Couple brought back to reality after Narnia website rulingA couple in Scotland Scotland, political division of Great Britain (1991 pop. 4,957,000), 30,414 sq mi (78,772 sq km), comprising the northern portion of the island of Great Britain and many surrounding islands. said Wednesday Wednesday: see week. they have lost their battle to use a website named after C.S. Lewis's fictional world of Narnia, which they had purchased to give as a gift to their son. The firm which owns the Irish author's estate, C.S. Lewis (Pte) Ltd., complained to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO World Intellectual Piracy Organization (satire website) WIPO Write in Poll Option WIPO Wing Information Protection Office (USAF) ) that it should own the rights to www.narnia.mobi, bought by Richard and Gillian Saville-Smith. The couple said they heard on Wednesday that WIPO had ruled in favour of the company. Baker and McKenzie, the law firm representing Lewis's estate, argued that the couple had used the website domain in "bad faith" in an effort to make money, which the Saville-Smiths denied. "We bought it as a present for our young son, who is a big fan of the classic books, so that he could use the magical e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address 'atNarnia'; the contemporary equivalent of a 'real' postal address in Narnia for us older fans," Richard Saville-Smith said. His wife added that their 11-year-old son Comrie was "fine about it". "He is a remarkable child and just says it would have been nice to e-mail his friends from a Narnia address, but he is fine." The couple said they were "shocked and astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, " by the decision, but added that they did not plan to appeal the ruling at a higher court. AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. was unable to contact Geneva-based WIPO for comment late Wednesday. 
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