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The UDRP: Is It Un-Fair.com?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the selling-to-the-stronger-bidder dept.

typecast writes "A study of more than 3,000 UDRP decisions by a Canadian law prof. suggests that ICANN's domain-dispute resolution process may be even more unfair than Slashdot types already believe. This article says the study confirms organizations such as WIPO and the National Arbitration Forum decide most cases in favor of trademark holders. But it also says it's clear that individual arbitrators with strong "anti-cybersquatting" records are the ones most likely to be handed UDRP cases. A copy of the study and a minimal database of UDRP-panelist stats can be found at Geist's own UDRPInfo Web site."

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  1. I remember reading this... by Wind_Walker · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think that I remember reading something like this on a couple of other websites... There was a study done about people cybersquatting and being misdirected to sites that they really did NOT want to go to... Like the old whitehouse.com trick... Let me see if I can find it...

  2. Logging in by Wind_Walker · · Score: -1, Troll
    It's not that tough, man. Just make a damn account

    I've had this account for a couple years, and have gotten tired of it. It's not at all hard to karma whore yourself up until you're at the +1 level (just write anything pro-linux and have links to back them up) and get yourself up to a default of 2, then start trolling away.

    The moderators catch on eventually, but who cares? It's all about fucking with the geeks.

  3. Even better... by Wind_Walker · · Score: -1, Troll
    Even better is the fact that Slashdot uses retroactive signatures, so you can put the violating link into your .sig, then have a bunch of idiots bite on it, then just change the .sig, and all evidence is erased. Cool, huh?

    I should change my .sig before I get bitchslapped too hard... I've already dropped 10 hard-whored karma points today, so I should stop soon...

  4. Lovin' the new Slashcode... by The_Messenger · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow, I sure like the new Slashcode... it allows us to easily separate interesting, informative links [scientificamerican.com] from complete trash. Cool.

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  5. Re:Domain brackets trick not working in sigs? by Flarners · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go ahead and block all you want. We'll just link to mirrors of those sites. Bwwahahahaha!

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