Two months ago, after discovering that the owner of "ModernWarfare3.com" was first using the site to spew some fanboy hate about the game, and then redirect visitors to Battlefield 3's official site, Activision moved to seize the domain. Yesterday, it won.

Domain watchdog Fusible reports that the National Arbitration Forum ordered the name transferred from Anthony Abraham to Activision. The publisher was required to prove modernwarfare3.com was identical to, or similar enough to cause confusion with, one of its trademarks; that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith, and that Abraham had no rights or legitimate interests with respect to the doman. The NAF found Activision proved all three, which is the standard under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) policy for settling such disputes.

Read more here: http://kotaku.com/5838547/activision-seizes-modernwarfare3com-from-battlefield-3-fanboy
 
GOA.Luke*BK*

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As much as I hate to see stuff getting seized like that - im not sure how I feel about it.  He is entitled to his right of speech but using it to trash someone then sending them along to the correct site seems almost malicious

Its just one more reason i will not buy activi$ion's games.

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Activision was protecting themselves from defamation, an illegal act. What the owner of that site was doing is a criminal act. I probably won't buy MW3 but I support Activisions actions to remove hateful comments that tarnish their image. I'm surprised that we didn't hear that they were bringing him up on charges. BF3 FTW but you can't hate a business for protecting themselves.

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