MySpace burned by squatter
Mike Butcher reported on the final throws in the case between MySpace.com and MySpace.co.uk, the cyber squatter. UK judges didn't see it quite as expected
Mike Butcher writes :
MySpace thought it was all over when it secured the MySpace.co.uk domain in February this year. A decision by Nominet’s dispute resolution service handed over the address, which previously had been owned by a small UK ISP since 1997, two years before MySpace.com launched. But an appeals panel has today handed the domain back to Total Web Solutions (TWS), a company in Stockport, near Manchester.
SO... parked domains -- as evil as they are to the search engines -- can be considered "legal" in other countries outside the U.S. even if they seriously infringe on the rightful copyrights of others. The fact that the domain was registered way before MySpace.com is the key issue that wins the case in the UK.
Read more: MySpace.com loses MySpace.co.uk on appeal
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