Evil Multinational Corporations and 13 Year Old Girls

Three years ago Penguin publishing, best known for reprints of classic works of literature, printed a book entitled Katie.Com about a 13 year old girls' experience with child molestors. Unfortunately, Katie.com is a real domain owned by a different Katie. Now Penguin is trying to get thier greasy little hands over katie.com.

Penguin says Katie.com was never a registered trademark. That's fine of course, except katie.com is registered with ICANN and any idiot can check to see if a domain name is registered.

Everyone should feel sorry for Katie Tarbox, the 13 year old who's book is causing the stir, and Katie Jones, the rightful owner of katie.com is now expected to just hand over her domain to some internet safety site.

Well I dont really feel bad for Katie Tarbox because (1) she is earning plenty of money from her book and (2) her parents should have been more vigilant. (when was the notion of personal responsibilty dissolved?)

I do feel bad for Katie Jones, since its her domain that's been hijacked and associated with child molestation stories. If someone were making money off of ianmacallen.com, I would certainly be after them.