No one should be able to profit from another person's name withoutthat person's permission. But in cyberspace, entrepreneurs can pay a$70 registration fee for a domain name and set up shop under someoneelse's name.
As explained by Sun-Times staffer Mark Brown last week,cybersquatting is the latest Internet scam that cries out forlegislation that could rein in this technological wonder.
For example, while entrepreneurs cannot open a restaurant bearingthe name of Cubs star Sammy Sosa without his consent, RaymondMcElroy, 62, of Akron, Ohio, uses sammy sosa.com andmichaeljordan.net for Web sites he created to sell a computer programon vitamin and mineral …
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