{"id":1336,"date":"2012-08-17T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T13:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.giga-hosting.biz\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2012-08-17T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T13:46:10","slug":"making-business-with-domains-including-typing-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/making-business-with-domains-including-typing-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Making business with domains including typing-errors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately I found an article in the “c’t magazine<\/a>” with the title \u201eAbfischen unerw\u00fcnscht\u201c (in english: “undesired dry fish”). It\u00b4s about the possible judicial repercussion of \u201etyposquatting\u201d.<\/p>\n

A \u201ctyposquatting<\/strong>\u201d also called as URL-highjacking<\/strong> is a form of cybersquatting<\/strong> and possibly brandjacking<\/strong> which relies on mistakes such as typological errors made by internet users when inputing a website address into a web browser. Should an user accidentally enter an incorrect address, he may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter (also known as domain squatter).<\/p>\n

Generally there are a few different ways possible:
\n1. The owner of a website saves beside the \u201ereal\u201c domain other domains with typing mistakes, but links it to the original domain.
\n2. Somebody buys a typing-error-domain to sell it the real company.
\n3. Somebody buys a typing-error-domain to profit from the huge number of visitors of the website.<\/p>\n

But be careful regarding the last topic. You easily violate the trademark or competition law or the right to a name. If you can\u00b4t for example clearly differ the domain from the original domain, the company could sue for deformation.
\nSo the new thing is, that you also violate the law, even if you\u00b4re not in direct competition, but take advantage of the \u201ereal\u201c domain and as a result get a financial gain with advertising and forwarding people to other homepages.
\nThe reason is quiet simple: the owner of the real domain fears, the internet user doesn\u00b4t make himself responsible for the fault and is so angry about being at the wrong page, that he decides to rather order at the competitor\u2019s page.<\/p>\n

——————— The same text in german \/ Der gleiche Text auf deutsch ——————-<\/p>\n

Das Gesch\u00e4ft mit Tippfehler-Domains<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letztens bin ich im “c’t Magazin<\/a>” \u00fcber einen Artikel gestolpert. Titel: \u201eAbfischen unerw\u00fcnscht\u201c. Es ging um m\u00f6gliche rechtliche Folgen von \u201eTyposquatting\u201c, d.h. wenn man versucht, sich einen Vorteil zu verschaffen, indem man hofft, dass der Besucher sich beim Eingeben einer bestimmten Domain vertippt.<\/p>\n

Generell gibt es da mehrere M\u00f6glichkeiten:
\n1. Der Website-Inhaber sichert sich neben der \u201eechten\u201c Domain noch weitere Domains, die Tippfehler enthalten und schickt den User auf die eigentliche Seite.
\n2. Jemand kauft eine Tippfehler-Domain, um sie dem urspr\u00fcnglichen Unternehmen weiter zu verkaufen.
\n3. Jemand kauft eine Tippfehler-Domain, um von der gro\u00dfen Besucherzahl einer vielgeklickten Webseite zu profitieren.<\/p>\n

Aber gerade beim Letzteren ist Vorsicht geboten. Da ist schnell mal gegen das Namens-, Marken- oder Wettbewerbsrecht versto\u00dfen. Wenn z.B. die Domain nicht eindeutig von der Original-Domain unterscheidbar ist, kann das Unternehmen auf Rufsch\u00e4digung pl\u00e4dieren.<\/p>\n

Neu ist jetzt, dass man auch gegen das UWG (Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb) verst\u00f6\u00dft, selbst wenn man keine direkte Konkurrenz darstellt, aber durch die Bekanntheit der \u201eechten\u201c Domain und die daraus folgenden Besucherzahlen, mit Werbung oder Weiterleitung profitiert.
\nDer Grund daf\u00fcr ist, dass die Seitenbetreiber bef\u00fcrchten, dass der User den Fehler nicht bei sich sieht und sich so dar\u00fcber \u00e4rgert, auf einer anderen Seite gelandet zu sein, dass er zur Konkurrenz wechselt.<\/p>\n

—————————–
\nQuelle: c’t Magazin f\u00fcr Computer und Technik, Ausgabe 17,\u00a0 Seite 150 ff.<\/p>\n

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