Re: What about unauthorized registrations? Re: [gnso-rap-dt] Updated document and wiki pages

[Roland Perry <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <30602228-1C63-427C-B942-3A1F2AFA593D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
at 15:48:18 on Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Rod Rasmussen 
<rod.rasmussen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> So perusing this list again, it struck me that we've done a great job 
> capturing what potentially abusive things people are doing with domains 
> they do register, but not how they're actually registering them, 
> outside of perhaps front running and a kind of "side effect" abuse of 
> false whois data.  I could argue (but won't get drawn into that with 
> this post) that the other two "registration" abuses we have listed are 
> really post-registration abuse (mis)use 
> (cybersquatting, inappropriate use of whois), as that's where the harm 
> is really felt
Isn't Front Running just cybersquatting perpetrated by registrars?

[remember: not all "rights" are exclusively held by trademark owners. 
You have a "right" to register names under a first-come-first-served 
rule in most(?) registries, and also a right to register with anyone 
(not just the registrar you queried). The Front Runner is abusing those 
rights, and then cybersquatting 'your' domain.]
--
Roland Perry