If you visit the website of renowned Canadian novelist Patrick deWitt today, you’ll see a surprising message. “THIS IS NOT PATRICK DEWITT”, it says.
Tag Archives: cybersquatting
Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites
Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.
The man who owned Google for sixty seconds
It was never about the money, said the man who owned Google.com for 1 minute earlier this month.
How one man bought Google.com for just $12
Ownership of the alphabet-loving company’s premier domain name lasted just one minute for ex-Googler Sanmay Ved.
Cybersquatter frenzy as Google becomes Alphabet without owning alphabet.com
Google’s big announcement this Monday that it was creating a new holding company called Alphabet took the business world by surprise, and cybersquatters have moved in to exploit confusion about the Alphabet domain name and website.
Cybersquatters giving some US presidential candidates a bad name
Cybersquatters have caused some embarrassment for several of the US presidential contenders. But abuse of domain names can be costly for businesses and dangerous for consumers.