Keith Urban Sues Over Web Address

Their's nothing like over-reacting. That is exactly what Keith Urban has done. Country Singer, Keith Urban, has decided to sue an artist of the same name claiming that the website he uses "infringes trademark and cyber-squatting laws."

With a quick viewing of the site in question, the only thing I can see is the fact the artist uses his name as the domain name. Their is absolutely nothing posted their to make me think it could be the country singer instead. So, because this person happens to have the same name as a country singer, he's not allowed to have a domain name using that name? What next? Are famous people going to start suing those that happen to share the same name as them claiming that their name infringes on personal name rights?

The lawsuit also claims that the site was being used in a way that would deceive people into thinking that it was, in some way, associated with the singer though it's not. Of course, when I looked at the website, I saw nothing of that kind. The only possibility I could think of would be that the singer must have confused Google Adsense ads as a way of this artist faking a connection to him. If that is the case, then Keith should save himself the trouble of a lawsuit and deal with it. The ads relating to him wouldn't be there if he wasn't advertising anything related to himself.

Keith Urban is seeking to have the website shut down, or turned over to him. If that isn't enough, he is also "seeking monetary damages."

I think that if they sit down and talk, they could probably solve this problem in a manner that doesn't need a judge or court. Instead of over-reacting, all the country singer should have done was request that the artist put a disclaimer at the bottom of his first page. In my opinion, that probably could have solved the whole problem. I can understand a mix up since they both share the same name. I don't understand the need to throw a legal fit over a domain name when all the guy did was use his own real name.

If this lawsuit fails, it might not be such a bad thing for the Keith Urban artist. With all this recent publicity, he is bound to receive more visitors to his website than before, and in the end he will probably see more sales on his artwork. Unless he starts claiming to be the country singer, I don't see this lawsuit going much farther than that.