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Letter: Evict cybersquatters

Published 18 May 2002

From Christopher Michael

Companies registering domain names such as “yourcompanysucks.com” to prevent other people doing so is no surprise (27 April, p 61). However, does this not amount to cybersquatting? Can we look forward to the day when some satirist takes a multinational to court for squatting in this manner? I certainly hope so.

Pontypridd, Wales

Issue no. 2343 published 18 May 2002

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