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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 11:39 AM
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Gay man wins Internet fight vs. Falwell
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Christopher Lamparello, 36, won the right to keep his fallwell.com site, which criticizes Falwell's views on homosexuality - and often snares Web surfers looking for the reverend's online ministry at falwell.com.

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Falwell believes homosexuality is a sin that gays and lesbians must repent of and resist. The Supreme Court - without comment - said it would not hear his appeal of a lower-court ruling that went against him.

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Falwell's lawyer had argued it was a simple case of trademark infringement - which disturbed many of the reverend's supporters, who went to the site by mistake - and that it opens the door to more abuses.

"A domain name is not just the source of a Web site, but the substance of a Web site," said Levy, whose group Public Citizen took the case for free. "You can say the name of the person you're criticizing, and you can put their name in the domain name of your Web site."

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14375/Gay-man-wins-Internet-fight-vs--Falwell

Guess Jerry's lawyers missed all those anti-Bush sites. Maybe their Internets don't go there?

:rofl:
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 11:42 AM
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1. "... disturbed many of the reverend's supporters ..."
WAAAAA! :cry:
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 11:45 AM
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2. a name
is not a trademark :shrug:
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 11:53 AM
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3. Another reason for falwell to hate that damn constitution
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:26 PM
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4. If they support him so much, why can't they spell his name right?
:shrug:

Jerry Falwell, one L. The website uses fallwell, two LL's. Simple enough.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:20 PM
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5. Falwell lost ot Larry Flynt over a satire issue...
...looks like Jerry thinks this new and imporved Supreme Court will bend over backwards for him. Apparently not...yet.
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