{"id":228,"date":"2013-05-02T03:25:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backgroundpropaganda.com\/wp\/?p=228"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:04:08","slug":"facebook-wins-legal-victory-over-domain-squatters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backgroundpropaganda.com\/wp\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Facebook wins legal victory over domain squatters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all done it at some point \u2013 hit the wrong key or two while going to a common website, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/tags\/google\/\">Google<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/tags\/facebook\/\">Facebook<\/a>, only to be sent to a knock-off website on a similar URL, some of which are phishing attempts, others featuring their own content or service. Regardless, it is annoying and many of them now have their days numbered, with Facebook winning a legal victory over domain squatters in court today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.slashgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Facebook-580x218.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"580\" height=\"218\"><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over 100 different variations of Facebook.com were registered, and each of them were hit with a lawsuit from the social network giant. Although it is common practice, domain squatting is in violation of 1999\u2032s U.S. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which makes it illegal for someone to piggyback off a successful trademark, which domains like Dacebook.com were doing. <\/p>\n<p>Facebook was awarded $3 million in damages by the District Court for Northern California, a figure that will probably never be paid and that the social network, in all likelihood, won\u2019t go after. Nonetheless, it is a victory for Facebook, and a quick look shows that many of the domains have already either pulled their content or such completely down.<\/p>\n<p>The folks over at <em>TechCrunch<\/em> got a statement from the social network\u2019s Associate General Counsel Craig Clark: \u201cWe are pleased with the court\u2019s recommendation. We will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to enforce against those who attempt to take advantage of the people who use our service.\u201d Facebook is not the only big-name company that has gone after domain squatters, with Google having taken the legal hammer to its myriad of trademark leeches, as well.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2013-05-01\/facebook-scores-a-victory-over-favehook-and-its-ilk\">via<\/a> Business Week]<\/p>\n<p><small><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/facebook-wins-legal-victory-over-domain-squatters-01280218\/\" title=\"Facebook wins legal victory over domain squatters\">Facebook wins legal victory over domain squatters<\/a> is written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/\">Brittany Hillen<\/a> &amp; originally posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\" title=\"SlashGear\">SlashGear<\/a>. <br \/>\u00a9 2005 &#8211; 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\" title=\"SlashGear\">SlashGear<\/a>. All right reserved. <\/small><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/slashgear\/~4\/dMXLyP_CtQk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/facebook-wins-legal-victory-over-domain-squatters-01280218\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashgear+%28SlashGear%29\">SlashGear<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all done it at some point \u2013 hit the wrong key or two while going to a common website, such as Google or Facebook, only to be sent to a knock-off website on a similar URL, some of which are phishing attempts, others featuring their own content or service. 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