RE: [ga] UDRP dead? Is the dot-biz registry typosquatting on AT&T's trademarks?

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

It's bad enough when it is an HTTP redirect.  It's much worse when it is at DNS 
lookup (dig, host, whois), as noted by the IAB.  When it involves email, it's an 
enormous problem and can't be underestimated.  Email is problematic enough 
because of spoofing, but when your mail is redirected due to wildcards at registry 
level, it is totally unreliable.  

Leah


On 20 May 2003 at 15:32, Jay Westerdal wrote:

> Sovereign nations and sponsored TLDs doing wildcard tricks is one thing.
> But it is a dangerous precedent to allow a unsponsored gTLD to do this.
> 
> I can imagine the typo rate in .COM is huge and the effect on consumers
> would be mass confusion if Verisign were to follow Neustar's actions. Small
> TLD like .biz can really get away with this right now, which is bad because
> this creates an extremely dangerous precedent for Verisign say, look we are
> only following the example of the other unsponsored registries.  We are
> setting up a slipper slope that is easy to follow.
> 
> Unsponsored gTLDs should not just launch new features that confuse
> consumers and undermine how DNS has behaved for years. I am not even
> talking about the legal ramification here, just consumers getting confused.
> Not to mention that these ccTLD operators that you speak of resolve to a
> page that says, "This domain available for sale". Neustar is not even doing
> that, they are landing people on a very deceptive page that states, "The
> page you are looking for may have been removed, changed name, or be
> temporarily unavailable."
> 
> What Neustar is doing is cashing in on the confused traffic, I find it
> immoral for a registry to land people on a pay per search engine where the
> registry receives payment for every search the confused user does. They are
> not even telling people the domain is available. I see a class action
> lawsuit coming against this soon. Mark my words. I would advise all
> unsponsored gTLDs not to behave or follow Neustar's example. I can only
> hope Neustar comes to their senses and stops this deceptive practice on
> their own.
> 
> Jay Westerdal
> Name Intelligence, Inc.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> Hollenbeck, Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:09 PM
> To: 'Stephane Bortzmeyer'
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] UDRP dead? Is the dot-biz registry typosquatting on
> AT&T's trademarks?
> 
> 
> > > As reported on ICANNWatch, the dot-biz registry is redirecting ALL
> > > unregistered domains to money-making webpages
> > (pay-per-click, powered
> > > by Looksmart).
> >
> > It is outrageous but do note that Verisign GRS started the trend with the
> > answer to non-existing Unicode domain names in '.com' and '.net'. ICANN
> > did nothing <URL:http://www.iab.org/Documents/icann-vgrs-response.html>
> > so other registries step in.
> 
> Just to set the record straight: VeriSign did not start the trend.  There
> are at least 11 TLDs (.cc, .cx, .io, .mp, .museum, .nu, .ph, .td, .tk, .tv,
> and .ws) that have been using DNS wildcards for quite some time to offer
> either domain registration services or to provide web navigation
> assistance. .museum's service is even documented in their agreement with
> ICANN:
> 
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/museum/sponsorship-agmt-att13-16oct01.
> h tm
> 
> Scott Hollenbeck
> VeriSign Naming and Directory Services
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