
"The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act, 2008" bill contains proposals for hefty civil and criminal penalties, not only for owners of domains used in ‘phishing’, which are a menace, but any domain name using a brand name, trademark name, or names of a government entity, agency, non-profit agency or any business or other entity. If anyone disputes your domain name they can apply for an instant injunction to stop you trading, if they show good cause. This latter proposal, with its huge financial cost implications, is very sweeping and worrying for thousands of legitimate
As the proposed law only applies to domain names registered with a
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Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), with the support of Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) and Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) recently introduced a bill entitled “The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008?
The legitimate aim of the bill is to stop ‘phishing’ in e-mails and on websites. Phishing is a scam in which people receive emails or instant messages sending them to a website that looks identical to the site the user expects to see, such as an online bank account. If the user enters personal details on the website, bank accounts and the like can be raided.
In addition, if anyone disputes your domain name they can apply for an instant injunction to stop you trading, if they show good cause.
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