ScarJo VS. Cybersquatting
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Scarlett Johansson is once again on the cyber-warpath.
The 24-year-old actress, is one of the many companies and celebrities, who have filed “cybersquatting” cases in 2008. The diverse personas, ranging from an Arsenal football club, to Dennis Rodman, to Mardid’s 2016 Olympics bid, down to eBay, Nestle, even Google, have filed to stop the others from profiting from their illustrious and famous names, brands, and events.
The United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO, has revealed that it has received 2,329 cases of cybersquatting, in 2008.
But just what is cybersquatting?
WIPO Deputy Director General Francis Gurry had this to say: “Cybersquatting remains a serious issue for trademark holders.”
Cybersquatting is basically when a party acquires a domain name with keywords which are owned by another party. The aim is to lure unsuspecting web users to their websites when they are trying to reach the official ones.
Cybersquatters are people who buy famous-sounding web domains in hope of benefiting from related publicity said reports on Monday.
Oh! So is this the case when ScarJo closed down a website, which bore her name, but offered lascivious acts and prizes, in her name, but without her knowledge?
I think that this is such a pity, and just proves to show that there are people out there who are willing to use other people’s names, just to coerce, deceive, and fool innocent netizens. I say that this is a worthy fight, so go Scarlett! For the sake of all the innocent net surfers out there, I say, GO!
