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A handful of years ago, we remember reading some obnoxious story about parents buying the domain names of their children's names — before they were even born. Oh wait, it wasn't that long ago — it was last year! There's the case of baby Bennett Pankow, whose parents refused to even name him until they were sure BennettPankow.com was available. (Bennett's parents are also the answer to the question, "What's more annoying than parents with double-wide Bugaboo strollers?")

Now comes a new, barely exciting twist on the whole "web URLs for kids" trend: Parents who buy their children domain names, and then get sued for copyright infringement!

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Jun 16, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond