SuperModel Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Crawford, who was once married to Richard Gere, has filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) seeking the domain name CindyCrawford.com
According to Screenshots.com the domain name CindyCrawford.com as of as recently as August 2012 and going back to 2005, was going to what appears to be the official site for the model, however if you take a look at the domain today, its pointed to material from the hardcore porn star by the same name.
The domain name CindyCrawford.com is currently being forwarded to a different Cindy Crawford, this one a hardcore porn star; videosz.com/us/porn-star/906_cindy-crawford (WARNING Sexually Explicit Material)
The domain name was owned back in July of 2012 by Ms. Crawford, using an address in Madrid Spain along with a contact of a Julian S. Garcia.
The whois today shows the same Julian S. Garcia of Madrid Spain not only as the administrative contact for the domain name but as the registered owner of the domain.
Here is how the whois record looked like in July of 2012:
cindycrawford.com
Registrant Contact:
CINDY CRAWFORD
Cynthia Ann CRAWFORD ()
Administrative Contact:
CINDY CRAWFORD
Julian S. Garcia ([email protected])
+34.667078625
Fax:
Virgen Puerto 41
Madrid, 28005
ES
Here is how the whois record reads now:
Domain: cindycrawford.com
created: 17-Oct-1996
last-changed: 10-Aug-2012
registration-expiration: 16-Oct-2014
registrant-firstname: Julian
registrant-lastname: S. Garcia
registrant-organization: Producciones Asstalfondo
registrant-street1: Virgen Puerto 41
registrant-pcode: 28005
registrant-city: Madrid
registrant-ccode: ES
registrant-phone: +34.667078625
registrant-email: [email protected]
admin-c-firstname: Julian
admin-c-lastname: S. Garcia
admin-c-organization: Producciones Asstalfondo
admin-c-street1: Virgen Puerto 41
admin-c-pcode: 28005
admin-c-city: Madrid
admin-c-ccode: ES
admin-c-phone: +34.667078625
admin-c-email: [email protected]
As you can see the only change in the whois record is that Ms. Crawford is no longer showing as the owner of the domain name.
Instead Mr Garcia is showing as the registrant.
The administrative contact remains unchanged as does the email contact for the domain.
Of course the content of what is now carried on the domain is quite different.
This looks like it maybe one of the more interesting UDRP’s.
We will follow this case and let you know when the decision comes out.
The case number is D2012-2454.…
