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Old 08-13-2003, 01:39 PM  
WiredGuy
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Quote:
Originally posted by imJason
do you think cyber sqwatting is bad,

and do you think sponsors and billing companies should be paying dudes who cyber sqwat
Well, obviously this guy is profiting from your type-in traffic and you have a legal right to enforce that. Is it worth the time/cost is a decision you need to make if you think its a significant amount of traffic. Often times a harrassing phone call or two to the squatter from a lawyer is enough to get him to release the domains.

From the billing point of view, it's really difficult to say since I imagine a billing company does not want to get involved in disputes unless required to by law. For a clear and cut case of trademark infringement or child pornography or DMCA violations I imagine they will help, but a dispute like this I imagine they would not want to get involved in unless required to.

Just my thoughts...
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