[registrars] Deleted domains captured and pointed to web sites of questionable content

[Robert F. Connelly]

Dear Registrars:  The following is being re-posted for Ben 
Edelman.  Regards, BobC

Bob,

You asked on the registrars' list about deleted domains being sent to web
sites with "questionable" content.  I've written a couple articles about
this --

   Domains Reregistered for Distribution of Unrelated Content:
   A Case Study of "Tina's Free Live Webcam"
   <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/renewals>

   Large-Scale Intentional Invalid WHOIS Data:
   A Case Study of "NicGod Productions" / "Domains For Sale"
   <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/invalid-whois>

Also, about domains that are typographical variations on well-known domains
-- not always deleted domains, though sometimes --

   Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors
   <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/typo-domains>


I'd post this to the registrars list -- but as I'm not a registrar, I can't!



Regards,


Ben Edelman
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/edelman