- VolleyHut.com
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company_name = VolleyHut.com
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founder = Charlie Jackson
location_city =San Diego, California
location_country = USA
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homepage = [http://www.VolleyHut.com www.VolleyHut.com]
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footnotes =VolleyHut.com is an online retailer of
volleyball products. In2000 , VolleyHut was among several companies that protested strongly against Amazon.com's patent relating toaffiliate program s. Company owner Charlie Jackson challenged Amazon.com, saying "I have a small e-commerce site, VolleyHut.com, that sells volleyball equipment. I have an affiliate relationship with Volleycentral.com. I will continue to maintain the affiliate program, despite your patent. The reason is that I know you will not try to actually stop me, because your patent will not hold up in court if I decide to fight it, which I would. So, now you have been notified that someone is violating your patent. What are you going to do about it?" [http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/5231] Amazon.com took no action against VolleyHut.Jackson was an early Macintosh software publisher who founded
Silicon Beach Software and co-foundedFutureWave Software , which created the original version of what is nowAdobe Flash .VolleyHut established the Beach Volleyball Junior Olympics as a stand-alone event, hosting it in 1999 in San Diego. [http://www.usavolleyball.org/Beach/Archive/99beachjo.asp] Previously, the Beach Volleyball Junior Olympics had been held in conjunction with a pro beach volleyball event.
From 2000 to 2007, VolleyHut has also assisted U.S. women players by sponsoring a team in the under-20 International Tournament held each year in Sibillini, Italy. [http://volleyball.about.com/library/weekly/aa000711.htm] [http://www.bringitusa.com/events/sibillini_2007/roster.php]
External links
* [http://www.volleyhut.com/ VolleyHut.com]
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