IGN recently caught up with domain registrant John Dunn and got his comments on the lawsuit recently filed by Las Vegas casinos against Dunn, the Stardust Company, Planet Luck Casino, Ed Servicio, Starluck Corporation and others for cybersquatting.
Dunn maintains that the plaintiffs have no case. "The Internet law about domains and the right use each one is being challenged all the time," he said. "There is such a gray area of the law that exists in regards to the domain names and any Internet business. It's like the Wild West, the laws are being written as we go.
"The word 'cybersquatting' is a joke. If the law was more clearly defined I would [have] advised my clients it was a bad idea to use the names in question ... Reserve all the names yourself if you are worried about anyone else taking them. That would be the advice to anyone that has something like this to protect. It would be also the most cost effective way, that is for sure."
Dunn also maintains that the sites in question are operated by his clients, not himself. He explained, "We are a Web development company that specializes in online gambling. The sites in question were clients' sites. We advised our clients and rebuilt their sites for them."
According to Dunn, his clients have "made the necessary changes that were asked by the law suit."
Dunn also pointed out that he has nothing to do with Starluck Company. "We are not, nor have we ever been linked to the Starluck Company," he said. "There was never any checks written to this company."
Starluck's Mario Wells, however, told IGN that Dunn had been part of an unsuccessful affiliate program.