Re: Actor Morgan Freeman Wins Cybersquatting Case

May 11, 2005 0 Replies


GENEVA (Reuters) - American actor Morgan Freeman, winner of this


> year's best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "Million
> Dollar Baby," won a cybersquatting case in a ruling by an
> international arbitrator Tuesday.
> Freeman was found to have common law rights to the contested Internet
> domain name (morganfreeman.com), which had been registered by a Saint
> Kitts and Nevis-based web site operator.

If this is true, then why isn't the domain registered to anyone right now? I would think it should be registered to Morgan Freeman at this point.


I imagine that this would set a precedent to protect actors (and other artists) name(s) on the Internet, rather than each having to file a case each time.


He is a pretty good actor, by the way. I really enjoyed his peformance in 'The Shawshank Redemption'.


Fred


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