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Originally Posted by labrocca

Ooo...you make it sound so scary and ominous. It's not. There are laws now that allow "big business" to come after your domains. WIPO is EXTREMELY easy to game for them. What's the real difference here?

Imagine if the UDRP didn't exist and it was written into the books today...I betcha there would be a petition against it and doom scenarios to accompany that as well.

Well, in a few years time, we may look at a domain name like bank.com and wonder how foolish the owner was ever to have regged it, if this bill is passed - just as we might now wonder the same thing about people who reg BuyCokeCola.com now. Culture changes quickly as will the value of domain portfolios.

BTW what are the chances of it passing? Is it on mainstream news much over in the US?