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11 August 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:16am

Rupert Murdoch claims to own the “Sky” in “Skype”

The most absurd legal case of the year?

By George Eaton

I have to confess that when I first heard the news that Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB had launched a legal challenge to Skype I thought April Fool’s Day had come early, not least because the basis of the lawsuit is that the company claims to own the “Sky” in “Skype”.

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