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Really, This Isn't Very Christian

Under the auspices of defendmarriage.ca, The President of Canada Christian College, Charles McVety, seems to be cybersquatting on MP domain names and telling people to contact these MPs regarding their vote on the same-sex marriage legislation. Don Boudria whined about it in Hansard:

Mr. Speaker, two days ago I rose in the House on a question of privilege to talk about the fact that there had been tampering with electronic equipment in the offices of members of Parliament, namely the telephone systems hooked up to fax lines. Six or seven MPs at least have been affected by this situation. I want to add to this today by bringing the following to the attention of your honour. We now have a situation where people are engaged in what is commonly referred to as cybersquatting. People have now taken over the websites of members of Parliament in much the same way....

Finally, in about 15 such cases of the 50 that I have just enumerated, the members of Parliament are now subject to this actual cybersquatting. In other words, it is not only that the sites have been taken over, and many of them were previously held by the members and were paid for personally and otherwise, but now some of them have already been converted to these right-wing religious organizations.

Wonder if Charles learned to do that at CCC or just had his IT department look after it. Apparently, CCC offers "specialization beyond basic theology into areas such as religious education, christian counselling, sacred music and business communications." Indeed.

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I guess there's no "thou shalt not cybersquat" commandment.

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"I guess there's no "thou shalt not cybersquat" commandment."


LOL

Posted by: James | Jun 5, 2005 8:10:28 AM

From Angry in the Great White North:

"Technically, cybersquatting is a bit more restricted in definition:

A victim of cybersquatting in the United States can now sue under the provisions of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) or can fight the cybersquatter using an international arbitration system created by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The ACPA defines cybersquatting as registering, trafficking in or using a domain name with the intent to profit in bad faith from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.

Some Hollywood celebrities have successfully prosecuted cybersquatters, arguing that their well-known names are essentially trademarks, but normally a properly registered trademark must be involved.

Furthermore, cybersquatting traditionally involved inactive web sites, in which the name has been registered for the sole purpose of enticing the owner of the trademark to pay money to get the site name. If the website is being used for a reasonable purpose, then the accusation of cybersquatting is harder to prove."

Angry doesn't think much of it, nor do I, but I think it is being over-hyped.

On the other hand, Don Boudria's office has recieved hundreds of faxes from "A group calling itself Focus on the Family" which has allowed only five faxes from Boudria's constituents through in the past 2 days. (they average about 40) I think its obvious that the intent of the faxes is not to prevent constituents to contact Boudria's office, and again that seems to be a over-hyped assumption, but these mass mailings seem to have no function other than as retaliation/punishment or even an egotistical show of strength.

I once participated in similar Focus on the Family mailing where you write an e-mail about a topic and send it automatically to your choice of several mainstream media people. Not proud of it.

boudria link: http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/002054.html

Posted by: Robbie | Jun 5, 2005 9:04:56 AM

Yes, true cybersquatting usually involves trying to sell the domain name to the person who wants it. On the other hand, the question remains open about whether the current owner of the domains would sell them -- I don't know the answer to that. Either way, it's still not very Christian, is it....

Posted by: tz | Jun 5, 2005 11:18:54 AM

Ladies and Gentleman


WHAT have I been talking about lately?


Friskers at the door

NOW

FRISKERS in cyberspace.

Is this a noble act or something to be proud of?

NO

Shouldn't this fellow be teaching and attending to his students instead of using his position and facilities in what appears to be Captain Hookish scurvey blaggarty manner - IS THAT a same sex marriage ship on the horizon???????????

All hands, stop washing the deck and seize that ship?

Teaching students to be pirates is just so so so so so BLAH

Posted by: Jasper - is that Hook on the Horizon? | Jun 5, 2005 11:57:19 AM

What else would you expect fom a bunch of facist neoCons American right wing religious fanatics.

It is time we put a stop to the ultra right wing agenda and its interference from the USA in Canada.

Posted by: Dean | Jun 8, 2005 2:22:52 PM

Wait Wait Wait

don't miss the point

He can be all that he wants to be,
it's just that,
he should be it in his own home!


NO NO NO......lets NOT blame the USA
AGAIN for something, especially THIS!

Lets say it for what it is,

he is being a very bad boy cybersquatting when he could be doing something mature,

like teaching
lets NOT drag the USA into this to distract us!

OK??

Posted by: Jasper | Jun 9, 2005 12:23:43 AM

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