CReATION: CNN, Maya Online battle for domain name

<p>Network news giant CNN is in a legal battle with Shanghai-based </p><p>website Maya Online, which refuses to give up ownership of the domain </p><p>www.cnnews.com. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>CNN had demanded Maya stop using the name and transfer the site to CNN </p><p>by mid-October. Maya reportedly said it had no intention to infringe the </p><p>network's name and that cnnews.com stood for Chinese Network News. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>However, CNN has argued it has registrations for the term CNN with </p><p>exclusive rights for the CNN mark. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Maya Online, which is a tom.com content provider, registered the name </p><p>legally in November last year through Network Solutions. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Meanwhile, recent results from the 2000 Asian Target Market Survey </p><p>(ATMS) showed CNN.com as the most popular media site in Asia. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The survey found CNN reached 38 per cent of business people in Asia on a </p><p>monthly basis, compared to CNBC with 20 per cent and BBC World with 19 </p><p>per cent. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Separately, China's top Internet regulatory body, China Internet Network </p><p>Information Centre (CINIC) attacked NSI, which is the world's largest </p><p>domain name registration firm, for infringing on Chinese sovereignty by </p><p>offering Chinese domain names. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Director of CINIC, Mao Wei, reportedly said it was unfair that the US </p><p>should control the top domain names used throughout the world and </p><p>collect on registration fees. NSI had earlier started a Chinese domain </p><p>name registration service. An official at CINIC had said domain names in </p><p>languages other than English should be managed by the respective nations </p><p>in order to respect that nation's culture. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>