The most eagerly followed U.S. election race in decades has triggered an avalanche of 'cybersquatter' activity, according to a report on Forbes.com. More than 1,900 domain names related to the presidential candidates have been registered.
The report by NetNames, an ICANN accredited domain name registrar, indicates that Hillary Clinton, followed by Barack Obama and then John McCain, is the most popular candidate online. More than 1,000 domain names related to Clinton’s name have been registered.
The report noted that a portion of the domain names lead to support or hate sites and that a significant proportion lead to online 'click farms' which are described as websites that feature pay-per-click advertisements where cybersquatters make money out of people looking for official information on the presidential candidates.
By definition, cybersquatting is the act of registering and using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of someone else’s trademark.
A November 2006 New York Times article discussed political candidate domain names and highlighted Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s domain name dispute she filed with the National Arbitration Forum. On March 8, 2005, a National Arbitration Forum Panelist ordered the disputed domain name HillaryClinton.com to be transferred to Clinton.
The National Arbitration Forum is an ICANN-approved provider of the domain name dispute resolution program, a faster, lower cost and superior alternative to litigation.
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