Domain name chaos needs measured responseZDNet, in response to a WIPO report below that notes the “number of cybersquatting disputes filed with WIPO in 2006 increased by 25%”, comment that there are some rules to improve the situation, such as “A grace period after a lapse would let active users react in time to save the situation, while harming no-one. A ban on automated domain harvesting, while hard to define and police, would encourage the development of saner management and provide some comeback against the worst of the offenders. And a better way of telling domain owners that a domain is due to lapse would be helpful — the automated warning emails currently used are too easy to lose in the spam tsunami.”

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