Computer and electronics giant Apple are currently locked in a cyber-squatting legal battle over the domain name, itunes.co.uk
Twenty two year old Benjamin Cohen, who hit the jackpot in the dot-com-boom of 2000 by founding SoJewish.com when he was 17, said he registered the domain name in November 2000, and wouldn't give it up without a fight.
Speaking to news agency Reuters, East London based Cohen said,
"Apple applied to trademark iTunes in October 2000, but that the application wasn't made public until December. In the course of discussions with Apple they offered to buy the domain, but it was a very low offer, and we couldn't accept it. They have issued legal proceedings to gain control of it, but we registered it fairly and squarely, and we don't feel we've done anything wrong. We're not going to back down."
A Whois lookup confirms that Cohen did indeed buy the domain name in November 2000 and it is not due for renewal until November 2006.
Visitors to itunes.co.uk will be redirected to Cohen's commission based site, QuickQuid.com
Is is unknown how much of an offer Cohen would accept, but we expect this battle to go on for some time.
Apple declined to comment declined to comment on the case.
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