No. They aren't using the domain to profit off any trademarks you own so the answer is, you lose. You aren't the first person to desperately want a domain that someone else owns, you won't be the last one to have a tantrum and accuse them of 'cybersquatting' for beating you to the punch. No need to pay a lawyer. This is a clearly settled issue. You can file a UDRP ($1500) and try to take it away, but you have to prove bad faith of the registrant. Remember when mom said life isn't fair? Welcome.
"Is there anyone out there with legal skills that wants to work for us for free to get us something for free that belongs to someone else because we want it and don't want to pay for it and were several years late noticing someone else had gotten it before us b/c we did not run our business seriously and now want to have what we don't have and they won't give to use for free???
Are you Donald S Monopoli? If not you are out of luck. Here is the Trademark. If you are you may have a shot at getting the domain, though the mark was just filed in early December.
trademark serial: 85491141 (uspto.gov)
Though, Donald S Monopoli could in turn get in trouble with TerraBrite (two 'r') as they have had a trademark since 2009.
Nobody likes a "squatter", which is a person that infringes on a TRADEMARKED domain (Coke, Apple, etc). If you have a Trademark then you certainly have a case and I would suggest taking action. If however you suddenly want a domain that someone else owns then you have to pay for it just like people pay for land, homes, etc. It's digital real estate. There has been a whole industry around domain names for a long time. You can always file a UDRP or WIPO to have a impartial jury decide on the case.
@VleraBrite True. I haven't really thought about it, better to just trademark TeraBrite and just leave it allow. :) I just got really mad at those people :( LOOOL;
@xin0710 The policy all registrars have to follow regarding domain disputes is still in effect. I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to about 2009 late, sorry. Feel free to visit icann . org for more details.
@xin0710 We removed the comment because of other reasons however the information we provided regarding the ICANN domain resolution dispute policy is in effect. It was put in effect in 2009 if that is what you were referring to? Just as many laws are signed in to law many years ago and are still valid today. Same concept here. Please refer to the ICANN website to review the UDRP so you can understand what we are referencing. Thank you
@JasmineKara1 We're not going to pay 5,000 for a lawyer when they bought this website for what, 15 bucks a year? Definitely not! That would mean that they win at making us spend a bunch of money for a website that they have no reason to own in the first place, other than to steal money from people that are just trying to make a name for themselves.
I believe you can only "force" them to give it to you or take it down if you have Terabrite registered as a trademark, and then possibly only if you registered it before they claimed the domain name. otherwise you'll probably just have to buy it from them. Other actions might be available if they are actively phishing or trying to scam your viewers by impersonating you.
They don't scam you. They are smart and want your money. It's a business idea and it is not illegal because you are not a registered business and you didn't originally have rights to that domain. They buy domains to make a profit it's a smart idea and you accuse people of being scammers because you didn't buy the domain when you should have? I respect you all so much but butchering people's image is wrong and I have to stand up and say something since I design websites and host them as-well.
@NewProductions its called domain squatting, which the basic idea of is to make people who have intentions of truly using the site rather than buying it, and milking money out of people. Its not per-say illegal, but its wrong, and as he explains they put it up for bid for a high price, and bid before its gonna close to keep it going until it reaches an un-realistic amount. Its not 'buisness', its just low-lifes, and theyre not butching their name, theyre not a real buisness
Every time I try to go to Tara Brite the website it take you directly to your YouTube channel no joke. Come on check my channels where I don't scam you. Signed the struggling YouTuber
I know that if you have a legitimate product with a certain name, and a website that doesn't have a legitimate product is using a domain name which is the same as your product, if you can prove to a judge that it causes consumer confusion the domain name will be stripped from the other owner and given to you. I do believe you must buy the contract off of them, though. Which would probably be like 10-100$. But you would have to pay that to get the domain in the first place anyhow.
Hah, Update for you new guys; Earlier it was a site for a company called " Terabrite".The site looked legit, and so on, but when i tried now, i got redirected to their YT channel. SO Either they have done it, or some hackers have! I suggest that you maybe contact a lawyer, and just ask some questions. Because you can get in trouble when other people are hacking them. Sad, but true.. THey are the one who's scamming
Well, since terabrite is not trademarked or considered a legitimate company (it would be a legitimate small business only if you have declared it on your taxes with proof of spending and product) then you cannot demand it to be forcibly taken down. However, you did not give them permission to use your image so you can demand them take off your image from the site. If you want trademark your name! so this would not happen. Please DO NOT promote any hacker activity that might incriminate you.
@MickyyisMick Domain names are intellectual property and follow the IP laws. That is why Apple has the right (and they use it LIBERALLY) to take down any website that has iPhone in the title: iphone4s, iphonecam4s, iphoneporn4s and porn4iphones. Et cetera. It is because iphone is the intellectual property of Apple, and the argument for consumer confusion is a pretty easy case: Porn hurts Apples image, and using Apple IP gives these sites an advantage at the expense of Apple.
@HyyRisque Holy crap how did you do that! That wasn't part of the game plan hahaha. =P You have serious skills but we won't get in trouble for this will we? O.O
@HyyRisque You realize you could go to jail for that, right? If not prison. That is a very illegal thing to do, and bragging about it on youtube, a subsidiary of google, aka a company who is known for going out of their way to fully cooperate with federal and local law enforcement, is a really stupid thing to do. Do you realize how screwed you could be over this? I hope you at least spoofed your IP and used a fake account to log into youtube.
@HyyRisque You. Are. Awesome! This makes me so happy inside I can't even tell you. I'm screen capping this and making it my desktop background haha. YES!!!!!!
@HyyRisque YES! Bro your the shit TeraBrite has work so hard to get where they are your the man for helping them out :D imma say thanks and im sure i dont say it for just me but from all terabrite fans!
HEY dj! respond to me, i got access to that domain. dont ask how. what do you want me to do with it. ill just write hacked by hyyrisque on it now. to prove it.
That happened to my friends band, they made a facebook book, YouTube , etc then someone made a website that was complete bull, so they called someone iforget who and then they contacted the scammers and they ended up paying my friends band money
In my opinion there is no way to get the domain legally, as far as you haven't registered a trademark for terabrite. At least thats what it works like in Europe.
Just wait for the new gTLD domains that are coming in 2013 and get terabrite.music or something like that. If you really want the terabrite com domain, you will need to discuss a price with the current owner
@JakeHerp We would love to, but they avoided talking to us on the phone today and shut down their phone lines immediately after the conversation we had. They are scared and just hoping to screw us over in the auction.
@VleraBrite understand, but I guess that's the only way to get the domain without spending lots of money on attorneys or registering a legal trademark. if you hold a trademark for the name, it should be easy to get your domain name, as long as you can prove, that they are not actually doing any business under the name of terabrite. thats at least my experience (had a similar problem with a domain once), the US law is significantly different to the one here in germany, though
@VleraBrite i btw bought a domain name which was registered just like yours from a US company and in the end I got it for like 200 bucks. there are no other interested people who will make a bid on terabrite com (except maybe for some people who saw this video and want to bug you now), so you might get lucky and get it as cheap as I got mine once.
@JaviJavaMocha even if they trademark TeraBrite they wont be able to get the domain unless they pay for it. The company took the domain TeraBrite before the name was trademarked which means that DJ and Sabrina don't have rights to the domain unless they pay for it.
(2/2) - Is to offer some free downloads etc on your terabritemusic website to increase traffic and increase the search ranking on google. I think this is your best bet. I do not want to sound like i am being nasty, but there is very little reason for most people to go to your website. Free downloads, a forum, exclusives etc! Hope i have helped in some way.
@VleraBrite No problem, good luck.. My next piece of advice is to try and negiotiate a deal. Have they said how much they want? The only person who is going to want to get this domain and use it properly is you. If their aim is too make money, then your the only person who will pay them. As much as it sucks, if you think your band will continue to grow (it looks like it will) you might be aswell trying to get a deal done now! Unless they are asking for alot!
@iainsvlog I'm pretty sure they aren't selling it to us directly because they want to wait it out and hope that we backorder it so they can backorder their own website and screw us over in the auction. That's how these scams work. That's why they are pretending to be a legit website too.
@VleraBrite That sucks! I would wait for a few days and see how this goes, someone might have a sound solution (doubt it) then id figure out how much your willing to pay (figure out how much the guy has paid then add some on top) make an offer. If he declines, you need to go forth with terabrtiemusic or as someone mentioned above, register as trademark so you can register to get a domain with a valid reason before public! anyway, good luck and keep the good vids and music!
DJ, I've done courses in Business law etc for the UK (however, i can tell the same applies to you, most likely). Im saying this as to avoid you wasting your time with (trademarking etc (well for this purpose anyway). You would have a claim if they were ripping your band off. I.e. like a fake ticket site company etc. However, they are not. Example; Four year strong. They have some serious legal backing as a band (Universal Recs) and still have to use another domain. My suggestion to you (1/2)
@TheMonkeyrock77 WTH? Someone broke into your house for the copyright papers? Must be a serious demand for that! Sorry about that! We will definitely keep you informed! =]
I'd call your local police & ask because I am only a kid with a crime buff hobby/in a different state.
You can definitly file it for scamming because if they sell something thats not real [i saw they do, do ads] they are theives.
You can also continue to contact them, let them know that you know theyre scammers, and basically bluff them into selling it to you [but thats blackmail & slightly illegal] I dont know much on this, so Id go with the first option...
I think you can only claim a domain without buying it from the current owner, is when you have the name registered somewhere. If they do illegal stuff, you can report them, so the domain will become free. Good luck! :)
@SommerV2 I agree with DJ on this, the "company" that has that domain name is malicious to the roots, the sole purpose of the company, which is not called terabrite, just grabs domains as fast as they can hoping that one day someone will pay them to obtain it. Like DJ said, as soon as DJ made the myspace they grabbed the domain. What they do is morally wrong and DJ and Sabrina deserve that domain, just give Terabrite (the fake company a call) see what kind of business they provide
@JerseyLeems We did that and were put on hold for a very long time. Finally a lady picked up the phone and asked my name and phone number and I refused and said I just have a few questions about their business. She then interrupted me and said hold on I am going to transfer you to Robert CLICK The phone rang and it went to an answering machine. We called back again hoping to get the lady again and the phone line is now disconnected. >.<
@VleraBrite that sounds sooooo frustrating, I'm on the website just getting mad at how terrible of scam this is. My favorite line of text from the site is "Each and every week, teraBRITE acquires more than 1.5 millionquality prospects and customers for our clients in the business opportunity" oh wow millionquality in the business opportunity...
@VleraBrite I wonder if you could get them on the dotOrg. I know that to be an Org you have to meet certain requirements which they don't. I wonder if you contacted whoever they registered their domain through and told them this if they would do something about it and see it's a scam.
@JerseyLeems There's no requirements for any domain extension, apart from .gov afaik. I had a *.org domain once, with no trouble what so ever. I own several *.com domains and I would certainly not see them be stolen by people who think they deserve them more than I.
@SommerV2 org implies nonprofit. Did you register your domains with intent of making money knowing that people would want to register that domain one day? I can see what you are saying about anyone has the right to buy a domain but this situation, domain name squatting, is wrong to the core. You are an actual person using the domain for a real reason,not just sitting on it, putting up a fake site so the registration company doesn't block you.I don't understand how you can't see how this is wrong
@JerseyLeems First off, you are incorrect. 3 seconds on wikipedia and I can see you're bullshitting me. Secondly, I CAN see it's wrong to take a domain, to resell it - no matter the circumstances. I do believe they should be prevented from selling it - but they are STILL the owners of the domain. Nothing changes - and TeraBrite (Band) should not be able to force TeraBRITE (FakeFirmLLC) to give them their domain.
@SommerV2 you're right I'm done because I have no argument, you're 100% correct. Now I'm going to go buy KidsOneToiletsdotcom and then sell it to you.
@JerseyLeems I do not understand, why they deserve it more than anyone else? I mean, ofcourse they are making the name famous, but that is not how you decide who-owns-what. Anyone - not only firms - can buy domains, for any given reason.
@SommerV2 Because it is misleading, scammy, and a waste of randomly generated text internet space if the domain name doesn't point to something that actually makes use of the name. We will make proper use of the name. That is why we deserve it more.
@VleraBrite No!? My god, why do you decide what THEY can do with a (or all) the domains they own? There's no law about making bad content on the internet, no matter how much we'd want it sometimes. If it's illegal, it's illegal and should be stopped, but the domain is still theirs?
@SommerV2 It's an illegitimate business posing as a fake business because they know that they can get in trouble for what they are doing. If they used the website for something legitimate it would be a different story. It would even be a different story if the site said "buy this site for X" and we might think about it. They are screwing with us in many ways, much like you right now. I'm realizing that you are the same person I have been replying to this entire time. Stop trolling.
@VleraBrite Sir, I've never said I wasn't? I promise you, I am not trolling to troll. Though I can understand that you do not enjoy my opinion. The reason I am being stubborn and continuously commenting is because this is something I am passionate about. I feel like it's wrong, that you are so determined to get this domain, when it is not yours. I haven't been able to find on their website, where it says: "domain name for sale".
@SommerV2 Exactly, that is why it is illegitimate. As I explained in the video, what these website squatters do is buy domains that are getting a lot of search results (usually people checking to see if it's available) grab the domain, wait for someone to put a backorder on it, when it comes time for the domain to expire they then start an auction for it and bid on it last second when you think you won increasing the price by HUGE amounts each time.
@VleraBrite I understand what they are trying to do, but it only works because you're so determined getting the domain name. Save the money and get a programmer to SEO your site properly. Is that "auction" legal?
@SommerV2 The auction is just what goes on in Domain sites if more than one person backorders, and I'm pretty sure it's not legal if they are backordering their own domain to start up the auction themselves rather then just renewing it. This has nothing to do with SEO, our website ranks way better than the TeraBrite site already. There are just some people that don't even search it and just type it straight into the address bar and immediately assume we don't have a website. >.<
@VleraBrite ".. we are just sick of this illegitimate company popping up in searches .." Top comment. THAT has something to do with SEO. Please DJ, I fucking love your stuff, but I cannot agree with you, that you should be able to force them to give them their domain name.
It startles me that people are saying "ohh it's perfectly fine"! Are you kidding me? They have nothing to do with TeraBrite and the mere fact that they are "repeated offenders"(not really but you get my drift), I would love to punch them in the face and claim my band's name domain. Look, this is not right.I know anyone can buy a domain name.Unless you are writing anything about TeraBrite on it, YOU ARE A FUCKING ASSHOLE HUSTLER BITCH!
@musicplusink They obviously have other intents than just auctioning if their website is designed to look like it's a legitimate business with a phone line that takes you to people that throw you around a bunch of hold music and then finally block your number. It's a huge scam.
@TeraBrite well if they are doing that, and collecting info or money then yes, they can if found get in trouble. Weird that they would go to that level because you can buy domain names without starting a site and you would have to buy the name from who owns it. If it looks like a business report them to the BBB or other sites that rate or warm people about bad companies
Just keep TeraBriteMusic. You may not be the only people with the name TeraBrite as a company/band/etc... I don't hate you, but like @SommerV2 said everyone has as much right to a name as you do.
@shostaTV Whether they have right or not, they are faking a business so they don't get in trouble and according to the company they are registered with, they recognized their account as people that do this a lot. For anyone to think this is okay is ridiculous!
I certainly DO NOT hope there's anything you can do, if you cannot persuade them with sweettalk. I would certainly not have my domain taken from me, because "celebs" (not saying that's what you are, but you get the idea) wants it. They have as much right to have the name as you do, even if you have a band called Terabrite. Please understand that I don't hate you, nor want to see you sad, but it's a fact of life; you were too slow.
@SommerV2 I'm glad to see you are siding with scum bags who thrive off of buying high traffic keywords as domain names for dirt cheap and selling them to the people who made that name popular for thousands of dollars. It's not a matter of us not being fast enough, we literally had one song on a freaking Myspace page. How were we supposed to know it would turn into something?
@VleraBrite It's not a question of you KNOWING it's going to be something. If you are making a band called Terabrite, why the crap wait? You can register a domain for what.. like 15 bucks? You said they did it on the day you created your myspace, how could THEY know that you were going to become something, if you didn't yourself? Ofcourse it's a matter of you not being fast enough - or thinking ahead. I honestly hope that you can't force them to give it to you.
@SommerV2 You are just being silly. Why am I replying to you? This was back in 2008 and we were starting and ending bands left and right just for fun. If you know the story about TeraBrite, it wasn't even a band at the time it was just what we decided to call the page for our first song "No One Knows" and we made a Myspace page for it like any other band as a joke pretending that we were in a band. We should be able to start a band without paying money as high school kids. End of story
@cvcaproductions haha we actually have VleraBritedotcom because we bought that domain before we even started VleraBrite. We would have bought TeraBrite before it started if we knew it would turn into something.
@VleraBrite Then there you go, VleraBritedotcom as your site, use it for the content of TeraBrite and VleraBrite videos and it will put more meaning into the whole VLing. Something to think on at least.
@cvcaproductions We have been thinking about pointing VleraBrite to the TeraBrite website for sure, but that still wouldn't change the fact that some really scammy looking website is confusing a bunch of traffic that comes from us and pointing them in the wrong direction. Before we got TeraBriteMusic ranking well and when we got our initial boost of traffic from YouTube, TeraBritedotcom was ranking extremely well on alexa for all the wrong reasons. It's not right!
@VleraBrite Well, hopefully you can think of something to get that name, without costing to much. VleraBritedotcom might help direct traffic away from it, but never know. It is hard and sucks, that just anyone can get a domain then take it, to make money off of it, in that way, when they don't have much use for it, other than try and profit off of it only, for someone that can use it in a legit way, like yourselves. Best of luck on the situation and possible different outcome.
How much do they want for it? The domain has a value to you, but they cannot expect more than a fair market price.
WebsiteToSell 2 weeks ago
No. They aren't using the domain to profit off any trademarks you own so the answer is, you lose. You aren't the first person to desperately want a domain that someone else owns, you won't be the last one to have a tantrum and accuse them of 'cybersquatting' for beating you to the punch. No need to pay a lawyer. This is a clearly settled issue. You can file a UDRP ($1500) and try to take it away, but you have to prove bad faith of the registrant. Remember when mom said life isn't fair? Welcome.
ChicagoScrapper 1 month ago
What a little socialist !!!!
"Is there anyone out there with legal skills that wants to work for us for free to get us something for free that belongs to someone else because we want it and don't want to pay for it and were several years late noticing someone else had gotten it before us b/c we did not run our business seriously and now want to have what we don't have and they won't give to use for free???
What a loser, cheap-skate, bum!!!!!
lanier1000 1 month ago
Are you Donald S Monopoli? If not you are out of luck. Here is the Trademark. If you are you may have a shot at getting the domain, though the mark was just filed in early December.
trademark serial: 85491141 (uspto.gov)
Though, Donald S Monopoli could in turn get in trouble with TerraBrite (two 'r') as they have had a trademark since 2009.
trademark serial: 77714964
The names are too similar.
sull88 1 month ago
Nobody likes a "squatter", which is a person that infringes on a TRADEMARKED domain (Coke, Apple, etc). If you have a Trademark then you certainly have a case and I would suggest taking action. If however you suddenly want a domain that someone else owns then you have to pay for it just like people pay for land, homes, etc. It's digital real estate. There has been a whole industry around domain names for a long time. You can always file a UDRP or WIPO to have a impartial jury decide on the case.
sull88 1 month ago
If the name Terabrite is tradmarked you can take that domain back
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@HyyRisque Ohh. Ok :P
ThaLRC 2 months ago
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kyborgftw 2 months ago
@VleraBrite True. I haven't really thought about it, better to just trademark TeraBrite and just leave it allow. :) I just got really mad at those people :( LOOOL;
JasmineKara1 2 months ago
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heathtech 2 months ago
@heathtech Nice feed bro... Kinda late there. 2009 late.
xin0710 2 months ago
@xin0710 The policy all registrars have to follow regarding domain disputes is still in effect. I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to about 2009 late, sorry. Feel free to visit icann . org for more details.
heathtech 2 months ago
@heathtech I'm guessing "Comment removed" means you've figured it out.
xin0710 2 months ago
@xin0710 We removed the comment because of other reasons however the information we provided regarding the ICANN domain resolution dispute policy is in effect. It was put in effect in 2009 if that is what you were referring to? Just as many laws are signed in to law many years ago and are still valid today. Same concept here. Please refer to the ICANN website to review the UDRP so you can understand what we are referencing. Thank you
heathtech 2 months ago
SUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEE! If this was me I would sue them just for the hell of it. Don't let this person walk all over you guys :) Hire a lawyer! :P
JasmineKara1 2 months ago
@JasmineKara1 We're not going to pay 5,000 for a lawyer when they bought this website for what, 15 bucks a year? Definitely not! That would mean that they win at making us spend a bunch of money for a website that they have no reason to own in the first place, other than to steal money from people that are just trying to make a name for themselves.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
RULES 1 AND 2 FAGGOTS!
peach 2 months ago
this truly is awful hope you guys can pull through :)
soravsheartless 2 months ago
was this really todays vlog? just asking
1ydal5 2 months ago
wow people are quite pathetic.
imasilentheart 2 months ago
I hate domain squatters - it unfortunately happens *all the time* though.
As far as I know, it's completely legal for whatever reason. D:
bobownsbob 2 months ago
@HyyRisque you clever thing. Well done.
CharGuitarGirl 2 months ago
I believe you can only "force" them to give it to you or take it down if you have Terabrite registered as a trademark, and then possibly only if you registered it before they claimed the domain name. otherwise you'll probably just have to buy it from them. Other actions might be available if they are actively phishing or trying to scam your viewers by impersonating you.
TheCsel 2 months ago 2
I love hackers <3 HyyRisque. You are a genius.
C3lticno1 2 months ago 4
They don't scam you. They are smart and want your money. It's a business idea and it is not illegal because you are not a registered business and you didn't originally have rights to that domain. They buy domains to make a profit it's a smart idea and you accuse people of being scammers because you didn't buy the domain when you should have? I respect you all so much but butchering people's image is wrong and I have to stand up and say something since I design websites and host them as-well.
NewProductions 2 months ago
@NewProductions its called domain squatting, which the basic idea of is to make people who have intentions of truly using the site rather than buying it, and milking money out of people. Its not per-say illegal, but its wrong, and as he explains they put it up for bid for a high price, and bid before its gonna close to keep it going until it reaches an un-realistic amount. Its not 'buisness', its just low-lifes, and theyre not butching their name, theyre not a real buisness
madmelidy31 2 months ago
Every time I try to go to Tara Brite the website it take you directly to your YouTube channel no joke. Come on check my channels where I don't scam you. Signed the struggling YouTuber
maxqt 2 months ago
Just for clarification, it is a type of intellectual property violation. Basically, you can sue them for stealing your intellectual property.
Melthornal 2 months ago 2
I know that if you have a legitimate product with a certain name, and a website that doesn't have a legitimate product is using a domain name which is the same as your product, if you can prove to a judge that it causes consumer confusion the domain name will be stripped from the other owner and given to you. I do believe you must buy the contract off of them, though. Which would probably be like 10-100$. But you would have to pay that to get the domain in the first place anyhow.
Melthornal 2 months ago
better business bureau perhaps
or maybe do a search for domain name scams
I found one for the federal trade commission
looneytoon76 2 months ago
To whoever hacked it: you are my hero. Unless they get in trouble for it ;/
Neelo16 2 months ago 6
Hah, Update for you new guys; Earlier it was a site for a company called " Terabrite".The site looked legit, and so on, but when i tried now, i got redirected to their YT channel. SO Either they have done it, or some hackers have! I suggest that you maybe contact a lawyer, and just ask some questions. Because you can get in trouble when other people are hacking them. Sad, but true.. THey are the one who's scamming
ExploreTheSickness 2 months ago 2
@KSNights Stop posting this on their comments for your own convineanc!!!
Cruzable17 2 months ago
it redirected me to you channel
musiclover2165 2 months ago
whats this redirecting talk about? it works just fine for me.
manuel16janica 2 months ago
I know someone hacked it earlier...and now it redirects to your youtube o.O. lol
05Forenza 2 months ago
I'm a 19 year old female vlogger from California
I'm 151 days in and I will be doing it until I'm 21.
It would be great if you checked out my videos.
I’m doing what I love and watching my life on camera.
KSNights 2 months ago
yeah it redirected me to your youtube channel as well
EllOhEllproductions 2 months ago
it redirects me to your youtube channel
MrYammers 2 months ago
you dont need to be a business to own a .com domain
MickyyisMick 2 months ago
do not know that is.
NoLimitsTV1 2 months ago
Do not not what you need to do But I do hope you figure it out.
Kevin
NoLimitsTV1 2 months ago
you just need some /b/tards to help out
macdaddysmurf05 2 months ago
Well, the last check I did for the domain, it's re-directing to your YouTube page. Does that means, you got control of the domain?
caa1000 2 months ago 4
when i go to terabrite com it takes me to your channel page
kyleperfectcolours 2 months ago 23
Sweeeeet!
TrejoTard 2 months ago
Ever time i try to go to it it takes me to your youtube page
Angiethegreat9109 2 months ago 4
HyyRisque... Those are some serious skills!!!!!
latigo187 2 months ago
Well, since terabrite is not trademarked or considered a legitimate company (it would be a legitimate small business only if you have declared it on your taxes with proof of spending and product) then you cannot demand it to be forcibly taken down. However, you did not give them permission to use your image so you can demand them take off your image from the site. If you want trademark your name! so this would not happen. Please DO NOT promote any hacker activity that might incriminate you.
josdabesteva 2 months ago
@josdabesteva you cant force it to be taken down either way. domains are first in best dressed
MickyyisMick 2 months ago
@MickyyisMick Domain names are intellectual property and follow the IP laws. That is why Apple has the right (and they use it LIBERALLY) to take down any website that has iPhone in the title: iphone4s, iphonecam4s, iphoneporn4s and porn4iphones. Et cetera. It is because iphone is the intellectual property of Apple, and the argument for consumer confusion is a pretty easy case: Porn hurts Apples image, and using Apple IP gives these sites an advantage at the expense of Apple.
Melthornal 2 months ago
I might just have to get a pedicure now >.<
VleraBrite 2 months ago 55
Now that the website is hacked, DJ get a pedicure.
aHotCharmander 2 months ago 4
Lmao that is funny. Good job to who ever took care of it
musicplusink 2 months ago
@musicplusink no problemo. didnt even take long.
HyyRisque 2 months ago
Oh no their sites down *wink* *wink*
timothybowen5 2 months ago 2
@HyyRisque so, you're the one who owns the site?
ThaLRC 2 months ago
@ThaLRC No! I just gained access to it, after watching this video. for DJ.
HyyRisque 2 months ago 2
@HyyRisque Holy crap how did you do that! That wasn't part of the game plan hahaha. =P You have serious skills but we won't get in trouble for this will we? O.O
VleraBrite 2 months ago 4
@VleraBrite lol.they deserved it.
HyyRisque 2 months ago
@VleraBrite "is there any way you can help us at all" *Challenge Accepted* few minutes later. Hijacked. hahah
HyyRisque 2 months ago 5
@HyyRisque -high five- you sir, are a boss
budds 2 months ago
Wow. Way to make a scenario worse. Bad idea terabriteers!
Storylords 2 months ago 2
i stopped the redirect to their youtube channel.
HyyRisque 2 months ago 2
GHEHEHH! stuff those bastards, just redirected that URL to ur youtube page! have fun! tell me what you want me to do with it!
HyyRisque 2 months ago 4
@HyyRisque I tweeted all their accounts hopefully they see it
MyLifeIsKindOfBoring 2 months ago
@VleraBrite TeraBrite com has been hacked by your fellow VL'er @HyyRisque ! Be sure to say thanks to him/ her....
HerpedAndDerped 2 months ago
maybe you can get terabritetheband com or some alternative. Just a last ditch effort.
LukeVader77 2 months ago
@LukeVader77 dude, i've alrerady hijacked the site. im just waiting on DJ to tell me what he wants me to do. go check it out. ive gotten root access.
HyyRisque 2 months ago
@HyyRisque tweet him
MyLifeIsKindOfBoring 2 months ago
@HyyRisque Nice skills dude, but wont they get in some legal trouble if they take it though?
LukeVader77 2 months ago 2
Or just change the name? You 2 are smart enough to get a better name!
cakeykhans 2 months ago
DJ or Sabrina, contact me ASAP. i have hijacked the site. hurry up.
HyyRisque 2 months ago 13
@HyyRisque Impressive. :)
ahughestv 2 months ago
@HyyRisque You realize you could go to jail for that, right? If not prison. That is a very illegal thing to do, and bragging about it on youtube, a subsidiary of google, aka a company who is known for going out of their way to fully cooperate with federal and local law enforcement, is a really stupid thing to do. Do you realize how screwed you could be over this? I hope you at least spoofed your IP and used a fake account to log into youtube.
Melthornal 2 months ago 3
GO CHECK terabrite com now.. read title. i got access to it. tell me wat u want me to dooo!
HyyRisque 2 months ago 53
@HyyRisque You. Are. Awesome! This makes me so happy inside I can't even tell you. I'm screen capping this and making it my desktop background haha. YES!!!!!!
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@HyyRisque Hacks Ftw!!!
Ccavalli100 2 months ago
@Ccavalli100 lol. i made it redirect to their terabrite youtube page now.
HyyRisque 2 months ago
@HyyRisque classy.
n3oeclipse 2 months ago
@n3oeclipse lol, i was bored.
HyyRisque 2 months ago
@HyyRisque HAHA Very nice, i wish i possessed the skills that you do.
Hat tip to you my friend
slaya56 2 months ago
@HyyRisque sup /b/tard
anojansmart 2 months ago
@HyyRisque did you hack it? dude, we dont wanna cause MORE legal issues...
madmelidy31 2 months ago
@HyyRisque YES! Bro your the shit TeraBrite has work so hard to get where they are your the man for helping them out :D imma say thanks and im sure i dont say it for just me but from all terabrite fans!
soravsheartless 2 months ago
HEY dj! respond to me, i got access to that domain. dont ask how. what do you want me to do with it. ill just write hacked by hyyrisque on it now. to prove it.
HyyRisque 2 months ago 6
That happened to my friends band, they made a facebook book, YouTube , etc then someone made a website that was complete bull, so they called someone iforget who and then they contacted the scammers and they ended up paying my friends band money
CamMusic971 2 months ago
If you want, we can "take down" the site. By force. Only if you give us permission.
HyyRisque 2 months ago 46
@HyyRisque Cudos and a hat tip to you sir/madam.
shiftquacker 2 months ago
@HyyRisque /b/
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TheMrBoxiee 2 months ago
you could get .de ;D
Deutschehordenelite 2 months ago
Why don't you ask Reddit?
dannyboyLaugh 2 months ago
In my opinion there is no way to get the domain legally, as far as you haven't registered a trademark for terabrite. At least thats what it works like in Europe.
Just wait for the new gTLD domains that are coming in 2013 and get terabrite.music or something like that. If you really want the terabrite com domain, you will need to discuss a price with the current owner
JakeHerp 2 months ago 5
@JakeHerp We would love to, but they avoided talking to us on the phone today and shut down their phone lines immediately after the conversation we had. They are scared and just hoping to screw us over in the auction.
VleraBrite 2 months ago 3
@VleraBrite understand, but I guess that's the only way to get the domain without spending lots of money on attorneys or registering a legal trademark. if you hold a trademark for the name, it should be easy to get your domain name, as long as you can prove, that they are not actually doing any business under the name of terabrite. thats at least my experience (had a similar problem with a domain once), the US law is significantly different to the one here in germany, though
JakeHerp 2 months ago
@VleraBrite Record the next conversation then show someone that can resolve the whole issue. Even a police station would do.
flybikes29 2 months ago
@VleraBrite i btw bought a domain name which was registered just like yours from a US company and in the end I got it for like 200 bucks. there are no other interested people who will make a bid on terabrite com (except maybe for some people who saw this video and want to bug you now), so you might get lucky and get it as cheap as I got mine once.
JakeHerp 2 months ago
@VleraBrite its first in best dressed. there is no law against it
MickyyisMick 2 months ago
@VleraBrite What's the problem? The site you want directs to your Youtube Channel now... Update please.
TheJbomber 2 months ago
@TheJbomber I know the same thing happened to me I would directly to the YouTube channel go free check out my videos. signed the struggling YouTuber
maxqt 2 months ago
58 people support DJ and 8 people are actually @SommerV2 and his 7 other kids on toilets youtube accounts
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems Holy shit (lol@pun). Damn you're a fucking douche. - I'm out.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@JaviJavaMocha even if they trademark TeraBrite they wont be able to get the domain unless they pay for it. The company took the domain TeraBrite before the name was trademarked which means that DJ and Sabrina don't have rights to the domain unless they pay for it.
shostaTV 2 months ago
(2/2) - Is to offer some free downloads etc on your terabritemusic website to increase traffic and increase the search ranking on google. I think this is your best bet. I do not want to sound like i am being nasty, but there is very little reason for most people to go to your website. Free downloads, a forum, exclusives etc! Hope i have helped in some way.
iainsvlog 2 months ago
@iainsvlog I appreciate your suggestion. However we are going to try what we can do before we give up. =]
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite No problem, good luck.. My next piece of advice is to try and negiotiate a deal. Have they said how much they want? The only person who is going to want to get this domain and use it properly is you. If their aim is too make money, then your the only person who will pay them. As much as it sucks, if you think your band will continue to grow (it looks like it will) you might be aswell trying to get a deal done now! Unless they are asking for alot!
iainsvlog 2 months ago
@iainsvlog I'm pretty sure they aren't selling it to us directly because they want to wait it out and hope that we backorder it so they can backorder their own website and screw us over in the auction. That's how these scams work. That's why they are pretending to be a legit website too.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite That sucks! I would wait for a few days and see how this goes, someone might have a sound solution (doubt it) then id figure out how much your willing to pay (figure out how much the guy has paid then add some on top) make an offer. If he declines, you need to go forth with terabrtiemusic or as someone mentioned above, register as trademark so you can register to get a domain with a valid reason before public! anyway, good luck and keep the good vids and music!
iainsvlog 2 months ago
@iainsvlog We would love to make an offer but they turned off their phone lines today! =[
VleraBrite 2 months ago
DJ, I've done courses in Business law etc for the UK (however, i can tell the same applies to you, most likely). Im saying this as to avoid you wasting your time with (trademarking etc (well for this purpose anyway). You would have a claim if they were ripping your band off. I.e. like a fake ticket site company etc. However, they are not. Example; Four year strong. They have some serious legal backing as a band (Universal Recs) and still have to use another domain. My suggestion to you (1/2)
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TheMonkeyrock77 2 months ago
@JaviJavaMocha Best comment of the day.
SommerV2 2 months ago
scissor kick them in the face. and sue them. do the american thing.
polarmerr 2 months ago
beat the shit out of them?
GameDoctor21 2 months ago
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TheMonkeyrock77 2 months ago
@TheMonkeyrock77 WTH? Someone broke into your house for the copyright papers? Must be a serious demand for that! Sorry about that! We will definitely keep you informed! =]
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TheMonkeyrock77 2 months ago
I'd call your local police & ask because I am only a kid with a crime buff hobby/in a different state.
You can definitly file it for scamming because if they sell something thats not real [i saw they do, do ads] they are theives.
You can also continue to contact them, let them know that you know theyre scammers, and basically bluff them into selling it to you [but thats blackmail & slightly illegal] I dont know much on this, so Id go with the first option...
madmelidy31 2 months ago
have someone hack the domain and u know the rest what to do
a7g1000 2 months ago
Apply for TeraBrite Net ??
NiteOwl1965 2 months ago 4
@NiteOwl1965 They have net org everything!
VleraBrite 2 months ago 2
I think you can only claim a domain without buying it from the current owner, is when you have the name registered somewhere. If they do illegal stuff, you can report them, so the domain will become free. Good luck! :)
TheRealGuzzler 2 months ago
@SommerV2 I agree with DJ on this, the "company" that has that domain name is malicious to the roots, the sole purpose of the company, which is not called terabrite, just grabs domains as fast as they can hoping that one day someone will pay them to obtain it. Like DJ said, as soon as DJ made the myspace they grabbed the domain. What they do is morally wrong and DJ and Sabrina deserve that domain, just give Terabrite (the fake company a call) see what kind of business they provide
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems We did that and were put on hold for a very long time. Finally a lady picked up the phone and asked my name and phone number and I refused and said I just have a few questions about their business. She then interrupted me and said hold on I am going to transfer you to Robert CLICK The phone rang and it went to an answering machine. We called back again hoping to get the lady again and the phone line is now disconnected. >.<
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite that sounds sooooo frustrating, I'm on the website just getting mad at how terrible of scam this is. My favorite line of text from the site is "Each and every week, teraBRITE acquires more than 1.5 millionquality prospects and customers for our clients in the business opportunity" oh wow millionquality in the business opportunity...
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems hahahaha >.<
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite I wonder if you could get them on the dotOrg. I know that to be an Org you have to meet certain requirements which they don't. I wonder if you contacted whoever they registered their domain through and told them this if they would do something about it and see it's a scam.
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems There's no requirements for any domain extension, apart from .gov afaik. I had a *.org domain once, with no trouble what so ever. I own several *.com domains and I would certainly not see them be stolen by people who think they deserve them more than I.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 org implies nonprofit. Did you register your domains with intent of making money knowing that people would want to register that domain one day? I can see what you are saying about anyone has the right to buy a domain but this situation, domain name squatting, is wrong to the core. You are an actual person using the domain for a real reason,not just sitting on it, putting up a fake site so the registration company doesn't block you.I don't understand how you can't see how this is wrong
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems First off, you are incorrect. 3 seconds on wikipedia and I can see you're bullshitting me. Secondly, I CAN see it's wrong to take a domain, to resell it - no matter the circumstances. I do believe they should be prevented from selling it - but they are STILL the owners of the domain. Nothing changes - and TeraBrite (Band) should not be able to force TeraBRITE (FakeFirmLLC) to give them their domain.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 I'm done arguing, especially after I went to your channel and saw that you have a video of a kid on a toilet.
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems LMFAO blame his sister and posted with his permission. You're done arguing because you don't have any arguments.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 you're right I'm done because I have no argument, you're 100% correct. Now I'm going to go buy KidsOneToiletsdotcom and then sell it to you.
JerseyLeems 2 months ago
@JerseyLeems I do not understand, why they deserve it more than anyone else? I mean, ofcourse they are making the name famous, but that is not how you decide who-owns-what. Anyone - not only firms - can buy domains, for any given reason.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 Because it is misleading, scammy, and a waste of randomly generated text internet space if the domain name doesn't point to something that actually makes use of the name. We will make proper use of the name. That is why we deserve it more.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite No!? My god, why do you decide what THEY can do with a (or all) the domains they own? There's no law about making bad content on the internet, no matter how much we'd want it sometimes. If it's illegal, it's illegal and should be stopped, but the domain is still theirs?
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 It's an illegitimate business posing as a fake business because they know that they can get in trouble for what they are doing. If they used the website for something legitimate it would be a different story. It would even be a different story if the site said "buy this site for X" and we might think about it. They are screwing with us in many ways, much like you right now. I'm realizing that you are the same person I have been replying to this entire time. Stop trolling.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite Sir, I've never said I wasn't? I promise you, I am not trolling to troll. Though I can understand that you do not enjoy my opinion. The reason I am being stubborn and continuously commenting is because this is something I am passionate about. I feel like it's wrong, that you are so determined to get this domain, when it is not yours. I haven't been able to find on their website, where it says: "domain name for sale".
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 Exactly, that is why it is illegitimate. As I explained in the video, what these website squatters do is buy domains that are getting a lot of search results (usually people checking to see if it's available) grab the domain, wait for someone to put a backorder on it, when it comes time for the domain to expire they then start an auction for it and bid on it last second when you think you won increasing the price by HUGE amounts each time.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite I understand what they are trying to do, but it only works because you're so determined getting the domain name. Save the money and get a programmer to SEO your site properly. Is that "auction" legal?
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 The auction is just what goes on in Domain sites if more than one person backorders, and I'm pretty sure it's not legal if they are backordering their own domain to start up the auction themselves rather then just renewing it. This has nothing to do with SEO, our website ranks way better than the TeraBrite site already. There are just some people that don't even search it and just type it straight into the address bar and immediately assume we don't have a website. >.<
VleraBrite 2 months ago
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@VleraBrite ".. we are just sick of this illegitimate company popping up in searches .." Top comment. THAT has something to do with SEO. Please DJ, I fucking love your stuff, but I cannot agree with you, that you should be able to force them to give them their domain name.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 to give you their domain name*, even.
SommerV2 2 months ago
call the cops? could you do that? i mean isn't it kind of stealing?
Theidontknowdoyou 2 months ago
It startles me that people are saying "ohh it's perfectly fine"! Are you kidding me? They have nothing to do with TeraBrite and the mere fact that they are "repeated offenders"(not really but you get my drift), I would love to punch them in the face and claim my band's name domain. Look, this is not right.I know anyone can buy a domain name.Unless you are writing anything about TeraBrite on it, YOU ARE A FUCKING ASSHOLE HUSTLER BITCH!
kizz1101 2 months ago
@kizz1101 EXACTLY! hahaha Don't get too worked up over it though! <3
TeraBrite 2 months ago
Wish I could help :( Good luck!!!!!
TheTotox666 2 months ago
They did nothing wrong Imo. People buy domain names to sell or auction all the time. They beat you too it
musicplusink 2 months ago
@musicplusink They obviously have other intents than just auctioning if their website is designed to look like it's a legitimate business with a phone line that takes you to people that throw you around a bunch of hold music and then finally block your number. It's a huge scam.
TeraBrite 2 months ago
@TeraBrite well if they are doing that, and collecting info or money then yes, they can if found get in trouble. Weird that they would go to that level because you can buy domain names without starting a site and you would have to buy the name from who owns it. If it looks like a business report them to the BBB or other sites that rate or warm people about bad companies
musicplusink 2 months ago
If it is under your name and they find out its not you then you get a better chance of butting and winning Tera brite if it's not then your screwed
RaHFLUFF 2 months ago
Just keep TeraBriteMusic. You may not be the only people with the name TeraBrite as a company/band/etc... I don't hate you, but like @SommerV2 said everyone has as much right to a name as you do.
shostaTV 2 months ago 2
@shostaTV Whether they have right or not, they are faking a business so they don't get in trouble and according to the company they are registered with, they recognized their account as people that do this a lot. For anyone to think this is okay is ridiculous!
VleraBrite 2 months ago
I certainly DO NOT hope there's anything you can do, if you cannot persuade them with sweettalk. I would certainly not have my domain taken from me, because "celebs" (not saying that's what you are, but you get the idea) wants it. They have as much right to have the name as you do, even if you have a band called Terabrite. Please understand that I don't hate you, nor want to see you sad, but it's a fact of life; you were too slow.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 i totally agree!
shostaTV 2 months ago
@SommerV2 I'm glad to see you are siding with scum bags who thrive off of buying high traffic keywords as domain names for dirt cheap and selling them to the people who made that name popular for thousands of dollars. It's not a matter of us not being fast enough, we literally had one song on a freaking Myspace page. How were we supposed to know it would turn into something?
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite It's not a question of you KNOWING it's going to be something. If you are making a band called Terabrite, why the crap wait? You can register a domain for what.. like 15 bucks? You said they did it on the day you created your myspace, how could THEY know that you were going to become something, if you didn't yourself? Ofcourse it's a matter of you not being fast enough - or thinking ahead. I honestly hope that you can't force them to give it to you.
SommerV2 2 months ago
@SommerV2 You are just being silly. Why am I replying to you? This was back in 2008 and we were starting and ending bands left and right just for fun. If you know the story about TeraBrite, it wasn't even a band at the time it was just what we decided to call the page for our first song "No One Knows" and we made a Myspace page for it like any other band as a joke pretending that we were in a band. We should be able to start a band without paying money as high school kids. End of story
VleraBrite 2 months ago
V L them. vlera brite dot com?
cvcaproductions 2 months ago
@cvcaproductions haha we actually have VleraBritedotcom because we bought that domain before we even started VleraBrite. We would have bought TeraBrite before it started if we knew it would turn into something.
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite Then there you go, VleraBritedotcom as your site, use it for the content of TeraBrite and VleraBrite videos and it will put more meaning into the whole VLing. Something to think on at least.
cvcaproductions 2 months ago
@cvcaproductions We have been thinking about pointing VleraBrite to the TeraBrite website for sure, but that still wouldn't change the fact that some really scammy looking website is confusing a bunch of traffic that comes from us and pointing them in the wrong direction. Before we got TeraBriteMusic ranking well and when we got our initial boost of traffic from YouTube, TeraBritedotcom was ranking extremely well on alexa for all the wrong reasons. It's not right!
VleraBrite 2 months ago
@VleraBrite Well, hopefully you can think of something to get that name, without costing to much. VleraBritedotcom might help direct traffic away from it, but never know. It is hard and sucks, that just anyone can get a domain then take it, to make money off of it, in that way, when they don't have much use for it, other than try and profit off of it only, for someone that can use it in a legit way, like yourselves. Best of luck on the situation and possible different outcome.
cvcaproductions 2 months ago
There is no law against registering domain names and not using them... hahahaha...
nigel002 2 months ago
I am no lawyer so I can't give you any advice, but if there's anything I can do, just say it and I'll do it ^^
It seems that there's a lot of Stalkers that know what they're talking about, so hopefully you'll find a solution :D
Neelo16 2 months ago
THOSE TROLLS!!!
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