Company Name in URL Not Copyright Infringement

Christoph writes "CNN reports that a man's website, http://www.bosleymedical.com, criticizing the Bosely Medical Institute does not infringe the institute's copyright on its name. The man's attorney is quoted as saying that the court's decision 'is an important victory for free speech on the Internet. It makes clear that consumers can use a trade name for a company they want to criticize.' The appeals court, however, reinstated part of the lawsuit in which Bosley alleged that Kremer is violating a so-called cybersquatting law by allegedly attempting to sell the site to Bosley in exchange for removing the disparaging material."

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Use correct names

[John Seminal]

CNN reports that a man's website, http://www.bosleymedical.com, criticizing the Bosely Medical Institute does not infringe the institute's copyright on its name

I disagree. I as a person using the web want websites accurately named. I can't express the horror I had at school when I accidently went to www.whitehouse.com some many years ago. Not to mention all the SPAM out there that changes one letter of popular websites. The only reason they picked those names is because they know people make mistakes, people who don't want to go to those websites.

Maybe the solution is to take away domain names. No more letters. Instead replace it with phone number type domains. This kind of problem does not seem to exsist with phone numbers. I can't count how many times I have visited wrong websites, but I don't make incorrect phone calls.