kutulu 1,545 Posted April 14, 2006 METALLICA Threaten Legal Action Against Swedish Steelworkers Union - Apr. 14, 2006 According to an article on the Swedish IT news web site IDG.se, METALLICA have threatened legal action against the Swedish steelworkers union Metall over the rights to the Internet domain name Metallica.st (view web site at this location). The domain name Metallica.st is registered by Förvaltnings AB Metallica, which is the Swedish steelworkers union's venture capital firm. METALLICA's representatives (Zacco Sweden AB, the leading intellectual property consultancy in Scandinavia) have contacted the Swedish Internet Service Provider Bahnhof, which is managing and administering the country-level domain name .st for the small African country São Tomé and Principe. Disputes of this nature are addressed once a month in a meeting in São Tomé and Principe, which is attended by Bahnhof's chief executive, Jon Karlung. Karlung told IDG.se that he believes METALLICA will have a hard time arguing their rights against the Swedish union. "It doesn't seem like the domain has been hijacked in an attempt to harm anyone or to profit financially [from METALLICA's name], but we will bring this up at the next meeting," he said. Six years ago, Bahnhof made a deal with São Tomé and Principe to start a country-level domain which is now administered by the African nation itself but which is operated using servers in various other countries, including Sweden. For more background information on METALLICA's possible legal action against Förvaltnings AB Metallica, check out these two entries on the blog of Bahnhof founder Oscar Swartz, who started Sweden's first Internet Service Provider in 1994: April 11, April 12 (in Swedish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 14, 2006 Lawsuits usually go pretty well for Metallica from a public perception point of view. Does their public relations firm have a bet on how quick they can end their career? Who's advising these guys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yojimbo81 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Metallica should change their name to LAWSUIT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riddlen 1 Posted April 14, 2006 if you can find me a band of bigger poosay, whining, ball licking, chode sellouts on this planet... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 14, 2006 if you can find me a band of bigger poosay, whining, ball licking, chode sellouts on this planet... Wham laughs at what pussays these guys are. Whaaaaaaaaaa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 14, 2006 Metallica is the suck, they stopped making music worth listening to about 15 years ago, and they sue everyone in sight. They represent some of the worst people with regard to litigation- they should collectively change their physical gender to female since they are mostly there anyway. Keep in mind, Buffett is jsut as bad.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,545 Posted April 14, 2006 FYI, everyone who posted in this thread is gonna get sued. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redtodd 7 Posted April 14, 2006 Metallica has reach Aerosmith levels of suckiness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 14, 2006 Metallica has reach Aerosmith levels of suckiness. But at least Aerosmith know they suck and don't try to sue everyone in an attempt to take other people's money. They've graciously accepted suckiness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 14, 2006 But at least Aerosmith know they suck and don't try to sue everyone in an attempt to take other people's money.They've graciously accepted suckiness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vikings4ever 496 Posted April 14, 2006 Everyone is indebted to Matallica. Without them, file sharing wouldn't be nearly as popular as it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bno70_1 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Eh, everyone gets called a sellout when they make their music less crappy so people will actually buy it. Whatever. In other news, If I had no education or skills, I would join a union so that I could get overpaid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 14, 2006 Eh, everyone gets called a sellout when they make their music less crappy so people will actually buy it. Whatever. In other news, If I had no education or skills, I would join a union so that I could get overpaid. The force is strong with this one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
