Use Domain Name to Lampoon Studios — Striking Writers
Writers acquire .com version of studios’ domain name.
The writers strike in American continues. Man, do I miss my nightly dose of The Daily Show and Colbert Note.
But crack one up to the writers for ingenuity.
A group of striking writers has purchased the domains amptp.com and amptp.net, notes the L.A. times. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios in this battle, uses the domain amptp.org. The writers have created a parody site at their fresh domain names.
The L.A. times article reads:
When the Hollywood studios say they don’t know enough regarding the Internet to pay writers what they seek for the streaming and downloading of their shows, they might not be kidding.
That was made embarrassingly clear Monday when a group of opportunistic writers unveiled a website lampooning the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios in labor negotiations. The alliance neglected to register two key domain names, an oversight seized upon by the writers, who are now in the sixth week of a strike.
Using the Web addresses amptp.com and amptp.net, the writers built a fake site announcing that the alliance was “heartbroken” that negotiations had collapsed “despite our best efforts, counting sending them a muffin basket, making them a mixed CD and standing outside their window with a boombox blasting Peter Gabriel songs.”
Bill Davis, who owned both domains for regarding a year, was approached by a party the prior week that wished to purchase the names from him. He declined to disclose the sales price.
