--- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:06:00 -0700 To: declanat_private From: Mike Masnick <mikeat_private> Subject: More political cybersquatting Hi Declan, Thought you might be interested to read about this case: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/TechTV/techtv_cybersquattingpols020911.html Where a candidate for California Assembly has registered the domain names of his incubment opponent. The opponent is (with some justification) not too pleased. However, the interesting point is that he now seems to be making it a platform point that, if re-elected, he'll make cybersquatting laws more onerous. In other words, platform policy decisions based on vengeance.... Mike ---- Dirty Online Campaigning? Candidate Uses Net as Weapon Against Incumbent Opponent By Jim Goldman, Tech Live Silicon Valley Bureau Chief F R E M O N T, Calif., Sept. 11 — Saying "the Web is crucial" in today's political campaigns, California Assembly candidate Dan Dow has an official Web site: Dandow.com. But he's also registered the URLs JohnDutra.com, JohnDutra.net and JohnDutra.org. And incumbent Assemblyman John Dutra — Dan Dow's opponent in the upcoming election for California's 20th District — is none too pleased that his name is being used against him in the campaign. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q\clan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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