Discover and share the best of the web!
Learn more about Digg by taking the tour.
WIPO orders Narnia domain transfer, makes 11-year-old cry
arstechnica.com — A Narnia-like battle has erupted over a domain name that one party argues will leave an 11-year-old child without a birthday present thanks to greedy, powerful rightsholders. Control of the domain, narnia.mobi, was taken away from its original registrant this week by the World Intellectual Property Organization and awarded to the estate of C.S. Lew
SirPopper- 90 diggs
- digg it
- mvandemar, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Aslan will make it right!
- newsboys, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Who wants a .mobi domain name anyways? Geeze, give the kid a break and leave the domain name alone!
- samkline, on 07/25/2008, -2/+2***** the WIPO.
- magus_melchior, on 07/25/2008, -0/+5The parents' self-serving actions notwithstanding, I doubt Professor Lewis would have sent lawyers after this family, even if they were making all of 1200 quid per month on the ads-- and with a .mobi suffix, I really don't think they were making much money off the ads. Although the family lost, the Lewis estate may have enough egg on its face to try to make amends-- with a narnia.com address for the kid, for example.
And, ~$200 for a domain? Are you kidding me? Narnia rakes in millions in royalties, and you're going to give this family the dust from your shoes? - Gneisbaard, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1In other news, "Mother hides cookie jar, makes 7-year-old cry".
- Ahnteis, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Read the actual article. Sounds like they were a bunch of ad spammers who came up with a creative excuse as to why they should be allowed to keep the domain.
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2008 —
Content posted by