A Delhi-based developer has ended its fight over JioHotstar.com’s domain against Reliance, citing legal and emotional challenges. The website will soon go offline, with the hope that Reliance will still buy the domain.
The incredible tussle between Delhi-based app developer Reliance over the JioHotstar.com domain seems to have ended. After beating the big company by securing the domain ahead of the much-awaited merger between JioCinema and Hotstar, the developer has now announced that the website will soon go offline and will instead be offered for sale on the Domain Marketplace.
In a heartfelt article entitled “Thank You People on the Internet,” the anonymous author expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support of lawyers and philanthropists around the world about him, especially after the story went viral ” To legal minds in London, California, Texas, and surprisingly even Berlin – I am still amazed at how this got to the German lawyers and your support means a lot to me,” he wrote.
Family problems and legal uncertainty
The plaintiff explained that while the focus on the domain battle helped him, it also caused great stress to his family. “My parents are reading the news, and they’re worried, actually super super worried. It shouldn’t have gone viral like that. They’ll probably deal with the legal battle anyway, brother. It’s very hard to convince parents. Good luck today.”
Despite advice from several legal experts that he should hold the domain, the developer concedes.
