{"id":195582,"date":"2025-10-17T21:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/17\/slipknot-sues-to-reclaim-slipknot-com-from-bootlegging-cyber-squatter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:04:33","slug":"slipknot-sues-to-reclaim-slipknot-com-from-bootlegging-cyber-squatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/17\/slipknot-sues-to-reclaim-slipknot-com-from-bootlegging-cyber-squatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot Sues to Reclaim Slipknot.com From Bootlegging\u00a0Cyber-Squatter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSlipknot <\/a>says a cyber-squatter has been using the URL slipknot.com to advertise counterfeit merchandise for more than two decades \u2014 and the heavy metal band is now waging a legal battle in pursuit of the domain name.<\/p>\n

\n\tA federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday (Oct. 15) alleges that an anonymous web operator has held the domain slipknot.com since 2001. Unable to use this domain for Slipknot\u2019s official website, the famously masked metal band hosts its store on the clunkier URL slipknot1.com.<\/p>\n

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\n\tLittle is known about the slipknot.com cyber-squatter, other than the fact that they own a post office box in the Cayman Islands. The band, which has been recording music and touring since the 1990s, says this individual clearly had bad intentions from the outset.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe domain name was registered in an effort to profit off of plaintiff\u2019s goodwill and to trick unsuspecting visitors \u2014 under the impression they are visiting a website owned, operated or affiliated with plaintiff \u2014 into clicking on web searches and other sponsored links,\u201d writes Slipknot\u2019s lawyer Craig Reilly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit claims slipknot.com hosts pay-for-click advertising that directs users to counterfeit Slipknot merchandise, including versions of the band\u2019s signature masks, t-shirts and sweatshirts emblazoned with the band\u2019s trademarks. These sponsored links hurt sales of official Slipknot merch, the band alleges.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cA fan of plaintiff or someone who otherwise wanted to purchase authorized Slipknot merchandise would undoubtedly visit the slipknot.com website assuming it belonged to plaintiff and then purchase the slipknot merchandise linked to on the site, causing damages to plaintiff,\u201d writes Reilly.<\/p>\n

\n\tSlipknot is now bringing claims under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, a 1999 federal statute that created a pathway for individuals to reclaim domain names through litigation. They\u2019re asking a judge to enter an injunction giving them ownership of slipknot.com.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case also accuses slipknot.com\u2019s unknown site operator of trademark infringement and unfair competition. Slipknot is seeking unspecified financial damages in addition to an injunction.<\/p>\n

\n\tA Slipknot rep did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday (Oct. 17).<\/p>\n

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Slipknot says a cyber-squatter has been using the URL slipknot.com to advertise counterfeit merchandise for more than two decades \u2014 and the heavy metal band is now waging a legal battle in pursuit of the domain name. A federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday (Oct. 15) alleges that an anonymous web operator has held the domain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}