Re: Morgan Stanley Wins Domain Name Arbitration Against a Cat -- Really

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> A cat has lost its bid to retain a controversial domain name after a
> multinational investment bank took it to the National Arbitration Forum.
>
> Baroness Penelope Cat of Nash DCB, who is listed as the owner of
> mymorganstanleyplatinum.com and was given some assistance in the case by
> Michael Woods, lost control of the domain to Morgan Stanley.
>
> A key part of the case rested on whether or not Baroness Penelope was
> truly the owner of the domain. The first indication that the decision
> was unlikely to veer cat-wards came in the written decision of
> Arbitration Forum Panellist Richard Hill.
>
> "Respondent maintains that it is a cat, that is, a well-known
> carnivorous quadruped which has long been domesticated," summarised
> Hill. "However, it is equally well-known that the common cat, whose
> scientific name is Felis domesticus, cannot speak or read or write."

Why would that be a barrier to registering a domain name? Surely all the 
cat has to do, is delegate the task to someone who can. Cats can't use 
tin-openers either, but lots of them eat tinned food.

This sounds like a blatant case of speciesism.

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