A California-based "cybersquatter" named Luis Zavala and his company Hoopology.com registered the names of close to 800 high school, college and pro athletes, along with celebrities outside of sports.
"I don't get it," Lucas said when asked about the situation last week. "So somebody bought what?" According to Chicago law firm Winston and Strawn, Zavala's Web site displayed ads using the name of Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh to create revenue for his company.
That is, until Bosh sued for the rights to return his domain name to his possession.
"I definitely didn't know about that," Lucas said. "I'm just finding out right now -- I didn't even know anything about it. I'm going to sue, too." Thanks to Bosh, there's no need. Bosh won his case and was awarded $120,000 under the guidelines of the Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. He also won the rights to all of the domain names this month, and he'll donate them back to any affected athlete as well.
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