Cybersquatting

I think cybersquatting is a tricky issue. On the one hand I think there are times when cybersuquatting is OK. I think when some one is cybersquatting to make a social or political statement, that should be allowed. It seems to be a right to free speech. Now, I think when someone is cybersquatting purely for profit, that shouldn't be allowed. It dose not seem right for people to search out domain names and snag names that big companies have missed, hoping for a buy out. But it seems hard to be able to regulate legally. On the one hand if my little company that has been around forever has the same name as a big company, the little guy has just as much a right to the domain as the big company. Also, cybersquatting that is making social/political comments should have just as much right to there names as well. It is a tricky issue, I'm not sure if there is just on set of broad rules that is right for every case. I think you have to look at each one on a case by case basis. It is hard to say how to solve these problems as the quantity of names shrinks.