Peter Gage, alumni of Pensacola Christian College (PCC), has decided to give away a website to the college officials after a federal lawsuit accused him of cyber squatting, trademark infringement and tarnishing the college's image and reputation for over a decade.

Gage, a former owner of the website 'www.pensacolachristiancollege.com', criticized the college policies frequently, damaging its brand name and fame.

In addition, he also used to discourage prospective students from joining the college by saying that the college supported certain values that should not be followed.

An excerpt of a message posted in the website:

"No, I do not think you should go to PCC. That is my educated opinion, based upon my experience and the experience of thousands of others. The Christianity you are exposed to by the administration is not one you want to emulate throughout your life. The Christian emphasis, godly peer-pressure, and good academics can be found at numerous other good Christian colleges which don't put you through all the garbage."

Now, individuals who click on the link will be directed to PCC's official college website.

"It's good for us to have ownership for something that bears our name," PCC spokeswoman Amy Glenn said. "We're very glad. We think it'll be helpful for anyone for looking for us on the Internet,"

The college filed a lawsuit, March 25, in Florida Northern District Court to gain possession of the website and to seek $100,000 in damages under the Anti cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).

The lawsuit reads:

"Gage is using the site "for the purpose of misleading and confusing the public about its association with PCC, and trading on the goodwill, reputation and fame of PCC."

Gage, 41, is a 1996 graduate, who bought the domain name in February 2001. Although, the site was last updated in 2003, he continued to pay in order to maintain registration of the site.

Earlier, the college did try to get control over the website by approaching National Arbitration Forum in October 2001.

But the forum, who takes care of disputes over websites, ruled the case in Gage's favour saying that he identified the site as an unofficial information site unaffiliated with the college.

Plus, Gage registered the domain name as a .com rather than an .edu, which, the forum declared was not referring to the college's website and therefore Gage did not commit anything wrong or illegal.

Since 2001, the college tried to purchase the domain name, but Gage asked for a payment of $75,000.