MySpace Wins Controversial Domain Name Dispute

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 U.S. social networking website launched.

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