| re: NJC: Meat Loaf suing Dean Torkington |
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Jaycee 05:49 am UTC 07/06/12 |
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re: NJC: Meat Loaf suing Dean Torkington - bellminer 10:49 pm UTC 07/04/12 |
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Dear old Porkington.
Hasn't Meat been on this guys tail for a while now?
Been a few years at least.
Nice to see he has finally decided to do something about it, and rightfully so I say.
> Meat Loaf is going after a well-known Meat Loaf
> impersonator like a bat out of hell -- claiming the
> tribute singer is a filthy cyber-squatter ... hijacking
> the website MeatLoaf.org ... and refusing to hand it
> over.
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> Meat Loaf -- real name Michael Aday -- filed the lawsuit
> against Dean Torkington in L.A. County Superior Court,
> claiming Torkington registered MeatLoaf.org in "bad
> faith," and has since exploited the domain name to mislead
> and confuse Meat Loaf fans into thinking he's the real
> singer.
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> Torkington uses the website to promote his act -- called
> "To Hell and Back: A Tribute to Meat Loaf."
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> Meat Loaf claims Torkington -- who's based in the UK --
> has no right to own or use the domain name, and is
> currently breaking the law by cybersquatting ... in
> violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection
> Act.
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> Meat Loaf wants Torkington to shut down his website and
> hand over the domain. He also wants $100,000 in damages.
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> Calls to Torkington were not returned.
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> href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/04/meat-loaf-impersonator-dean-torkington-website-squatting/">http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/04/meat-loaf-impersonator-dean-torkington-website-squatting/
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