Rupert Murdoch Outfoxed Over Domain Name Dispute

Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 by clicky


Found this on Wired about an hour ago.

The World Intellectual Property Organization is concluding that a Florida businessman is the rightful owner to foxbusinessnetwork.com. Still, WIPO said it was "suspicious" that the name was registered the same day the Rupert Murdoch-owned network announced February 2007 it was launching a business news channel.

The decision certifies that Worldwide Directory Services of Sebring, Florida, is the rightful owner of the disputed domain name. Derek Hodges, Worldwide's president, goes by the nickname "British Fox." Hodges had used the term staar test study guides Fox Business Network for legitimate offerings of services, including a domain name registration business and free business web page offerings, WIPO concluded

Read the entire transcript here.


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