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In article <rosidivi.787034837@rintintin.colorado.edu>,
John Doe <rosidivi@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>jbear@netcom.com (Alabama FuzzBear (tm)) writes:
>
>>This is the PROBLEM with the USA.....we are so quick to slap an injunction
>>or file suit or demand compensation that we all to often forget that things
>>get worked out quicker, easier and generally to the benefit of all when
>>this stuff is settled out of court.
>
>This statement seems to be in denial that *we* in the US are capitalists,
>having just *won* the 50 year struggle against communism, yippie!
>
>*Working it out* in the USA means getting paid, in capital. This is
>especially true when someone tries to appropriate or collectivise what
>an individual owns.

*snicker*  Capitalism doesn't mean you have to sue everyone at the drop
of a hat--quite the opposite.

Lets examine the circumstances here:  Someone makes what appears to be
a legitimate mistake.

Option 1:  Sue them to hell and back.
Result:  Your lawyers get lots of money.  You make the other people angry--
prabably perminently.  Their lawyers get lots of money.  You probably will
get your domain back, but only probably (there is very little case law here).

Net result--you get your domain back, both sides spend lots of money, you
have pissed someone else off.  

Option 2:  Negotiate with them:
Result:  Doesn't cost you anything.  Rather then making the other side angry,
you probably make them happy (because you _didn't_ sue, and you
are being reasonable, and they don't have to spend $$$).   You probably
will get your domain back (most people, amazingly enough, are reasonible--
certainly if you are).  

Net result--you get your domain back, no one spends any money, and no one is 
angry.

Which option do _you_ think is better for business?   (Hint:  makeing people
angry is usually a bad idea in business.  so is spending lots of money).

Do you work in the real world?  

>>Get a grip America.....It is time to stop this kneejerk dependance on lawyers.
>
>If you can do it yourself without a lawyer, then do it.

In this case, he could do it, and he _did_ do it.  He has already posted
that the situation is happily fixed.  



-- 
Matthew Crosby                                         crosby@cs.colorado.edu
Disclaimer:  It was another country, and besides, the wench is dead.