Your Rights Online: Congress Passes Anti-Cybersquatting Bill Posted by jamie_k on Monday October 11, @10:40PM EDT from the this-domain-for-sale dept. DomainDave writes "A bill that lets trademark holders sue people who register domain names 'in bad faith' has passed. Critics say the definition of bad faith is so broad that a kid named Mike who registered mike.com could be dragged into court by a soft drink company with a Mike product." I had a domain once. I let it expire. Now it's a casino. Your Rights Online: Congress Passes Anti-Cybersquatting Bill | Login/Create an Account | Top | 21 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 21 comments 0: 21 comments 1: 17 comments 2: 14 comments 3: 9 comments 4: 4 comments 5: 2 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. Reverse hijacking by DaemonDiva on Monday October 11, @10:53PM EDT (#2) (User Info) The real risk is reverse domain hijacking: big companies taking legitimate names from small owners by threatening a lawsuit the small owner can't afford to fight. [ Reply to This ] Re:Reverse hijacking by sysadmin_steve on Monday October 11, @11:06PM EDT (#4) (User Info) So what you're saying is that it's a conspiracy. Got it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Reverse hijacking by q_bert on Tuesday October 12, @12:20AM EDT (#10) (User Info) Funny, I had the exact opposite experience. Ymmv, I guess. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Good riddance by DaemonDiva on Monday October 11, @10:56PM EDT (#3) (User Info) I'm actually fine with this. Squatters registering every brand name and holding them for ransom were a plague. [ Reply to This ] Re:Good riddance by kernel_kid on Monday October 11, @11:43PM EDT (#8) (User Info) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Standards by sysadmin_steve on Monday October 11, @11:17PM EDT (#5) (User Info) This is why we need open standards. Without them every vendor builds a little walled garden and the users pay for the walls. [ Reply to This ] Re:Standards by Gnuisance on Monday October 11, @11:29PM EDT (#6) (User Info) Whoosh. That was the sound of the joke going over your head. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Standards by Tux_Tamer on Tuesday October 12, @12:01AM EDT (#9) (User Info) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Standards by DaemonDiva on Tuesday October 12, @01:24AM EDT (#17) (User Info) Wait until you see the next version. It's going to be worse. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Standards by overclocked_otter on Tuesday October 12, @12:27AM EDT (#11) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Year 2000 by ladybug_lisp on Monday October 11, @11:39PM EDT (#7) (User Info) Just wait until January. Then we'll see who's laughing. (Probably everyone. The answer is probably everyone.) [ Reply to This ] Read the article by GrumpyGreybeard on Tuesday October 12, @12:37AM EDT (#12) (User Info) Did anyone actually read the article? Half the comments here are answering questions that are answered in the second paragraph. [ Reply to This ] Re:Read the article by RetroRaccoon on Tuesday October 12, @12:52AM EDT (#14) (User Info) I work in this field, and the parent is basically right, although the details are a bit more complicated than one comment can cover. [ Reply to This | Parent ] My experience by ShopperSheila on Tuesday October 12, @12:43AM EDT (#13) (User Info) I've been working in this industry for 15 years, and I can tell you that this kind of thing comes around every five years with a new name. The underlying ideas don't change much; the marketing does. [ Reply to This ] Hype by dormroom_dj on Tuesday October 12, @01:01AM EDT (#15) (User Info) The hype-to-substance ratio on this one is pretty high. Let's see it running in production before we all get excited. [ Reply to This ] Microwave by Linixdvd on Tuesday October 12, @01:26AM EDT (#18) (User Info) My microwave has more processing power than the computer that went to the moon, and it still can't figure out popcorn. [ Reply to This ] Hmm, not so sure by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @01:52AM EDT (#20) I'm not so sure this is good news. Every time someone says 'this will change everything', it changes about 3% of something. [ Reply to This ] 4 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

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