Finding her own way

[Miguel]

Haley was more active on Twitter in 2013 than 2012. She tweeted fairly often for long periods, posted to Instagram pretty consistently and occasionally offered up Vine videos.

People may be frustrated now because she has teased new music and news but hasn't said much since the "Funky-ass reality project" post a couple of weeks ago. They're starting to grow vocal about it.

Her absence could be because she can't give people what they want. She may be working on it but things are taking longer than she planned or she could be waiting on something to happen herself.

Even in this quiet period though, I have noticed she is following people. I only know this because they speak up to thank her. They are usually people who have mentioned her previously. So she is monitoring Twitter.

Where she could really do better is Facebook. That was poorly utilized by Chiara/mgmt and now it seems abandoned altogether. There are people who follow her there who don't follow her on Twitter or Instagram.

Tusk pointed out on Twitter that she should have a website. I agree.

I wonder if HaleyReinhart.com is in no-man's land. Interscope tech got the word to pull the plug. But did they try to give it back to her? Possibly not. Or possibly they did and personnel changes at Haley's management company led to an inquiry going unanswered.

If Interscope still has control of the domain, it should be pursued. Since Haley's name is trademarked she might be able to use this course of action:

http://www.icann.org/en/help/dispute-resolution

Trademark Infringement
If you feel someone is using your trademark in a domain name

You may wish to consult an attorney in private practice who deals with intellectual property law to discuss available options. ICANN cannot give legal advice.

Also, the UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy) allows trademark and service mark holders to arbitrate certain claims against a domain name registrant before an approved dispute resolution service provider. For information about ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), please see http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp.

For a list of approved UDRP dispute resolution service providers, see http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp/providers.

Haley might have signed something in her contract that gave them the right to use her name. But if she started the official dispute process I can't imagine Interscope putting up a fight as they don't have a use for the name.