The race for the White House may have months to run, but the contest to make money out of the candidatesâ names on the internet was settled long ago.
Research by NetNames, a UK-based domain management company, found that almost 2,000 sites using names related to John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic rivals, have been registered by people unconnected to their campaigns.
Legislation introduced in the US in 1999 gave companies and individuals rights against cybersquatters who were waiting for a rightful owner to pay them thousands of dollars for a site. Mrs Clinton won the rights to use hillaryclinton.com from a serial Italian cybersquatter in 2005.
But experts say the law is far less helpful in regard to revenue-raising portals that make money from redirecting internet surfers.
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Research by NetNames, a UK-based domain management company, found that almost 2,000 sites using names related to John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic rivals, have been registered by people unconnected to their campaigns.
Legislation introduced in the US in 1999 gave companies and individuals rights against cybersquatters who were waiting for a rightful owner to pay them thousands of dollars for a site. Mrs Clinton won the rights to use hillaryclinton.com from a serial Italian cybersquatter in 2005.
But experts say the law is far less helpful in regard to revenue-raising portals that make money from redirecting internet surfers.
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Peacevote, Freedomvote, Earthvote is more of a democrat state of mind. Based on past history the Repub's don't want anything to do with freedom, peace or the earth. Had to get it out. 
