had to buy its domain name from someone at one time - you really think your going to be better represented, legally, than them), but you may have a case assuming your company name is something specific and recognizable as your company. Still, its almost certainly going to be more time and effort and alot more cost to get the name through the courts, than it would be simply to buy the thing from whoever has it - assuming they bought it in the hopes of reselling it at a profit. So I'd go the buying it from them route.

Do you know what the candidates say about property rights and eminent domain?
Here's one to get you started: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/property-rights-and-eminent-domain/

Yes, I knew that. It's not a surprise -- most conservatives are pretty upset by Kelo.

Who owns rights to a domain name prior to me registering it in my name?
If I goto yahoo small business services to register a domain name that is listed as being avalible, who owns the rights that are transfered to me upon registration?

Answer: A domain name is a name associated with a particular computer online. In the domain name www.chillingeffects.org, .org is the top-level domain ("TLD"), chillingeffects is the second-level domain name, and www is a subdomain. Domain names are looked up on name servers in the DNS hierarchy to resolve them to numerical IP addresses. A domain name registration, like a telephone directory listing, is simply a service by which the domain registry agrees to list your domain name and the corresponding IP address in its domain zone file (such as the .com zone file). The routers that forward data bits around the Internet must consult these zone files to know which machine you're using. If the registry removes the domain name from the zone file, then routers (and users) will not be able to address mail or see your website if they use your domain name. They can, however, still reach you by using your IP address. There are over 250 top level domains (like .com, .us and .uk). Each has its own procedures for handling registrations and trademark disputes. Nobody owns the rights, a DNS server resolves the name. You can purchase specific domain names that goes with IP addresses. Those IP addresses are owned by an organization. I believe it is called the ISO. Internet Standards Organization.

What are my rights as a domain registrant?
A company has contacted me claiming I am violating their copyrights. ie. AirTV is their name, airtv.com is their website, my website is airtvsports.com. They made a modest cash offer but I think the domain is worth more. Any advise would be appreciated.

Actually, assuming you're in the United States, the issue is whether you've violated the federal anti-cybersquatting statute. And you should consult an attorney, because their next step could be either a complaint to ICAAN, the agency that resolves domain disputes, or an in rem action in federal court under the Cybersquatting statute in the jurisdiction in which your registrar is located. That having been said, asking for more than they're offering is *not* necessarily an indication of bad faith under the statute. There are many other more important factors - about which your attorney will advise you.

Does eminent domain violate the rights of life liberty and property and thereby violate the Bill of Rights?
FYI the taking property was for parks or roads not for hotels

I believe it is as the original declaration was Life Liberty and Pursuit of Property (not pursuit of happiness) where are you from

If I bought a domain name in another form other than .com can I sell the domain rights to that company?
Say for instance... I purchased the domain name "Sony.net" before they did. If Sony wants to use this name do they have to go through me first and could I sell them the rights to that name??? I don't own Sony.net by the way, just an example :)

In the example given, the domain would almost certainly be taken away from you without compensation. In the early days of the internet, domain squatting and name infringement (often called name-squatting or cyber-squatting) became such a serious problem that the ICANN acted to prevent profiteering from exactly the situation you have described. In short, whoever "owned" the name first would come out the winner. If you registered a made-up domain name and a business subsequently was formed using that same name, you would be in the driver's seat since you were first. ICANN's system is far from perfect and there is still work to be done, but in a case similar to the example you gave you most certainly would lose and not be entitled to compensation of any type.

Admin rights over PC's without Domain Admin rights?
I have a Windows 2003 Domain with about 25 computers. I have two techs that work under me that need to work on the computers. I need them to always have admin rights on the PC's but i don't want to give them Domain Admin rights on the network. How can i automatically have them be Admin's of the PC but not on the domain?

Add them to a security group. You can then set up a group policy that gives that security group local admin rights on all machines in the domain.

Where can i find information that is either PUBLIC DOMAIN or includes REPRINT RIGHTS?
anyone know where i can find and download this for free?

What kind of information. There is a lot of information in the public domain and I need to know which you type you are looking for. Certainly all of project gutenberg is public domain but I doubt that it is what you are looking for.

How can I find out if a photograph is public domain, or if not, then who owns the rights to it?
Specifically, the "famous" picture of McCain hugging onto Bush...

if you are allowed to be there with a camera then it is public domain.

translation rights - public domain?
I work on translating a book published in 1941 by a leading British firm. I asked them many times for info on translation rights, but no answers. I was told sixty seven years since publication puts it into a category of public domain and no permission is needed. Is this true? Thanks.

If the author is alive it's not public domain, and usually after that the rights to the work are passed on to family. I'm sure there are exceptions for classics, but 1941 is very recent. I'd track down someone (or business for technical manuals). Literary rights can be a very tricky web to travel across. My sincere advice: get yourself an agent.