jharv | August 31, 2007 10:20 am

Mark Knopfler and crew have been given the right to kick out the loafers who had registered www.direstraits.com thanks to having the “intellectual rights to their band name,” aka a commonly used English-language phrase. That’s what you get for being cyber-squatting jerks, Alberta Hot Rods, even if we’re cool with you still abusing the “site named after Tom Cruise.” [Billboard]