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NewsVerizon Awarded $33.15 Million in Damages against Cybersquatter

Posted 12/30/08 at 07:48:55 AM by Pulkit Chandna

Verizon has secured a major legal victory against OnlineNic, a San Francisco-based domain registrar, which has been tormenting it for quite some time by squatting domains related to the telecom giant’s products. The court has ordered OnlineNIC to pay a sum of $33.15 million for squatting more than 600 Verizon-related domains.

Although the court’s order is expected to serve as a deterrent against cybersquatting, it is not clear how the promoters and employees of OnlineNIC will be brought to book as their identities still remain a mystery. They seem to be adept at concealment just like many other cybersquatters. In fact, it is this ability of cybersquatters to operate undercover that allows them to operate with impunity.

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TAGS  Internet, lawsuit, Verizon, court, telecom, websites, cybersquatting, onlinenic, order, damages
FROM THE ARCHIVEWhy Immunity Matters: What Could Be Behind AT&T's Bizarre Proposal to Filter the Internet

Posted 01/18/08 at 12:07:05 PM by Erin Simon

Filtering its network for copyright infringement could expose AT&T to enormous liability. Why would the telecom be proposing to do just that?

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TAGS  copyright, Privacy, law, immunity, surveillance, wiretapping, filtering, at&t, telecom, common carrier, dmca

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