Wednesday, May 24, 2006

New York Passing New Domain Name Law

Via CircleID.

In a move that flies in the face of established international guidelines, the New York Senate is pushing through a bill that would forbid registering the name of a living person with the purpose of selling the domain to that person.

The New York Senate’s bill is called “domain names cyber piracy protections act” and is championed by State Senator Betty Little (S2306).

Generally speaking, registering a person’s name solely to sell the domain to that person is a losing cause in UDRP arbitrations. But the New York bill is scary for a few reasons.

Read on -- more here.

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