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

["Joel R. Helgeson" <joel () helgeson com>]

Does this mean that I now must register all my domain names under my Dog?
What if I don't have a dog?

DAMMIT!!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
To: <funsec () linuxbox org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:54 PM
Subject: [funsec] Morgan Stanley Wins Domain Name Arbitration Against a 
Cat-- Really


> Via OUT-LAW.com.
>
> [snip]
>
> 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."
>
> Baroness Penelope argued in its submission that "the registration 
> information is not false; there are an immense number of Domain Names 
> registered by non human beings".
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=6973
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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