Political Cybersquatting Or Free Speech?

Posted by timothy on Monday October 11, 2004 @11:42PM from the hey-buddy-better-luck-next-time dept.

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?

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Van Hollen hasn't been the same... by gosand · 2004-10-12 00:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You know, after Sammy took over, the group just wasn't the same. They may have been an OK band for the time, but it just wasn't they same. They should have changed their name or something. But dude, that guy that came in after Sammy? WTF was up with that?

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