[gnso-rap-dt] cybersquatting edit

["Greg Aaron" <gaaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear WG:

 

For the definition of cybersquatting in 5.1.1: Our report says:
"Cybersquatting is the deliberate and bad-faith registration or use of a
name that is a registered brand or mark of an unrelated entity, for the
purpose of profiting (typically, though not exclusively, through
pay-per-click advertisements).... There was consensus in the RAPWG that
provisions 4(a) and 4(b) of the UDRP are a sound definition of
Cybersquatting."

 

In the Nairobi comment session, Bruce Tonkin noted that the above is
internally inconsistent.  Profit is not always a motive for all
cybersquatters.  Sections 4(a) and 4(b) of the UDRP mentions other proofs of
bad faith (such as "disrupting the business of a competitor.")   And its
mentions profiting by getting people to come to the site.

 

So, I propose we just delete the phrase "for the purpose of profiting
(typically, though not exclusively, through pay-per-click advertisements)".
I think that would make the statement accurate, and respects the
conversations we had in the WG.  Are there any objections?

 

All best,

--Greg

 

 

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