ZDNet 20 Jan 2004
Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously
Microsoft says it may have been overaggressive in threatening Web entrepreneur Mike Rowe over the name of his Web site, Mikerowesoft.com.
Rowe, a 17-year-old student from Vancouver, British Columbia, registered Mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time Web site design business in August 2003. Three months later, he received an e-mail from Microsoft's lawyers, asking him to transfer the domain name to Microsoft. They offered to pay him a "settlement" of $10, which is the cost of his original registration fee. [more]
Aieee!! i guess i must do my research more thoroughly!
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It didn't hit me till I saw that it was dated 20 Jan 2004. Initially thought it was the latest news too. 2005 haven't sink into my blain yet.
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