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Political Cybersquatting Or Free Speech?
Although plenty of people have purchased politically linked domain names as a form of protest in the past, now they're being used as part of organized campaigns. In Maryland's 8th district Congressional race, Republican candidate Charles R. Floyd purchased three domain names (VanHollen2004.com/net/org) that one might think would represent Democrat incumbent Rep. Chris Van Hollen. Instead, these sites carry criticism and a bit of mockery. Floyd says Van Hollen should've registered these domain names himself, and previously used the same tactic in the primary. Is this cybersquatting, or is it a fair expression of political speech?
It's a dirty, underhanded, shrewd thing to do.
I'm surprised more politicians hadn't thought of this sooner.
However, I support the actions of the man who once registered "peta.org" and then set up a site entitled, "People Eating Tasty Animals." :) He'll always be an inspiration it me. Wish he had enlisted the help of the EFF or someone to defend his free speech rights on that one.
PETA's actions offend and disturb me.
The sites are about Van Hollen
Dude, buzkill... I went there thinking the site was about Van Halen...
I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
"I think people should look at this before commenting."
I did. Chris Floyd is going to be a force to be reckoned with once he graduates from high school.
I mean, the only excuse for the complete lack of information and 'you're poopy' argument style has to be maturity, right?
Oddly Draconis
Too cynical to live, too stubborn to die.
Clearly? It had me fooled until I found this snippet:
Make no mistake, this site is run by guys sitting around in their underwear.
Cheney is way too ugly to be sitting around in underwear, that's how I spotted the joke. Up until that point, I figured the Bush/Cheney campaign had just decided on the stunning political move of being honest and truthful. I know, I know, that's hard to believe. But it was on the internets, so I figured it had to be true.
Money for nothing, pix for free
But in Australia this would definitely be libel (in some states of Australia he could get away with it as it isn't libel if it's true, but this isn't the case in all states).
Are you seriously saying that the truth of statements you make is not a valid defense to libel in parts of Australia?
Remind me never to live there.
If he violates anything as important as this, he can't be trusted with anything smaller like Congress.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
There ought to be a law. Won't somebody please think about thinking about the children?
Should have gotten VanHollenSucks.com thats the way others have gotten around the squatting.
In Australia we don't have the right to free speech. Instead we have what we aren't allowed to do defined by laws, and anything else we're free to do.
We used to have that in the United States, too. It was called the Tenth Amendment.
I hope you never visit the Onion, which is billed as "America's Finest News Source". People could be lured there under a false pretense, thinking they are recieving actual news.
Mathematics is made of 50 percent formulas, 50 percent proofs, and 50 percent imagination.
The guy is luring people to the web site under false pretense and showing them content they didn't set out to see.
Tell me about it. One time I was researching goats on Christmas Island, holy crap was I lead astray!
Duffman can never die! Only the actors who play him!
I think it would be funnier if he linked to the Van Halen site.
Maybe he's just a gigolo.
I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playin'
Paid for every dance, sellin' each romance
Ooh, what they're sayin?
There will come a day, and youth will pass away
What'll they say about me?
When the end comes I know they'll say just a gigolo
And life goes on without me
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