All he did was steal my nick.
That nick wasn't available as I had thought it up and was using it.
[/p]He didn't "steal" anything. You had no claim to it at all, none whatsoever. Otherwise, show me the legal standing that gives you the "right" to use that name exclusively. Face it, you were too stupid or too obstinate to register the name and now it's GONE. Stop pretending the name was "yours". It was never "yours" anymore than a street corner you may be standing on is yours. You're using it, but so can anyone else.
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[/p]If you see a car parked in the street and no one sitting inside it, do you feel that car is "available" to you ?
[/p]That's the LAMEST analogy I've ever heard. A car is property that's been bought and paid for, and there's a legal paper trail to prove it. Its ownership is assigned, just like registering a name. Could you come up with a stupider, less valid analogy if you tried??