Domain names related to the Virginia Tech tragedy were snapped up almost immediately by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers. While many consider the practice repellant, in general, there are few legal restrictions on what people can register. "It's kind of exploitative, but it's not really cybersquatting," University of South Carolina cyberspace law professor Ann Bartow said. "It's socially, normatively disgusting, but it's not trademark bad faith."
May 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others.
Within hours of the rampage, the Phoenix man began buying dozens of domain names — CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com — in the hopes of selling them later to the highest bidder.
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