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posted by scubacuda
on Thursday August 05, @02:15AM
from the dept.
Now here's an interesting domain hijacking situation. The Penguin Group has created the Katie.com "brand" with full knowledge that Katie.com belonged to someone else. Katherine Tarbox (KatieT.com, author [katie@katiet.com] of the book, Katie.com) is often confused with the real owner of Katie.com (Katie Jones, katie@katie.com), resulting in a deluge of unwanted traffic and e-mail.
The real doosy? Katie Tarbox's lawyer has tried (unsuccessfully, I hope) to convince Katie Jones that she should should donate the domain name to them.
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