[WEB4LIB] Re: A lesson to be learnt from the Britannica site?

[Mark Gooch]

Actually registering all of these domains might be wise for other reasons.  Not
only do you get the domain name but you also get any e-mail which goes along
with those variants.  Check out the story about e-mail piracy:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/332974.asp

Mark

Michael Sauers wrote:

> > >However, I'm not sure this is good... Could not an argument be made that
> > >registering "CompanyNameSucks" (especially 200 versions thereof)
> > is stifling free speech?
> >
> > I don't think so.
>
> Yes, but I had better never see GWB (if elected president) sign any sort of
> anti-cybersquating bills. Come on, 200 domains. I just believe that someone
> willing to go to that length is way to insecure to be president. There is no
> legitimate reason to do this other than to stifle potential criticism.
>
> The case of registering one or two other domains may be a different story.
> And actually, I think that since it took me so long to get the spelling of
> Britannica down that maybe they did register the misspellings more to make
> sure people got to where they wanted to go, not just to avoid porn or
> anti-Britannica sites.
>
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