On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 05:56:38PM -0500, Tuc wrote:

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heimdall% whois verizonshouldspendmoretimefixingtheirnetworkandlessmoneyonlawyers.com

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No match for "VERIZONSHOULDSPENDMORETIMEFIXINGTHEIRNETWORKANDLESSMONEYONLAWYERS.COM".

Ok, if you must; it wasn't taken away, they simply didn't choose to keep it. If you're using that as proof that they can't keep a domain with a trademark in the name: [smcmahon@qward smcmahon]$ whois verizonreallysucks.com [whois.crsnic.net] Whois Server Version 1.3 Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: VERIZONREALLYSUCKS.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com Name Server: FOO.NOTWORK.NET Name Server: PHALSE.2600.COM Updated Date: 04-apr-2000

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