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Whom to Sue for Nike.com Hack? by Craig Bicknell
3:00 a.m. Jun. 29, 2000 PDT
Net entrepreneur Greg Lloyd Smith just seems to have bad luck when it comes to dealing with big U.S. companies.
Last year, after Smith set up a book-selling website called Amazon.gr ("Greece's biggest bookstore") and tried to interest Amazon.com in a partnership, Amazon.com sued him, claiming Smith "tried to extort us in a thinly veiled shakedown by ripping off Amazon's name and site in an effort to deceive people."
Now it's Nike that's causing Smith grief, though this time Smith is the one threatening legal action.
His beef: When Nike's website was hijacked last week, whoever hijacked the domain re-directed Nike.com's traffic through Smith's Web servers in the U.K., bogging them down and costing Smith's Web hosting company time and money.
Smith wants Nike to pay him damages, claiming Nike negligently allowed its domain to be hijacked, and is therefore responsible for the consequences. Smith tried unsuccessfully to bill Nike for compensation. Now Smith's lawyers are drafting a legal complaint seeking redress.
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