Ali Hussein, it&#39;s sad that <a href="http://kenyaairways.com" target="_blank">kenyaairways.com</a> is owned by a different entity, but it  is easy for it&#39;s legal team to claim the domain through litigation.<div><br>

</div><div>For Kenya.com, I think the government can actually spearhead its acquisition and bringing it back home. Why don&#39;t we lobby the relevant body to ask the government to kickstart the operation. Ministry of Information, Directorate of e-gov, e.t.c</div>


<div><br></div><div>Kenya.com can be a very good way for vision 2030 advertising Kenya as a commercial hub. Kenya Tourism board can also use it for advertising our great tourism attraction sites.</div><div><br></div><div>


Anybody from government listening? What government will want to know is how it will benefiting from the domain acquisition! The greatest answer would be eyeballs. The content hosted there gets a lot of eyeballs worldwide, which is &quot;FREE&quot; advertisement for the government.</div>


<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>10rdmwesh</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 June 2012 18:04, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Kivuva </div><div><br></div><div>In fact there is precedence to this. In 2000 WIPO ( World Intellectual Property Organization ordered the owners of <a href="http://Barcelona.com" target="_blank">Barcelona.com</a> to surrender the domain to the Barcelona City Council.   </div>


<div><br></div><div>More on that: </div><div><a href="http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx</a></div>


<div><br></div><div>The million dollar question is who can champion this. Or who has jurisdiction and more importantly the appetite for this? </div><div><br></div><div>I remember a few years back when I was handling the Kenya Airways web properties urging KQ to secure all iterations of their name online. Do you know KQ still doesn&#39;t own <a href="http://kenyaairways.com" target="_blank">kenyaairways.com</a>? A few years ago it was being used as a blog to diss KQ. Now it&#39;s a landing page being used for monetization. And the list  goes on..<div>


<br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div></div><div><div><div><br>On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Kivuva &lt;<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>


<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ali Hussein, can we have a basis to ask ICANN/Verisign to surrender the name <a href="http://kenya.com" target="_blank">kenya.com</a> to the republic? If its possible then that would be a landmark case.  We have more examples like <a href="http://uganda.com" target="_blank">uganda.com</a> that is clearly owned by a speculator. Other countries are not better off, with even <a href="http://southafrica.com" target="_blank">southafrica.com</a> controlled remotely from the west.<br>




<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2012 17:10, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Good question Kivuva. In Internet time that was eons ago. Question is how about now. What can we do? Cyber squatting is still very prevalent. <br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>



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<div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jun 13, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Kivuva &lt;<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div>




</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ali Hussein, <a href="http://kenya.com" target="_blank">kenya.com</a> was registered in 1995 when domain squatting was taking root. I wonder how many of us knew what a domain is.<br><br>




<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2012 16:33, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Alice<br><br>I agree. What is more interesting is that there are only 3 Geographic names. Africa, dotAfrica and Durban. These are real concerns that will need to be addressed. Even more interesting is that the rest are basically South African through DSTV. <br>







<br>The implications of cost, national pride etc arise. <br><br>For example a quick search for <a href="http://Kenya.com" target="_blank">Kenya.com</a> brings up<br><br><font size="1"> Registrant<br>                     Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br>




                   Alex Royf<br>


                   The Business Centre                   <br>                   Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br>                   BB11103<br>                   <br>  Administrative Contact<br>  <br>                   Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br>







                   Alex Royf<br>                   The Business Centre                   <br>                   Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br>                   BB11103<br>                   <img>@<a href="http://abstractholdings.com" target="_blank">abstractholdings.com</a><br>







                   +1.(246)436 8600<br>                                  <br>                  <br>  Technical Contact<br>  <br>                   Abstract Holdings International Ltd.<br>                   Alex Royf<br>                   The Business Centre                   <br>







                   Upton, St. Michael (BB)<br>                   BB11103<br>                   <img>@<a href="http://abstractholdings.com" target="_blank">abstractholdings.com</a><br>
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