Comment Re:Uh, oh... I found the REAL stinger (Score 1) 152
Well, it either can't stand up in court or is meaningless. The context of the quote you mentioned is:
Sony and its licensees shall have the exclusive right, throughout the world, and shall have the exclusive right to authorize other persons, to create, maintain, and host any and all Web sites relating to the artist and to register and use the name '[artist name].com'
Sony can only claim rights through the contract that the artist had to begin with. Since the artist did not have the right to prevent anyone else from registering URL's based on the band's name, Sony can't claim that right through the contract. They can insist that the artist never register such a URL, but any 3rd party could.
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Thales