Microsoft has decided to sue a 17 year old Canadian boy over the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com (story). The boy's name is actually Mike Rowe, and he registered the domain name to host is personal website. Back in Nov., he received an email from MS telling him to hand over the domain. He later received another email stating they'd pay him $10 for it. He was appalled by this and responded back that he'd sell it for $10,000. Well, that didn't settle well, and just recently he received a nice large book on why he'd be handing over the domain name or be sued.
So, whats the moral? Don't argue with big companies over domain names if it somewhat infringes on their company name or a product of theirs. That company has the right to obtain the domain name without you receiving any profits from it. The story states, however, that MS would not win this time, but only time will tell.
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