'I Hate Ryanair' website dies and rises again

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A disgruntled passenger who set up a website called I Hate Ryanair to share travel "horror stories" has been ordered to hand over the domain name to the low-cost airline he loathes.
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In a 22-page judgement, an adjudicator at Nominet, which manages web addresses in Britain, said the case "quite literally turned" on the fact that Tyler had made £322 from commercial links published on the site to travel insurance and currency exchange firms, rather than on the content.

Jane Seager, one of 40 experts who work to resolve the approximately 700 disputes that reach Nominet each year, ruled "criticism websites are essential in a democratic society", and performed a useful service. The domain name, she added, made it "abundantly clear" the site was not connected to Ryanair and left internet users in no doubt what to expect.

But, in a reference to the site's income from links, she said: "If they draw in internet users by using a domain name containing a company's brand, then they must be wholly devoted to honest criticism and open discussion and not potentially tainted by commercial concerns." (The Guardian)
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Fortunately, all is not lost since I hate Ryanair is up and flying again :D
 
I thought 'good' until I actually visited the site. What a load of juvenile crap. No wonder stockhausen likes it.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
... You mad?
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Yu no speeking da Eeengleesh :confused:

As to the Ryanair fanboys here, I guess you enjoy searching through small print to reveal the super-secret unavoidable hidden charges - e.g. try paying by credit or debit card and not paying a surcharge per passenger per journey for the privilege, moneysavingexpert.com & thisismoney.co.uk will provide more details if you aren't convinced :p
 
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daz said:
Bit of a worrying decision by Nominet. :/
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I think it's fair enough. As far as I understand it, Nominet's statement is basically saying, it was fine to have a website that was clearly not linked to Ryanair, and that there was nothing wrong with having websites that criticise certain companies. However, those websites shouldn't have any commercial aspect.

That's perfectly fine, as it's basically saying that one company can't set up a page devoted to criticising a rival firm. Which is fair enough.
 
div0 said:
I think it's fair enough. As far as I understand it, Nominet's statement is basically saying, it was fine to have a website that was clearly not linked to Ryanair, and that there was nothing wrong with having websites that criticise certain companies. However, those websites shouldn't have any commercial aspect.

That's perfectly fine, as it's basically saying that one company can't set up a page devoted to criticising a rival firm. Which is fair enough.
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I don't think it was wrong to pay for the running of the site, do you?
 
There is no hidden charges =/

You pay for flight, pay for what bags you want, read the luggage allowance and get on with it.

No 'hidden' charges that I know of...and i've flown with them three times now.
 
PiKe said:
I don't think it was wrong to pay for the running of the site, do you?
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Yes, when your incomings are generated off the back of someone else's brand. Whether that comes from a negative link or not, doesn't matter. You're making money off the association with their name.

If you want to criticise, then fair enough, but when you look to use the site traffic to make money, then your 'criticism site' potentially becomes a secondary factor, and it could be that you're just using other people's dislike of a particular brand, to attract 'customers' to your site.
 
stockhausen said:
As to the Ryanair fanboys here, I guess you enjoying searching through small print to reveal the super-secret unavoidable hidden charges :p
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I use Ryanair to fly to southern France. I travel light, you're only in the air a couple of hours on that route, I'm usually asleep by the time the wheels are just lifting off the ground, why should I care that the sandwiches are massively overpriced?

I could pay more and fly with someone else, and get absolutely nothing extra out of it. I'd still be travelling light and not needing to check-in any baggage, I'd still only be flying for 2 hours so wouldn't need any food or drink, and I'd still be asleep for the entire flight :)
 
JRS said:
I use Ryanair to fly to southern France. I travel light, you're only in the air a couple of hours on that route, I'm usually asleep by the time the wheels are just lifting off the ground, why should I care that the sandwiches are massively overpriced?
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The thing that bothers me so much about RA, besides the "hidden" charges and intentionally confusing online order/check in process is the fact they use the journey to pester you into buying stuff most people don't want. If all you wish for is a bit of piece and quite it's not possible because you have some gay guy or a stupid girl who can barely speak English shouting over the PA system asking if you want to buy plastic hotdogs, scratch cards, perfume, bus transfers and car hire etc etc etc. Why don't they just **** off and give you bit of space, if I want something I'll ask.

Then at the end they thanks you for flying RyanAir. Well the plesure was all yours.
 
stockhausen said:
As to the Ryanair fanboys here, I guess you enjoy searching through small print to reveal the super-secret unavoidable hidden charges - e.g. try paying by credit or debit card and not paying a surcharge per passenger per journey for the privilege, moneysavingexpert.com & thisismoney.co.uk will provide more details if you aren't convinced :p
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I’m not a fanboy so no need to read the small print as I don’t fly budget airlines. :p
 
stockhausen said:
As to the Ryanair fanboys here, I guess you enjoy searching through small print to reveal the super-secret unavoidable hidden charges
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No, I just respect the business model they've chosen to operate doesn't fit me, and I fly with other airlines instead.

Not hard really, is it? Nobody is forced to fly with Ryanair. If you dont like them, fly with another carrier.
 
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