>From current Rolling Stone-

HOLE, DON HENLEY, AND OTHES FIGHT TO REGAIN THEIR WEB NAMES
By David Thigpen

"Brian Wilson dosen't spend much time surfing the internet, but maybe he 
should. Until afew weeks ago, any web surfer happening upon brianwilson.com 
reached not the Beach Boy's homepage but a save-the-earth environmentalist 
and entrepreneaur using Wilson's name to lure unwitting surfers his way.

Cybersquatting, as it's called, is becoming to srtists what MP3 is to record 
labels: a nagging thorn. The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Don Henley, 
Bruce Springsteen and Bonnie Raitt are but a few of the musicians who have 
run head on into cybersquatters. In February, Courtney Love and the estate 
of Kurt Cobain went to court to gain control of kurtcobain.com, 
courtneylove.com and hole.com, sites owned by a pair of Toronto businessmen. 
The trouble stems from a little known fact in cyberspace: For as little as 
seventy dollars, virtually any unclaimed web address can be had for the 
picking. Cybersquatters can then turn around and demand thousands of dollars 
to relinquish the claim. Love's representatives say what troubles them most 
is that unauthorized webpages are usually riddled with incorrect 
information. But thruth is not the only issue at stake. Sometimes the 
information posted is true- but a publicity agent's nightmare. 
Kurtcobain.com contains photos, song lyrics and arcana- including Cobain's 
suicide note and death certificate". -End of Nirvana related info.

Transcribed by Sillymonkey (Shaun)