Louise Knapp's article about collectors of the discs.

"The king of toothpaste, soap, and household cleaners has backed away from its demand that a small, noncommercial Web site change its domain name." [Wired]

"Toy giant Mattel is insisting that Benson turn over her domain name, BarbieBenson.com, claiming that the name infringes on the Barbie trademark." [Wired]

"In a class action lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, Newman is charging that Internet regulators, the company managing the dot-biz domain and a list of more than 30 individual registers are conducting an illegal lottery for valuab...

A hearing is underway in Atlanta to determine whether CNN's request for a temporary restraining order will be granted, in which case Exley's site will be repressed for 10 days while the court decides the merits of case. By Aparna Kumar. [Wired]

"Rev. Jerry Falwell, who takes his mission of bringing Jesus to the masses very seriously, is not amused by two Internet parody sites depicting him as a liar and a jerk." By Julia Scheeres. [Wired]

Pop star Madonna, irked when a man paid $20, 000 for the rights to the domain Madonna.com and turned it into a porn site, filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization's domain dispute arbitrators. By Craig Bicknell.

Microsoft will be allowed to evict the holder of the Internet address microsof.com, the U.N.'s anti-cybersquatting board said on Thursday. It is the software giant's second victory in such a case. [Reuters]

The school has countersued notHarvard.com, a Web education technology startup, and is asking a court in Boston to stop the company from using the school's trademark in its domain name.

"Stephen Cohen built a US$100-million porn empire on Sex.com. There's just one problem. The two-time convicted felon stole the name, foes say." By Craig Bicknell. [Wired]