First CyberSquatting, now TwitterSquatting?
p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P:- Are Twitterers who pretend to be famous twitterers mimicking “cybersquatting” — like, when people, “registered Internet domains of well-known companies and sometimes demanded payments to relinquish them”?
The question is asked in a Wall Street Journal story which says American Airlines in April “registered every possible Twitter name that could be associated with us,” according to a spokesman.
“The move came after airline employees last summer found a rogue profile in the name AmericanAir, which was shut down four weeks later,” says the story, going on:
“At Elevation Burger, a seven-outlet chain owned by Elevation Franchise Ventures LLC, a vendor in March found an unauthorized Twitter profile with tweets promoting rival Z Burger. Hans Hess, Elevation’s founder and chief executive, complained to Z Burger and Twitter, which later suspended the profile after a letter from Mr. Hess’s lawyer.”
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says the company hopes to introduce a verification service later this summer to confirm profiles of public officials, public agencies and other well-known individuals,” says the WSJ, adding:
“But he says there are currently no plans to offer an authentication service for businesses because of the costs and time that would be required.”
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Wall Street Journal – Companies Cope With Twitter Imposters, June 29, 2009
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