DC Thomson recovers Beano web domain from “internet squatter”

Professional Publisher Association: Cover of the Century Awards Runner Up: The Beano, February 1999, Dennis the MenaceDC Thomson, publishers of The Beano, have taken control of the thebeano.co.uk domain name from a Norfolk businessman.

The Dundee-based company, which has been publishing The Beano for decades, took action against Stephen Fisher from Ellingham, who had registered the domain name.

Internet watchdog Nominet said it was an “abusive registration” and ruled he hand it over to the publishers.

BBC News reports Nominet expert Peter Davies said the DC Thomson had rights in the Beano name and it had, “to his reasonable satisfaction”, shown the domain name was an “abusive registration”.

• Check out the official Beano web site at at www.beano.com



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