Domain Registrar Accused of Abuse of Power
Threadwatch Reported - Dotster named in massive cybersquatting suit.
A new federal lawsuit charges that Dotster, one of the largest domain name registrars, has unlawfully participated in a massive cybersquatting campaign targeting companies such as Cingular Wireless, Disney, Ikea, Google, Neiman Marcus, Playboy and Verizon.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday by high-end retailers Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, alleges that Dotster abused its status as a registrar by “check ng out” hundreds of domain names that closely resemble the correct ones–and then keeping only the ones that were visited by Web users who couldn’t spell very well.