Is cybersquatting a malicious way to get peoples money or just a matter of free speech? In my opinion, it all comes down to is that situation. Certainly, I don't believe that it could be made illegal because it's often hard to prove in these situations whether it was merely coincidental or used to sell. If for instance my name was Steve and I decided to make a website for employment. By registering the domain name Steve Jobs, am I trying to make money off the CEO of Apple or merely running a employment site. Making it illegal could violate our right to freedom of speech assuming that one person is entitled to a certain domain name.
As far as the morality of the situation of cybersquatting goes, it all seems to come down to the situation. In the context of someone using a similar domain name as political protest I think it not only is it moral but also clearly a beneficial act of freedom of speech. Personally I find the social protest sites both interesting and entertaining. Two things which cause much more pleasure than pain. As far as buying a domain name in the hopes of making a profit later, I believe it immoral. Although a wise part on the part of the entrepreneur, purposefully buying a domain name for the sole purpose of selling it for a lot of money is wrong. It provides no benefit, and is clearly not within the lines of what the internet was created for. However, I do believe that in some cases two people will desire the same domain name. In this case it is not wrong to be a smaller person or organization and have rights to a certain domain. The person who was there first has full claims to the site.
So my guidelines to determine and stop cybersquatting is the fallowing. Social and political acts that do not harm should remain legal. As far as selling domain names for a profit, there should be a price limit that everyone has to abide by. I think it would be difficult to make it illegal therefore it should be limited and managed by the government. Finally, I believe there should remain laws that deal with violating someone's copyright laws. However, if someone got their first and is using their website for their own business or organization they should not be bothered.
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