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Cybersquatting, how will affect localized top level domains and already registered IDNs?
November 3, 2009 by webmaster
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iGetcha just wants to throw out the question about Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). This a very important subject about international law and how Cybersquatting will be challenged. For example, does Google own Google.com translated into Chinese? If a lawsuit were to happen, why would an individual be made an example for their right to that property? As a peer mentioned, the Pirate Party may have some insight on this topic.
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IDNs, who owns them?
March 18, 2010 by steve, 1 year 46 weeks ago
Comment id: 35
The pirate party has a unique stance in my opinion. As written on Wikipedia, having the name "pirate" in your name has some negative connotation so I personally prefer the creative commons stance. But anyway, that's off the subject.
What I think is that international law, WIPO, etc. will need to regulate IDNs accordingly, but also, honor the people's right to their property - whether it is physical or virtual. If there is an equivalent "imminant domain" law favoring government and large companies, to me that's not fair and should be fought by the people. You cannot own Google in all languages. Can you legally own your name in all languages? To me, that's anti-creative commons and promotion of logos for greed.
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April 3, 2010 by Anonymous, 1 year 44 weeks ago
Comment id: 38
There a plenty of case decisions protecting international domain names. In fact, this attorney's site http://www.dnattorney.com/ shows some examples. A recent victory by a smaller business was Groovle versus Google. Although it does not set a precendent for international domain names, it does show that larger companies cannot always bully a smaller business. Also, see the Chinese case on the site about "Reverse Domain Name Hijacking".