Win for MySpace in Domain Dispute "Suprising"

Although MySpace.co.uk was registered in 1997 its likely the Independent Expert was swayed by the owners of the domain switching the use of the domain to exploit the success of MySpace.com

clipped from www.freedomtodiffer.com MySpace has won the right to have the MySpace.co.uk domain name despite another firm having registered it six years before the social networking website launched. The ruling, by domain registry Nominet's dispute resolution service, has caused controversy in the industry because Total Web Solutions of Stockport registered the myspace.co.uk name in 1997, long before the US social networking website launched.