Suing the Bug

By Jack August 31, 1999 6:10 AM

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A small Internet service provide named Virtual Works in Virginia is suing the German automakers who brought us the bug as well as suing Network Solutions who have for many also brought a us bug just a different kind. Virtual Works claims NSI and Volkswagen have no legal justification for challenging its use of http://www.vw.net, which it said NSI assigned to the Internet service provider in 1996. A year earlier, VW was assigned the address http://www.vw.com , leaving http://www.vw.net unclaimed. ? Another classic example of a "David and Goliath" challenge on the internet.

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