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Re: [ga-udrp] Typo-squatting, Registrars, & the UDRP
At 9:34 PM -0400 2/7/01, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
>1-800-amazon.net
>1-800-amazon.org
>123amazon.com
>123amazon.net
>123amazon.org
>1stamazon.com
>1stamazon.net
>1stamazon.org
>24-7amazon.com
>24-7amazon.net
>24-7amazon.org
They're not examples of typosquatting. Those names would get ZERO traffic
and are worthless. If I was amazon, I wouldn't even bother taking action
against any of them (unless someone tried to run a competing online
bookstore from one of them).
An amazon typo would be amazn.com or amzon.com or amazpn.com
The thing is, if a person DOES get it wrong when they type it in:
a. It's their own damn fault - they need to learn to type properly
b. It's going to be painfully obvious they've arrived at the wrong place,
and they'll simply make another attempt. If it _isn't_ painfully obvious,
amazon have a case even ignoring the domain name in question.
I regularly mis-type URL's. I don't fly into confused panic and buy a
rubber blow-up doll when I was looking for a programming book from Amazon,
I just re-type (more carefully this time).
The whole cybersquatting/typosquatting thing has been blown WAY out of
proportion - responsibility lies with the Registrars/Registries and the IP
Lawyers who are the people that stand to make loads of money out of
companies by scaring them unnecessarily.
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Andrew P. Gardner
barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
Get active: http://www.tldlobby.com
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