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  Mikester, 26 Dec 2003 @ 11:35am

  
  

  I don't think so

  This is an interesting thing to see happening again, though I don't think it's going to be as much of an issue as it was in the boom days.
  For one, there are a lot more TLD's available, so these domain name squatters are going to go broke sooner, if they try and buy as many of one domain name as they can.
  Secondly, there are now numerous instances of legal cases where judges have ruled against domain squatters where the domain is anything close to a trademark or copyright.
  Of course this doesn't apply to something generic like 'men.com', but I don't think we'll see the same amount of cyber-squatting as before.
  

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  Dan Z., 27 Dec 2003 @ 11:57pm

  
  

  Squatting-a-go-go

  Domain squatters are going to be in a losing business this time around. The trend has shifted away from generic names (like men.com) and towards unique branded names. Better to be a Google than a Search.com. And since one made up word is often as good as another, buying up these domains and holding them doesn't necessarily make them any more valuable.
  I think we're in for another online boomlet, too, but I also thought the crash was an overcorrection that threw the baby out with the bathwater. Plenty of good companies with great ideas and solid business plans were destroyed in the crash because investors went from believing dotcoms could do no wrong to dotcoms could do no right.

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