Barney (the dinosaur) sues Barney (the boy) over the website . . .

[OneBlueSky]

http://www.barney.co.uk/

and loses!!! . . .

seems the father of Barney (the boy) registered the domain name when his son was born six years ago . . . Barney's (the dinosaur's) people (yes, he has his own people) didn't like that one little bit, so they sued Barney's (the boy's) father to preserve Barney's (the dinosaur's) good name, claiming that the father's action on behalf of Barney (the boy) was an "abusive registration" . . .

now, as might be expected, Barney (the dinosaur) already has his own website (http://www.hitentertainment.com/barney/flash_mx/sites/player.asp), but the very idea of a mere mortal (and a mini-mortal at that) infringing upon the ubiqitous Barney's (the dinosaur's) inalienable rights to anything and everything Barney apparently sent Barney's (the dinosaur's) people into fits of apoplexy . . . so, in keeping with 21st century standards, practices, and norms, they did indeed file suit against Barney's (the boy's) father . . . and fully expected to win in what was shaping up as a classic "David v. Goliath" confrontation . . . Court TV was readying their live broadcasts of the proceedings, the CNN scroll was prepped for minute-by-minute updates, and Greta van Susteren was crafting her insightful analysis of the wisdom of Barney's (the dinosaur's) defeat of this usurper of the corporate prerogative . . .

but, alas, the case went instead to the UK's Dispute Resolution Services which, upon careful examination of the facts and the testimony rendered on behalf of both Barney (the dinosaur) and Barney (the boy), found that . . .

"The Complainant (the dinosaur) has failed to prove that the Domain Name is an Abusive Registration to the Expert on balance of probabilities and the Respondent (the boy) has demonstrated in his Response some factors which are indicative of the Domain Name not being an Abusive Registration. The Expert finds that the Domain Name, in the hands of the Respondent (the boy), is not an Abusive Registration."

and thus the story of how Barney (the boy) becme victorious and saved at least a small part of the world from the grasping corporate testicles of Barney (the dinosaur) . . . a tale that grandfathers will be telling their grandkids for generations to come as they tuck them into their Barney (the dinosaur) sheets in their Barney (the dinosaur) undies while clutching their Barney (the dinosaur) stuffed animals and singing "I love you, you love me" . . .

http://www.nominet.org.uk/DisputeResolution/Decisions/Drs01544Barneycouk.html

[Squistion]

1. I think the boy should sue his father

for naming him Barney.