Dazza Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I have found that Mike Torok has registered the Grandtheftauto5.com name... Domain Name: GRANDTHEFTAUTO5.COM Registrant [648722]: Mike Torok 622 Broadway New York NY 10012 US Administrative Contact [648722]: Mike Torok [email protected] 622 Broadway New York NY 10012 US Phone: +1.2123346633 Billing Contact [648722]: Mike Torok [email protected] 622 Broadway New York NY 10012 US Phone: +1.2123346633 Technical Contact [648722]: Mike Torok [email protected] 622 Broadway New York NY 10012 US Phone: +1.2123346633 Sourse: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Nice find (followed me aye ). I'd say it's an investment to make sure nobody steals it, or they are losing the old format and going for "GTA5, GTA6" rather then "GTA: Something, GTA: Something Else". Actually scrap that, it was created in 2003 :/. Record created on: 2003-12-25 14:03:00.0 Database last updated on: 2007-03-15 22:42:42.747 Domain Expires on: 2007-12-25 14:03:00.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_91 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Probably bought to make sure no one else gets that domain, I think they will stay with the same thing like gta: places name after gtaiv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 It is useful to buy sites like that, though. You could get offered a lot of money by a big company who wants your site, I think I remember something like this happened a few years ago and one guy got paid about $100,000 for it, something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 I tried www.grandtheftautoIVvicecity.com and www.grandtheftautoIVsanandreas.com and they were free.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpilk901 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 I tried www.grandtheftautoIVvicecity.com and www.grandtheftautoIVsanandreas.com and they were free.... ? Erm good for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Don't quote me but I think once R* owned the right to GTA, anything from that was covered (GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas...). So this might be long range plans. It's a happy thought anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 It is useful to buy sites like that, though. You could get offered a lot of money by a big company who wants your site, I think I remember something like this happened a few years ago and one guy got paid about $100,000 for it, something like that. Why would Rockstar offer Rockstar a lot of money for the GTA domain? And they did it with GTA IV way back when, also. They are probably just making sure they don't have to pay a lot for these names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Some suite playing a money game I don't pretend to understand. As dumb as that sounds, I can see that happening. We just see the work of the programmers & idea people, have no idea who signs their paychecks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Some suite playing a money game I don't pretend to understand.As dumb as that sounds, I can see that happening. We just see the work of the programmers & idea people, have no idea who signs their paychecks. I'm not going to pretend I understand what you're trying to say. What does anyone's paychecks have to do with the domain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) I'm saying the people running the company aren't always the same as the ones making the product, and do a lot of weird things most of us don't understand (These would be the people signing the paychecks). Edited June 7, 2007 by Urbanoutlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 It is useful to buy sites like that, though. You could get offered a lot of money by a big company who wants your site, I think I remember something like this happened a few years ago and one guy got paid about $100,000 for it, something like that. Why would Rockstar offer Rockstar a lot of money for the GTA domain? And they did it with GTA IV way back when, also. They are probably just making sure they don't have to pay a lot for these names. Thats true, plus Rockstar don't pay people for the domains if I'm no mistake, they usually sort it out over the phone and send the user a packages with some collectibles. Don't quote me on this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Guys this WHOIS is faked (which is actually illegal to do). http://whois.domaintools.com/grandtheftauto5.com The domain's nameservers are pointing to a web host and the domain itself is with a domain parking company. The registrant has simply changed the contact details to those of Mike Torok, the current R* webmaster. As you can see, the registrar is Moniker.com. Rockstar always use Register.com for their domains, and their nameservers are always on rockstargames.com or take2games.com, so the fact none of this is evident in the WHOIS, confirms that this is faked data, and R* do NOT own this domain name. Also, they don't own gta5.com either, so it's not even as if they're in the process of transferring it. It is useful to buy sites like that, though. You could get offered a lot of money by a big company who wants your site, I think I remember something like this happened a few years ago and one guy got paid about $100,000 for it, something like that. Why would Rockstar offer Rockstar a lot of money for the GTA domain? And they did it with GTA IV way back when, also. They are probably just making sure they don't have to pay a lot for these names. Thats true, plus Rockstar don't pay people for the domains if I'm no mistake, they usually sort it out over the phone and send the user a packages with some collectibles. Don't quote me on this though. No, that only works if the company hasn't trademarked the name/brand or whatever it is. In which case they have no legal way to claim the domain, so they have to resort to offering money as an incentive to give up the domain. Since R* own the trademarks to Grand Theft Auto in terms of video games, merchandise etc, Rockstar can simply ask you to give up the domain if they want it. If they don't think it's necessary then they wont. What happened with gtaiv.com was that I wanted this domain a couple of years ago, however the guy was asking $500 for it which at the time I couldn't justify so I just lost interest in it. Earlier this year another GTA webmaster wanted it so he could make a fansite, but emailed R* about it to see if they could acquire it for him as he wanted to create a legitimate site for it (it was currently just parked with some company). Rockstar then decided that they themselves wanted the domain, and asked him to hand it over. He did obviously as he didn't have any case, as GTAIV is trademarked by R*. The domain now redirects to the official GTA IV website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 OMG! That is so gay! They can't do that! Well sorry guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I have found some interesting developments on another GTA 5 domain which R* appear to be acquiring. I can't confirm anything just yet though as it may be another fake... BTW another way you can tell that grandtheftauto5.com is fake is because Mike Torok, afaik, never uses his own name to register a domain, it's always done in Take 2's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gycu Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Who is Mike Torok ? Works for R* or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 He's the current R* webmaster. The man behind [email protected] emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I have found some interesting developments on another GTA 5 domain which R* appear to be acquiring. I can't confirm anything just yet though as it may be another fake...BTW another way you can tell that grandtheftauto5.com is fake is because Mike Torok, afaik, never uses his own name to register a domain, it's always done in Take 2's name. Just like to update this and say that this person have indeed used his own name with the company address alongside it as the registrant of Rockstar-related domains. For instance, when GTAIV.com was transfered over from its previous owner to Rockstar, it had his name. Other domains in the past have also had his name. As for the part where it's not parked on Take-Two's own servers... well Take-Two have had several domains parked on other web servers, which they then later transfer (or not transfer) to the Take-Two servers. So chances are this domain name IS IN FACT owned by Take-Two. They're just trying to hide it from people (like me) who'll find the domain names if they would to add it to their own servers. I'm pretty sure there are a ton of domain names, such as love-meet.net, that's parked all over the web. Even though it's just a numeral name (GTA 5), don't make much of it just yet... Take-Two is known to securing A TON of domain names related to their IPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not a Fanboy Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I just read abot a stolen domain (http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=445333&sid=3696b7b6097bf4d39396aefa06eeedf1) THey say not to use free email accounts for sites since if you dont sign in to your eml someone can register for it and then use it to acess the site. I am hoping for an other San Andreas but I dont think that will happen, I guess typical GTA fans dont like that, but I do. We have been through this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilly Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 bump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deji Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It is useful to buy sites like that, though. You could get offered a lot of money by a big company who wants your site, I think I remember something like this happened a few years ago and one guy got paid about $100,000 for it, something like that. R* Use Subdomains. So They Already Own The Domain For GTA 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Rockstar doesn't use subdomains... They use redirects I think, so gta4.com directs to rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto4 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yeah, they do that for every single game they have. So fan sites like this can't pose as the proper sites. Yes they redirect to the sub domain. But they still own the Domain name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLanceVanceDance Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now