Cybersquatting: two sides of the same coin.
What is cybersquatting? There are a lot of articles on the network written about it (for example, quite logical: kibeskvotting.ru ).
With the development of the Internet, a new global epidemic called cybersquatting has swept the world. At the initial stages of technology development, no one could have imagined that domains would cost, and most importantly be bought, for tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But the human ability to adapt to everything, including the progress has given its results. There was a separate niche, you can even say a profession - cybersquatting.
You can relate to this in different ways, but we will try to consider this topic from several sides.
Cybersquatters, as a rule, act according to the following principle:
They are waiting for the release of a domain name and they are trying to quickly take it. If you're lucky, the domain will change the owner. After the domain registration expires, the domain is still listed as its owner within a month. It can still be extended during this period. But later the domain will be free for registration by anyone. And cybersquatters just podszhivayut inattentive site owners. Often, the owners of large sites clap their ears, while cybersquatters reap the fruits of their stubborn waiting.
Many domains cybersquatters invent themselves and register, in the hope that someday they will become necessary to someone. Of particular value are two- and three-letter domains. But now you can rarely register a promising domain, since almost everyone is already taken.
There are cases when cybersquatters implement domain names from each other, that is, the domain market is developing. Domains, in a sense, can be called a means of investing capital. Note that by investing $ 20 for registration, but the real price of the domain itself can reach tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Actually, therefore, cybersquatting has received such popularity and distribution.
Cybersquatting can be described as
A means of investing or investing
A rather passive business that does not require physical effort.
High-risk, high-profit activity
On the one hand, cybersquatting seems to be a gray or even black way to make money. But if you look from the other side, cybersquatting can be legal and even useful.
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Domain disputes that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in more than 80% of cases resolved in favor of the legitimate trademark holders. However, if a domain similar to a company's trademark is used to criticize the goods and services it provides, the organization can make the exact opposite decision.
According to the head of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation at WIPO, Eric Wilbers, this practice is becoming more and more common. It is believed that it helps exist sites that allow you to express a negative opinion about the activities of any organizations. An example of this is one case:
Someone Frank Redmond, whose daughter was treated in a hospital in London, was unhappy with the quality of medical services provided. He registered the domain Chelwest.com, which posted a website criticizing the medical institution.
The management of the institution considered that the domain name registered by Redmond is too similar to the domain on which the official website of the hospital is located (Chelwest.nhs.uk), and has complained to WIPO. The organization resolved this domain dispute in favor of Redmond, recognizing it as the legal owner of the domain. WIPO representatives motivated their decision by the fact that the domain was not used for commercial gain, and the site located on it was accessible to any user. In addition, the management of the medical institution failed to prove that the word chelwest is a hospital trademark. "It is very important that an increasing number of websites of this kind appear on the Internet," says Eric Wilbers. He says that sooner or later companies will be forced to accept their existence. “Whether they want it or not, the Internet will be used for this purpose,” he says.
Thus, cybesquatting is not an unequivocal phenomenon. We do not know what circumstances led a person to this action, we do not know his social class, education, age, etc ... Cybersquatter is a faceless and sexless being.
But despite this, every person in the law refers to this large-scale phenomenon and to those who do it in their own way.
Thanks for attention.
For the writing of the article the material was analyzed by turnover.ru and info.nik.ru
With the development of the Internet, a new global epidemic called cybersquatting has swept the world. At the initial stages of technology development, no one could have imagined that domains would cost, and most importantly be bought, for tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But the human ability to adapt to everything, including the progress has given its results. There was a separate niche, you can even say a profession - cybersquatting.
You can relate to this in different ways, but we will try to consider this topic from several sides.
Cybersquatters, as a rule, act according to the following principle:
They are waiting for the release of a domain name and they are trying to quickly take it. If you're lucky, the domain will change the owner. After the domain registration expires, the domain is still listed as its owner within a month. It can still be extended during this period. But later the domain will be free for registration by anyone. And cybersquatters just podszhivayut inattentive site owners. Often, the owners of large sites clap their ears, while cybersquatters reap the fruits of their stubborn waiting.
Many domains cybersquatters invent themselves and register, in the hope that someday they will become necessary to someone. Of particular value are two- and three-letter domains. But now you can rarely register a promising domain, since almost everyone is already taken.
There are cases when cybersquatters implement domain names from each other, that is, the domain market is developing. Domains, in a sense, can be called a means of investing capital. Note that by investing $ 20 for registration, but the real price of the domain itself can reach tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Actually, therefore, cybersquatting has received such popularity and distribution.
Cybersquatting can be described as
A means of investing or investing
A rather passive business that does not require physical effort.
High-risk, high-profit activity
On the one hand, cybersquatting seems to be a gray or even black way to make money. But if you look from the other side, cybersquatting can be legal and even useful.
')
Domain disputes that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in more than 80% of cases resolved in favor of the legitimate trademark holders. However, if a domain similar to a company's trademark is used to criticize the goods and services it provides, the organization can make the exact opposite decision.
According to the head of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation at WIPO, Eric Wilbers, this practice is becoming more and more common. It is believed that it helps exist sites that allow you to express a negative opinion about the activities of any organizations. An example of this is one case:
Someone Frank Redmond, whose daughter was treated in a hospital in London, was unhappy with the quality of medical services provided. He registered the domain Chelwest.com, which posted a website criticizing the medical institution.
The management of the institution considered that the domain name registered by Redmond is too similar to the domain on which the official website of the hospital is located (Chelwest.nhs.uk), and has complained to WIPO. The organization resolved this domain dispute in favor of Redmond, recognizing it as the legal owner of the domain. WIPO representatives motivated their decision by the fact that the domain was not used for commercial gain, and the site located on it was accessible to any user. In addition, the management of the medical institution failed to prove that the word chelwest is a hospital trademark. "It is very important that an increasing number of websites of this kind appear on the Internet," says Eric Wilbers. He says that sooner or later companies will be forced to accept their existence. “Whether they want it or not, the Internet will be used for this purpose,” he says.
Thus, cybesquatting is not an unequivocal phenomenon. We do not know what circumstances led a person to this action, we do not know his social class, education, age, etc ... Cybersquatter is a faceless and sexless being.
But despite this, every person in the law refers to this large-scale phenomenon and to those who do it in their own way.
Thanks for attention.
For the writing of the article the material was analyzed by turnover.ru and info.nik.ru
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/18979/
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