14 DAY TRIAL // Since the Google acquisition in October 2006, YouTube, the well-known video service that allows users to upload their videos, was continuously in the spotlights because it caused numerous lawsuits for the company because it published movies without authorization. It seems like Gmail, the well known mail solution that was recently upgraded to a public beta, takes YouTube's role, being the subject of a new lawsuit filed in Poland. Gmail.pl is currently owned by a group of poets that publishes the works of anonymous writers looking for a powerful editor.
GMAIL that stands for Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow or Group of Young Artists and Writers informed that Google contacted them to stop using the domain name because it is often mixed up with the mail solution provided by the search giant. The poets refused the demand, sustaining they acquired the domain at the end of last year when they discovered it is still available.
"We didn't buy this name just to sell it to Google. As a matter of pride, we're refusing to give it up. We bought the name legally, with our own money. Nobody gave it to us for free. We refuse to be deprived of what we consider is our property. Their lawyer told me that his client had no intention of paying for something which belonged to him. Our site has a use. There's no financial gain involved. And we're not competing with the US company," Izabela Krawczyk of GMAiL said for Physorg.
This is not the first headache caused by the Google domains because some time ago, the search giant also encountered several problems with the German domain that was unavailable for numerous users from all around the world. At that time, the company sustained the error was caused by the provider of the domain that managed to fix the issue very quick.