Activision Disputing Ownership of Fake Modern Warfare 3 Website Because of Course it Is

Internet hobos and there domain squatting.

Hmm, I think I'll register giantbomb2.com.

They keep those lawyers on retainer, but they'd have to pay new money to register all of those extra domain names. Seems pretty obvious why they're not proactive.

Activision is just mad he's calling them out on their BS.  CoD is complete garbage now.  They've made the same game for years and the fanboys keep eating this crap up.  I hope they have to buy the domain off him and he makes a tidy profit.  Then with his profit he can buy a copy of BF3 and a garbage bag for his MW discs.

I'm not surprised Activision would be completely unintelligent to the level that as soon as they made MW1 they didn't buy tons of MW domain names. Oh and not to mention that Actvile are complete dicks and would sell their mothers for a good game. I was going to get MW3 just because I thought the game looked great and fun, even with my distaste for Actvile. But after this they can go fuck a duck and suck some ....muck? YEA THAT WORKS!    I'm now getting Bf3 and will support any game that runs up against something Actvile puts out.

Hmm, I think I'll register giantbomb2.com.

i like Alex's articles

I hope Activision doesn't get this domain... even though I know they will.

"this whole thing is like a scene straight out of a Michael Bay action movie!"

I hope Activision doesn't get this domain... even though I know they will.

This is a pretty funny situation here. Thou, the amount of shit I give about the parties involved in this little conflict can be measured between the two lines after this sentence.

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@Bones8677 said:

@Spekingur said:

Whoever owns the domain closed the redirect and set up the site as previously except with more BF3 references. The domain is registered through Domains by Proxy, so the actual owner is not known. Activision filed a 11 page complaint explaining why the ownership should be transferred to them and against Domains by Proxy.

Sorry, but in my opinion Activision should not get these domains since they obviously didn't think far enough ahead. A very large error on their part which they should pay for. Preferably with large sums of money.

You do realize you're pretty much defending Domain Squatting? Activison has every right to claim the domain for themselves.

Do they? Why is that? Do they actually own the brand name? I thought it was all still up in limbo seeing as the trial (Zampella and West vs. Activision) is ongoing.

And no, I am not defending Domain Squatting - it is though a real thing and has been happening for quite a while. It should have come as no surprise to Activision that someone had registered that domain and it is very strange that Activision is just now realising that they might have to register a few domains for their upcoming game. One would have thought that with Modern Warfare 2 they would have prepared for this sooner. They are a big company with lots of lawyers (explains the 11 page complaint) and apparently no brain that thinks far enough ahead.

Lol, what's wrong with people?

It seems to me that a multi-billion dollar corporation like Activision should have spent a few grand and secured every possible variation of Modern Warfare this or that.com years ago. They didn't, someone else did. As long as the current owner of the site isn't putting anything slanderous or illegal on the website that he paid for, then I say get a thicker skin Activision.

@Bones8677 said:

@Spekingur said:

Whoever owns the domain closed the redirect and set up the site as previously except with more BF3 references. The domain is registered through Domains by Proxy, so the actual owner is not known. Activision filed a 11 page complaint explaining why the ownership should be transferred to them and against Domains by Proxy.

Sorry, but in my opinion Activision should not get these domains since they obviously didn't think far enough ahead. A very large error on their part which they should pay for. Preferably with large sums of money.

You do realize you're pretty much defending Domain Squatting? Activison has every right to claim the domain for themselves.

Do they? Why is that? Do they actually own the brand name? I thought it was all still up in limbo seeing as the trial (Zampella and West vs. Activision) is ongoing.

And no, I am not defending Domain Squatting - it is though a real thing and has been happening for quite a while. It should have come as no surprise to Activision that someone had registered that domain and it is very strange that Activision is just now realising that they might have to register a few domains for their upcoming game. One would have thought that with Modern Warfare 2 they would have prepared for this sooner. They are a big company with lots of lawyers (explains the 11 page complaint) and apparently no brain that thinks far enough ahead.

I think it's time for Bobby to call Rupert and have this dude taken care of.

@ShoddyGo said:

i thought journalism was supposed to be unbiased we don't need your snide casual comments mr navarro

This is Giant Bomb.

If you want monotonous print-outs of press releases go to some other gaming website.

Also, I don't know where you got the idea that journalism is supposed to be unbiased. If you'd actually read ANY journalism then you'd know that isn't true.

I'm surprised it took them as long as it did to actually get it pulled down.

It would just be the icing (frosting) on the cake it it was owned by a certain Respawn Entertainment. :)

It seems to me that a multi-billion dollar corporation like Activision should have spent a few grand and secured every possible variation of Modern Warfare this or that.com years ago. They didn't, someone else did. As long as the current owner of the site isn't putting anything slanderous or illegal on the website that he paid for, then I say get a thicker skin Activision.

It's cool that EA didn't do this. Anymore promoting BF3 by dissing MW3 is more harm than good imo. 
 
Also the guy is obviously trolling. If he had done this because of MW2 I might have believed him.

@Bones8677 said:

@Spekingur said:

Whoever owns the domain closed the redirect and set up the site as previously except with more BF3 references. The domain is registered through Domains by Proxy, so the actual owner is not known. Activision filed a 11 page complaint explaining why the ownership should be transferred to them and against Domains by Proxy.

Sorry, but in my opinion Activision should not get these domains since they obviously didn't think far enough ahead. A very large error on their part which they should pay for. Preferably with large sums of money.

You do realize you're pretty much defending Domain Squatting? Activison has every right to claim the domain for themselves.

Do they? Why is that? Do they actually own the brand name? I thought it was all still up in limbo seeing as the trial (Zampella and West vs. Activision) is ongoing.

And no, I am not defending Domain Squatting - it is though a real thing and has been happening for quite a while. It should have come as no surprise to Activision that someone had registered that domain and it is very strange that Activision is just now realising that they might have to register a few domains for their upcoming game. One would have thought that with Modern Warfare 2 they would have prepared for this sooner. They are a big company with lots of lawyers (explains the 11 page complaint) and apparently no brain that thinks far enough ahead.

"Modern Warfare is crap. On November 8, 2011, the most over-hyped first-person action series of all-time returns with the copy and paste sequel to the lackluster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Dude is speaking the truth here. LET HIM SPEAK!

i thought journalism was supposed to be unbiased
we don't need your snide casual comments mr navarro

The site featured this Monty Python dub at one point. I thought it was pretty funny.  

@ChuckNoLuck said:

After reading the title of the story, before clicking through, I said aloud to myself, "Alex wrote this story."

That flair, that bite.

Dat Alex.

Oh great, another sarcastic, bitter, journalistic masterpiece from Alex Navarro. Hard to figure that out from the title.

This actually can hae a civil suit brought against it, this is a business tort after all, it could be considered unfair business practice... i mean they are sending people who may be interested in their title directly to their competition I would say that is a clear attack on their brand name

Activi$ions board of directors are stomping their feet like children at a Toys R Us because they aren't getting their way. I love it.

COD ruined the FPS genre.

@FreakAche said:

The site featured this Monty Python dub at one point. I thought it was pretty funny.

It's true, I'm very easily amused, but this video made me lose my shit. And I actually like both games!

"Modern Warfare is crap. On November 8, 2011, the most over-hyped first-person action series of all-time returns with the copy and paste sequel to the lackluster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Check out the E3 2011 gameplay demo featuring the Black Tuesday level for a look at the epic fail of the campaign. Pre-Order Call of Duty MW3 Today for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC to secure exclusive bonuses only available online for Modern Warfare 3 fanboys who don’t know that Battlefield 3 is the better game"

Uuuugh.

This is quite the situation!

This is a pretty funny situation here. Thou, the amount of shit I give about the parties involved in this little conflict can be measured between the two lines after this sentence.

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The site featured this Monty Python dub at one point. I thought it was pretty funny.  

.............Okay.

Whoever owns the domain closed the redirect and set up the site as previously except with more BF3 references. The domain is registered through Domains by Proxy, so the actual owner is not known. Activision filed a 11 page complaint explaining why the ownership should be transferred to them and against Domains by Proxy.

Sorry, but in my opinion Activision should not get these domains since they obviously didn't think far enough ahead. A very large error on their part which they should pay for. Preferably with large sums of money.

After reading the title of the story, before clicking through, I said aloud to myself, "Alex wrote this story."

@PeasantAbuse said:

I support Activision on this simply because of how unfunny his product description was for MW3.

Yeah, but redirecting to the BF3 site is pretty great.

@RhombusOfTerror said:

I'll start giantbomb.co.uk if you like...?

Actually that might be awesome. Union Jack banner, proper english, pipes and smoking jackets in front of an open fire for TNT and instead of Happy Hour it'll be called Bar Crawl, and all members are called Chaps.

And we would finally get a Football Manager Quick Look.

Whoever owns the domain closed the redirect and set up the site as previously except with more BF3 references. The domain is registered through Domains by Proxy, so the actual owner is not known. Activision filed a 11 page complaint explaining why the ownership should be transferred to them and against Domains by Proxy.

Sorry, but in my opinion Activision should not get these domains since they obviously didn't think far enough ahead. A very large error on their part which they should pay for. Preferably with large sums of money.

This shit is more gripping than a Call of Duty storyline.
 
...I need to work on my examples.

Alex, you out-Navarro'd yourself with that headline, bravo! :D

Hah, Battlefield fanboys.

So idiotic of Activision not to register ModernWarfare3.com, I mean seriously?

I'm disappointed that whoever runs that site didn't do something more clever with it. So many spelling errors and lame "EPIC FAIL LOLOLOL" jokes. The Biggus Dickus clip is the only funny thing on the site... and even then it's only for the first minute or so.

So much potential hilarity squandered.

Activision makes billions of COD and they can't buyout a few obvious web addresses?  Shouldn't they have already secured ModernWarfare4 through 10 by now?

@RhombusOfTerror said:

@Jonny7892 said:

@kerse said:

@RhombusOfTerror said:

I'll start giantbomb.co.uk if you like...?

Actually that might be awesome. Union Jack banner, proper english, pipes and smoking jackets in front of an open fire for TNT and instead of Happy Hour it'll be called Bar Crawl, and all members are called Chaps.

I'm listening.

This is the greatest idea ever

- HQ / Bomb Shelter would actually be a stately home.

- Quick looks will begin in earnest with cream tea, scones, all staged in a green house or conservatory of said stately home.

- Any kind of observation about the game in a quick look must begin with "I say...".

- Podcast theme is easily going to be Jerusalem, failing that, the crescendo bit of Nimrod. The Grandstand theme tune would suffice if the previous two are disallowed.

- I love Mondays will be hence renamed as "I am infatuated with Monday's"

I'm going way into this aren't I? :/

I Fancy Mondays