Martin and all,
As a matter of fact there are two Willie Brown's that are mayors
in the state of texas, and one that is Williw Brown Jr. as well...
Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> Did you read the article?
>
> If you were talking about brown.com (or even williebrown.com in another
> context) I might agree with you except the article states that the names
> taken were:
>
> "williebrown.com, williebrownjr.com, damayor.com, frankjordan.com,
> jordanformayor.com -- and even williesucks.com -- are registered to Hasse
> Inc., owned by one Andy Hasse"
>
> so this is how someone can cybersquat on a common name. The defenses of a
> hypothetical innocent person are not available to this non-hypothetical
> person who clearly targeted Mayor Brown (unless you can come up with
> another Willie Brown Jr. who is known as damayor).
>
> At 02:12 PM 8/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> >
> >> DOMAIN FIGHT CAUSES BROWN OUT (POL. Tuesday)
> >>
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/21201.h
> >> tml
> >>
> >> An opportunistic cybersquatter who holds key domain names in
> >> the race for San Francisco mayor is now on a candidate's
> >> payroll. Incumbent Willie Brown's Net identity is in
> >> jeopardy. By Chris Oakes.
> >
> >Now *that* was written by an ignorant reporter. How can someone
> >"cybersquat" on a common name?
> >
> >
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