MET ART
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MET ART is a web site with post teenager content owned by HLP General Partners Incorporated of Santa Monica, California.[1] The site features erotic photographs of partially or completely nude females, and has been online since 1999.[2]
As of October 2008, it was among the top 700 most visited websites according to Alexa Internet.[3]
The “MET” in “MET ART” originally stood for “Most Erotic Teens”.[4]
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[edit] History
[edit] Trademark Complaint
On 21 December 2005, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Long Island City, New York, lodged a complaint against Met-Art owner HLP General Partners Inc with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center claiming that three domain names, including met-art.com, were too similar to its numerous registered MET trademarks. METLIFE was also concerned that “sexually explicit material” on the Met-Art websites would tarnish METLIFE's reputation. In 2006, the complaint was dismissed by the WIPO because it “does not meet the standard for establishing bad-faith registration and use of the Domain Names under a Policy designed to provide quick relief against egregious cases of cybersquatting”.[5]
[edit] DMCA Complaint
On 20 March 2007, Met-Art contacted Google Inc to ask them to remove a blog under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act because "The sole purpose of this blog is to post stolen adult content from us and other sites and distribute it illegally".[6]
[edit] References
- ^ WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; “Case No. D2005-1323” § 1 ¶ 2.
- ^ WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; “Case No. D2005-1323” § 4 ¶ 6.
- ^ "met-art.com". Ranking and related information. Alexa. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=&y=t&q=&size=medium&range=6m&url=met-art.com.
- ^ WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; “Case No. D2005-1323” § 4 ¶ 7.
- ^ WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center; “Case No. D2005-1323” § 6 §§ E ¶ 10.
- ^ anonymous; Notice 7029: “Met-Art complains of copying”, Chilling Effects.
