I recently setup a website using the company’s name as the domain. It now appears as the #1 hit in google for that company’s name. I voice my experience and opinion about the company. The owner of the company called me today about it and threatened a lawsuit for what is known as “malicious intent.” Can I get in trouble for the site or should I not back down. I will only back down if it is more trouble then it is worth to keep the site up. He said he’s already lost thousands, but I checked the hits for the site and it only has 6 unique visits so far.
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Although the answer about squatting is somewhat correct it is not entirely true. There are multitudes of companies with the same name out there and your review could have been written about several of the other ones out there. However, with this being said, you are liable for the content you posted and if it was malicious and you said direct names of people in the company/whereabouts/made any specifics about the company known other than its a company than you can be sued for malicious intent. I would disband the site and create another one under a different name and repost/edit and repost the original on the other site.
Yes you can be sued, what you’re doing is called cybersquatting. You registered the domain name with full knowledge that there is a company of the same name. What you’re doing is illegal, and you should probably stop.
Be prepared to out-lawyer the company. Whether you’re right or wrong in what you’re doing, expect to have to respond to legal actions against you. You may win or lose in the end, but you’ll need to lawyer up either way.
Well, does your website have malicious intent against the company? No? Then no. What are you going to do with the domain name anyway? Is it worth it starting a battle against this company?
Thanks for the link. I was unable to connect though. Anyways it is probably more trouble than its worth.