Think, Plan, Do

This isn't the way it works for government. They just take.

Chicago would like to host the Olympics in 2016. They think Chicago2016 is a good web address. Chicago2016.org is super duper and they love it.

The problem city officials see is that some joker already controls Chicago2016.com and they don't like that. The joker in question, an NU grad student (Go Cats!), has some designs of his own. He claims to want to foster debate about the Olympic bid (though he also registered Tokyo2016...and a total of 40 combinations of city names and years). Officials are seeking to gain control of Chicago2016.com through an arbitration organization. The student has gone to US District Court in Chicago to stop the arbitration proceedings and protect his claim.

A spokesperson for Chicago 2016, a trademarked name, claims that "the domain name is rightfully" theirs and is the "natural domain" for their site. I think, if that was so, those officials should have done something about it a long time ago. Either way, this should be interesting. Classic little pink house standing in the way of the freeway.