for instance Palin2012 may well be taken by a cybersquatter with a trademark Gov Palin can quickly assume the domain on hundreds like it.
this protects her form extortion, enables her to quickly ramp up a massive online campaign, and protects her from sites using her name to redirect voters to say Obama2012 websites.
Reagan did not have to worry about any of that. In fact no candidates did. Obama/McCain where the first ones where the problems began to be shown. Sen Obama forcefully took over a fansite on either myspace or facebook and it caused negative press when he did so.
Politics in the Internet age is very different than pre Internet. A trademark is a needed thing.
But I bet haters never even thought of that angle.
for instance Palin2012 may well be taken by a cybersquatter with a trademark Gov Palin can quickly assume the domain on hundreds like it.
Of course, I’d have advised her also to register (and use as a trademark) “Palin” because that would be more helpful at getting palin2012.net that might have been grabbed by a cybersquatter.
The process to extract such domains is quite easy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Resolution_Policy
She’s on the right track, but getting poor execution of the strategy.
Exactly. I remember reading an article WAY BACK in 2004 about Bush buying up as many domain names as he could, in order not to have too many ‘bushisanidiot.com’ websites popping up. There are a lot of people out there who buy domain names and sit on them, hoping to sell them for big bucks later. Didn’t the guy who registered flowers.com get a BIG buyout from FTD for use of the name, complete with flowers delivered to his wife every week for life? Memory is fuzzy, but I don’t blame Sarah one bit. Now, if I ever get famous, just might trademark the name ‘mamashawna’ ;) And I promise to become a BIG monthly donor to FR if that ever happens!