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Jerry Falwell Wins Dispute Over Fallwell.com

Posted by timothy on from the thus-saith-the-court dept.

setzman writes "According to this article from CNN, conservative minister Jerry Falwell has succeeded in shutting down a web site run by a gay activist on the domain fallwell.com. The judge said it was 'nearly identical' to the registered trademark 'Jerry Falwell' name and was likely to be confusing to Web surfers." (This was a Federal case, held in the 4th Circuit Court.)

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  1. All I can say is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Praise Jessus. (Not to be confused with Jesus)

    1. Re:All I can say is by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Funny

      I still love remembering an old joke about names:

      A burgler breaks into a home, and is quietly walking around, finding valuable things to take.

      "Jesus is watching."

      The burgler freezes, looks around, doesn't see anything, and continues.

      "Jesus is watching."

      The burgler freezes again, and mutters, "Who's there?"

      "Gabriel."

      The burgler's flashlight comes to rest on the source of the sound, a parrot. He grumbles, "What kind of idiot names a parrot 'Gabriel?'"

      "The same idiot who named the Rottweiler 'Jesus.'"

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  2. Re:Sigh... by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    it isn't that big of a deal and will probably turn into a huge flame war with comments.

    You're new here, aren't you?

  3. Smart not to go to the 9th Circuit by karb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Headline : "Court rules religious websites illegal."

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  4. In other news... by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a related incident, The Alliance for Feline-Americans was dismayed at the loss of the FallWell.com domain, with their spokesman Richard Manx stating, "In this day and age it is imperative that young FAs [kittens] across this world learn how to land on their feet, literally. With this news he lose our hopes for establishing a website to teach youngsters how to learn this skill." AFA has been unable to secure LandWell.com, AFA.com, AFA.org, CatLand.com, 9lives.info or any other number of domains. When advised by Dr. E. Thomas Lanzburg of the Feline Health Center at Cornell that the ability to land on four feet seems to be in fact, genetic, the eminent biologist was clawed in the face by three onlookers.

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  5. Re:A good ruling by CountBrass · · Score: 4, Funny

    You sure that's true? I thought porn' was protected as free speech in the US. (Bizarre really as I have to wonder how those women can say anything: they always seem to have their mouths full.)

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  6. Whats next? by The+Madpostal+Worker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will www.godhatesfigs.com be shut down beacuse it is too similar to another site

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  7. Re:Stupid Ruling by CountBrass · · Score: 3, Funny

    THIS POSTING IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH SLASHDOT NOR BOISCOUT'S POSTING, NOR IS IT AN ATTACK ON Mr BOISCOUT NOR DOES IT SEEK COMMERCIAL GAIN THROUGH ANY SUCH ASSOCIATION.

    Buy my book here that explains why boisscout is oh so wrong. All proceeds to my personal bank account.

    THIS POSTING IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH SLASHDOT NOR BOISCOUT'S POSTING, NOR IS IT AN ATTACK ON Mr BOISCOUT NOR DOES IT SEEK COMMERCIAL GAIN THROUGH ANY SUCH ASSOCIATION.

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  8. JennaJamesonSucks.Com by swb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even if you didn't like her or her movies, it could be argued that this site was designed to take traffic away from another site, given the nature of the star.

  9. Re:A good ruling by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny
    What's a good, high-profit-margin product which is suitible to sell to people with defective critical thinking skills and rabid prejudices?

    Try this...

    :^)

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  10. Re:A good ruling by Drakon · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's different because Google is the first corporation to stand for Truth And All That Is Good whilst Satan Falwell just needs to burn in hell for his crimes against humanity.
    A bouncy, purple, teletubby hell.

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