http://www.teleread.com/net-related-tooks-from-search-engines-to-blogware/do-no-evil-fine-google-dont-abet-the-webs-million-dollar-typos/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/net-related-tooks-from-search-engines-to-blogware/do-no-evil-fine-google-dont-abet-the-webs-million-dollar-typos/comment-page-1/#comment-56990 David Rothman Tue, 02 May 2006 06:43:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4777#comment-56990 Garson, I'd agree. Quite different from greed-driven squatting! And no misrepresentation. - David Garson, I’d agree. Quite different from greed-driven squatting! And no misrepresentation. – David

]]> http://www.teleread.com/net-related-tooks-from-search-engines-to-blogware/do-no-evil-fine-google-dont-abet-the-webs-million-dollar-typos/comment-page-1/#comment-56982 Garson Poole Tue, 02 May 2006 03:44:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4777#comment-56982 Very recently there was a high-profile court case involving this exact issue of typosquatting. The controversial television preacher Jerry Falwell has a website at www.falwell.com. A critic of Reverend Falwell created a website at www.fallwell.com. The Washington Post <A HREF="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2006/04/type_well_or_youll_find_fallwe.html ">reported</A> that the Supreme Court let “stand a federal appeals court ruling protecting the right of a gay activist in New York City to maintain a "gripe site" designed to capture some of the traffic that was trying to get to Virginia preacher Jerry Falwell's site.” Hence, this form of typosquatting appears to be legal at this time. The typosquatting website does state prominently that it is “not affiliated with Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell or his ministry.” It even provides a link to Falwell’s official website. Also, I did not notice any commercial advertisements on the website. However, this adjudication is probably just the first in a series in this field. Very recently there was a high-profile court case involving this exact issue of typosquatting. The controversial television preacher Jerry Falwell has a website at http://www.falwell.com. A critic of Reverend Falwell created a website at http://www.fallwell.com. The Washington Post reported that the Supreme Court let “stand a federal appeals court ruling protecting the right of a gay activist in New York City to maintain a “gripe site” designed to capture some of the traffic that was trying to get to Virginia preacher Jerry Falwell’s site.” Hence, this form of typosquatting appears to be legal at this time. The typosquatting website does state prominently that it is “not affiliated with Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell or his ministry.” It even provides a link to Falwell’s official website. Also, I did not notice any commercial advertisements on the website. However, this adjudication is probably just the first in a series in this field.

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