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Cybersquatting on the rise

But almost nine out of 10 were evicted from their domains in 2007

Written by Tom Young

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Cyber-squatting complaints soar in 2007

UN body blames domain name proliferation 28 Mar 2008

Cybersquatter evicted from Simpsons Movie site

Podcaster told to hand back domain to 20th Century Fox 26 Jul 2007

Cyber-squatting complaints soar in 2007

UN body blames domain name proliferation 28 Mar 2008

Cybersquatter evicted from Simpsons Movie site

Podcaster told to hand back domain to 20th Century Fox 26 Jul 2007

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Cyber-squatting complaints soar in 2007

UN body blames domain name proliferation 28 Mar 2008

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