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Internet Domain Names for State Senators No Longer For Sale
by Dan Weist, Ohio News Network
January 24, 2003
The domain names for 9 Ohio State Senators arenââ¬â¢t for sale anymore, at least for the moment.
Mark Gribben of the State Attorney Generalââ¬â¢s office says itââ¬â¢s not legal to use someoneââ¬â¢s name without permission.
Attorney General Jim Petro issued the order Thursday that Stamper relinquish the internet domains using the senatorsââ¬â¢ names.
http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=21764
Jeremy Stamper has so far ignored the warnings from Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's office that he is violating federal law by registering Web domain names and trying to sell them.
Mumper and other senators met Tuesday with Petro, who in an e-mail to Stamper informed him that he is breaking the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act signed into law in 1999. Petro said in the letter that the law requires consent prior to the registration and sale of an individual's name as a domain name.
http://www.marionstar.com/news/stories/20030123/localnews/837505.html
These people are public figures, but he did list the domains on eBay. I wonder what power the AG has to take domains from people, withut a court case, under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act?
by Dan Weist, Ohio News Network
January 24, 2003
The domain names for 9 Ohio State Senators arenââ¬â¢t for sale anymore, at least for the moment.
Mark Gribben of the State Attorney Generalââ¬â¢s office says itââ¬â¢s not legal to use someoneââ¬â¢s name without permission.
Attorney General Jim Petro issued the order Thursday that Stamper relinquish the internet domains using the senatorsââ¬â¢ names.
http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=21764
Jeremy Stamper has so far ignored the warnings from Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's office that he is violating federal law by registering Web domain names and trying to sell them.
Mumper and other senators met Tuesday with Petro, who in an e-mail to Stamper informed him that he is breaking the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act signed into law in 1999. Petro said in the letter that the law requires consent prior to the registration and sale of an individual's name as a domain name.
http://www.marionstar.com/news/stories/20030123/localnews/837505.html
These people are public figures, but he did list the domains on eBay. I wonder what power the AG has to take domains from people, withut a court case, under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act?