Always Low Prices fails Cybersquatting 101

In the late 20th century, I wrote the book on cybersquatting: The Young Cybersquatters Handbook; and I've been using this blog ever since to keep it up to date. So here's my assessment of the Always Low Prices domain name dispute with Wal-mart.

Wal-Mart will win. Here's why:

ALP says:

The entire $95.83 I have collected from advertising has not even been enough to pay for the $11 monthly bandwidth charges.

Of course, I should have had a disclaimer up on the sidebar the entire time; As Kevin Drum once noted, I did at the beginning, but in one of my reformattings, I must have dropped it by accident. So, a new disclaimer is up.

The Taubman decision taught us that to successfully squat on the domain name of a business owner, we need a disclaimer and a non-commercial site. Also, non-commercial does not mean that you run an unsuccessful business venture.

The moral of the story is - that when it comes to free speech, don't be penny wise with adsense and pound foolish by giving up your right to speak.

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