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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8267
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/information society

Commission inquiry into "cybersquatting"

Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - There are many situations in which different parties wish to use the same domain name to promote their personal interests or those of their company on the Internet. In some cases, individuals, who are in no way connected to a name or who do not have any business interests in a name, known as "cybersquatters", register names in bad faith in the hope of being able to make a profit by selling them, at an exorbitant price, to individuals, companies or...

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