google ICANN needs to clamp down on domain name abuse - CNET News.com

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ICANN needs to clamp down on domain name abuse
CNET News.com, CA - 18 hours ago
... They argue that the purpose of Whois should be limited to resolving technical, not legal, issues related to domain names and the Web sites associated with them ...


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[katherine]

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Today, cybersquatters have rebranded themselves as "domainers."

Talk about brainwashing of the American public
It's really no wonder we have such a bad rep with silly articles like that :doh:
Next time I meet a realtor I will not forget to tell him he is a scumbag racketeer :greenwink:
Have a nice day, evil cybersquatters :crutch:

 

[Creature]

Today, cybersquatters have rebranded themselves as "domainers." Popular blogs and news sites track their activities. Industry conferences have sprouted to serve them. And "monetization" services--which quickly let domain name registrants turn otherwise unused, or parked, Web pages into money via affiliate links that often trade on the goodwill established by well-known brand owners--are finding a large and growing customer base of hungry and often shrewd domain name registrants.

Should we surrender generic names and leave them to the large corporations to milk ? Creature.

 

[xtc]

Well, well, well, thanks to the good work by Frank Michlick, it appears that Mr. Isenberg fell down in his glass house and can't get up.