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- noun computing The
registration of a well-knownbrand orcompany name as anInternet domain name in the hope ofselling it at a later date
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The obvious solution to cybersquatting is to not let it happen in the first place.
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This type of use is called cybersquatting, which, as defined by a 1999 federal statute, involves registering or using a domain name with the bad-faith intent to profit from a trademark belonging to someone else.
Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012
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This type of use is called cybersquatting, which, as defined by a 1999 federal statute, involves registering or using a domain name with the bad-faith intent to profit from a trademark belonging to someone else.
Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012
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A more sinister extension of cybersquatting is phishing – posing as a third party to obtain confidential information such as passwords.
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This type of use is called cybersquatting, which, as defined by a 1999 federal statute, involves registering or using a domain name with the bad-faith intent to profit from a trademark belonging to someone else.
Daniel Grant: Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity Daniel Grant 2012
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With respect to 'cybersquatting' - The Speaker investigated, particularly concerned about allegations of tampering with his official site.
Archive 2005-06-05 Candace 2005
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With respect to 'cybersquatting' - The Speaker investigated, particularly concerned about allegations of tampering with his official site.
The Speaker has Spoken - "Welcome to 2005" Candace 2005
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Could you not have come up with a different domain name that used all three of the major extensions --. net,. com and. org -- thus avoiding "cybersquatting" -- or at least spent some of that oil money to purchase the. com version from its current owner?
MRZine.org 2010
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Mr. Brumberg accused Mr. LaVerghetta of "cybersquatting" purchasing Internet domain names of his opponents.
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Meanwhile, USA Today reports that St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, who has also fallen victim to social media identity theft and has sued Twitter, claiming damage resulting from "cybersquatting" and misappropriation of his name, has now dropped his lawsuit.
Robert Siciliano: Sarah Palin Victim of Social Media Identity Theft, LaRussa Drops Suit 2009
alexz commented on the word cybersquatting
There is also a 'legal' definition of cybersquatting according to the Anticyblersquatting act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act
"...registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, a trademark or personal name..."
October 14, 2013