DocumentCode
2646278
Title
Cybersquatting
Author
Mathew, Alex Roney ; Al Hajj, Aayad ; Ambusaidi, Mohammed
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Minist. of Higher Educ., Nizwa, Oman
Volume
1
fYear
2010
fDate
17-19 Sept. 2010
Abstract
Internet is playing major and key role in our daily life especially in business, from two decades. The domain name / internet website address is very important and plays major role in the current IT trend based life style. The business people, consumers prefer same domain name as their trade name, even the famous people like their names as the address of their websites or blogs. The “cyber squatters” are unauthorized people with bad intention, they register domain names of other people´s name or famous business. They resell the domain names with high price or misuse to create loss to others business. This paper explains cybersquatting, organizations and laws controlling cybersquatting, and some suggestions to avoid the rise of cybersquatting.
Keywords
Internet; Web sites; computer crime; law; Internet; Web site; blog; cyber squatter; cybersquatting; domain name; IP networks; World Wide Web; Cybersquatters; DRP; ICANN; WIPO; cybersquatting techniques;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Chongqing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8033-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8035-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICEIT.2010.5607800
Filename
5607800
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