Anti domain squatting

[webnubie]

Is there any law against domain squatting? Suppose ford.com is not registered yet, which is not the case, is a registrar like Go Daddy has the right to refuse your attempt to register the domain name?

[carl owen]

Yes, there is a law for domain squatting and it is called as Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) of 1999. This law is of the United States, however, this law is followed all over the World for domain squatting. Also, in major cases, a complaint can be launched to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

According to ICANN, if the domain is registered already, no domain registrar has the right to register the same domain name again.

Hope this helps

[centelo]

It is sad all of the people before this law came to be that ended up paying way too much for domains to start with, I think its just crazy to think about it buts almost the same. Its not like some commercial sellers for say, property do not do the same thing.

[carl owen]

This is the reason this law was introduced as it was found that some domain squatters were able to get hold of the domains of some companies which could not afford to loose their brand name and therefore domain squatters would ask for a good amount of money to release the domains Hammering

[Skipper]

I hate to admit it, but if I'd wised up in time for the dot com rush I probably would've tried to buy out every big brand name I could think of. It might not be ethical, but I'm sure it was quite lucrative while it lasted.