Beware of Domain Name Traffickers
by 
John F. Letchford
Internet domain name registration is a first-come, first-served process. Because of the simplicity and relative low cost of registering a domain, trafficking in domain names has been commonplace since the inception of the Internet. It began with domain name hijacking. In its simplest form, hijacking is the registration of a domain name or names which incorporate the company name or personal name of a famous company or person and then offering to sell or, in fact, selling the domain to the rightful owner. This behavior, known as “cybersquatting,” was effectively outlawed by enactment of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (ACPA). Read the rest of this entry »
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