Week Three Writing Assignment

Wikipedia defines cybersquatting as registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. This is said to be an issue that keeps coming up regarding host-names. My opinion about cybersquatting is that the attempt to diminish ones company towards convincing the intended consumers to look at a false website should be illegal, because it is wrong, and in most cases, this is what happens, where someone will register a name that is very similar to a known site so they can "steal traffic" and consumers will be tricked into visiting these false sites.I feel that the "coincidences" where people have come up with names that are similarly close to these well known sites has evolved into what is considered cybersquatting, which is wrong. The First Amendment to the US constitution is supposed to guarantee that government cannot interfere with any citizen's right to speak or to publish his/her opinions. This can relate to another type of cybersquatting we learned, where people will register a domain in order to make a political point. I feel this is completely opposite from the type I have previously discussed. We have rights to our own opinion, and people in our society should have rights to publish these opinions on the web. I believe that it is okay for political or non-profit speech, but not to make money. I do feel that the government needs to be more strict regarding this issue as I have come up with a set of guidelines  for handling this problem. The first thing is that the website that allows one to make a host-name has to be way more strict, perhaps not even exist online, but rather at specific locations and those individuals who wish to create a site have to physically go to one of these locations and register in person. This process could be  like getting your license, except instead of taking a test they have to show and explain what this website is and for and what it will consist of. I feel people will be less likely to slip through the cracks and create a false website if this process is done one on one in person. The next principle that should be thought over is creating some sort of detective device that can detect if a website is in fact cybersquatting and shut it down. I previously saw the movie "Untraceable" and the FBI was able to shut down certain websites if something was wrong with them. I'm not too sure what this is like in real life however if possible that should get put into play. In the first article, ICANN was mentioned, stating that they have sought to hire a Compliance Program Specialist, however the role has been unfilled for over a year. - These are the things that people need to put more effort into doing, so that this whole cybersquatting craziness could possibly come to an end.