Chris Bosh Wins The Internet (Literally)
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Mark Madsen, step aside. There’s a new NBA domain name buyer in town. His name is Chris Bosh. The details, from Henry Abbott:
Some jerk beat Chris Bosh to registering the domain www.chrisbosh.com. So Bosh went after the cybersquatter. All sorts of legal wrangling later, Bosh has won damages, his domain … and a zillion other domains the same guy had been squatting.
Boom baby. Yes, it’s true: Bosh is now in possession of nearly 800 domain names, including such hits as ericpiatkowski.com, ...
Chris Bosh vanquishes cyber squatters, gives back to hard-luck multi-millionaires
Posted Sports : Basketball —
... As True Hoop points out, Bosh won not only his legal damages and the right to his site, but established a precedent for any such case. All of the sites that Bosh won were from the same guy who was cyber squatting on the Bosh-named site. Bosh has promised to give the sites back to their namesakes free of charge. ...
Chris Bosh Officially Becomes “King of the Internet”
The Last Angry Fan —
... DelonteWest.com
AmareStoudemire.com
DariusMiles.com
JJRedick.com
The full list is here (in PDF format), as well as instructions on how to get your domain name back…for free. That’s right, Chris Bosh is the Robin Hood of Internet domain names, as he plans on returning them to their rightful owners free of charge, according to Bosh’s Internet consultant Hadi Teherany of Max Deal. [CBS2,TrueHoop]
Chris Bosh Saves The Internet For 800+ Athletes
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... of course, are some such people, and one in particular made an effort to claim the names of hundreds upon hundreds of athletes. Unfortunately, one of those athletes just so happened to be Chris Bosh . Bosh does have money, but rather than cough up a cent for his eponymous domain name, he used said money on lawyers , who have the “get rich off rich people” game on lock. A (metaphorical) layup in court later, and over 800 domain names are free, including some absolute gems. From ESPN.COM’s TRUEHOOP : There are nearly 800 names in the list, and Bosh and his internet consultant, ...
The 10-man rotation, starring Chris Bosh, 'Domain Name King'
Ball Don't Lie —
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: TrueHoop / MPS. "Mark Madsen, step aside. There's a new NBA domain name buyer in town." PF: Basketbal Free For All. Can we live with replacement referees? SF: Dime. Bold headline warning: "Hakim Warrick Will Be The Best Offseason Pickup This ...
Chris Bosh Is Master of His Domain Name ... and Maybe Yours Too
The Sports Section —
... who, should they embark on another acoustic tour, can now advertise it on Afoostic.com.
Bosh says he'll transfer the names to their rightful owners for free, though we're unsure what that means for domains such as October24.com (described as the date of the last commercial Concorde flight) and Cockblocks.com (helpfully described as "one who prevents another from scoring sexually").
Raptors' Chris Bosh wins court battle for domain names [Toronto Star]
Chris Bosh, Cyber Hero [TrueHoop/ESPN]
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