2. Cybersquatting is a practice in which ordinary people acquire e-mail addresses and Web site addresses (URLs)

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2. “Cybersquatting” is a practice in which ordinary people acquire e-mail addresses and Web site addresses (URLs) with names that are popularly associated with famous companies. The companies then often have to buy the names back from the squatters. In the short run, what does the Coase theorem imply about public policy toward cybersquatting? Should the Internet be allowed to develop along Coasian lines?

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City Economics

ISBN: 9780674019188

1st Edition

Authors: Brendan O'Flaherty, Brendan O&Flaherty

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