Comments on: Waging war against cybersquatting

Can cybersquatters be deterred? Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod assesses the prospects of a new coalition planning to give it a try.

[Hardrada]

Low information density here

Low information density here.

Wow. Legislation. As in.... MORE ineffective legislation.

[andrew999999999]

Good intentions?

It's time to get rid of tasting.

But it would be nice if CADNA would back up its bogus numbers about the costs of cybersquatting.

[ralahinn1]

What happens to people who make a name but can't use it at the time?

I'm wondering if people who want to secure a domain name, but can't use it at the time will be thought of as"cyber squatters eventually, too.
Now one would think that, for example, a name like"Brittany Spears.com" should go to people related to "Brittany Spears" perhaps, but what if someone calls their domain"Retro Rockets.com" and a year or so later,Sony(or another company) makes a game called"Retro rockets" would the domain holder be forced to give that name up?

[M A]

Trademark the name?

I don't know too much about the whole cybersquatting thing, but I'd assume if you're going to use the a name that means you're going to:
A. trademark it
B. secure the domain name

If a name is trademarked you should be able to procure a web address without being labeled as a cybersquatter, no?

[Dave Zan]

Hmm...

Will the coalition also pursue congressional legislation to require the complaining party to pay damages (or something like that) for abusing the process? (read: reverse domain hijacking)

[DerekoEntertainment]

Dereko Entertainment's domain has been hijacked/cybersquatted in a bad faith. Cybersquatting is very real and tragic. We ended up getting a new domain, www.dereko.tv Official site while some sicko out there is ruining our reputation in a bad faith.