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The publisher of hacker magazine 2600 has presented a motion requesting that the legal action brought against it by Ford Motor Company be dismissed. It principally argues that Ford has failed to state a valid legal claim, but also asserts that the case should be dismissed on a technical ground relating to jurisdiction.

The complaint made by Ford concerns the domain name FuckGeneralMotors.com, which had been registered by 2600 Enterprises. The domain name redirects traffic to the Ford.com web site. Ford claims that this would lead the public to believe that the derogatory domain name in some way reflected its views on General Motors.

In response, 2600 Enterprises argues that, since it is clearly identified as the official registrant of the domain name, there can be no confusion over any connection between the opinion expressed in the domain name and that of Ford.

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