When I first heard about cybersquatting it gave me a really funny mental picture. I have always thought of squatters as kind of like homeless people. And to couple that with the internet it was interesting. Is that like a homeless avatar? But really it seems that technology has increased greed in a way. People are usually looking for a way to get ahead but sometimes they do it in a way that isn't exactly truthful. Before it was like a tangible thing that you could catch someone doing and now it seems that it would be a bit hard to prove.
Not only is cybersquatting an issue but there are many other things in the same field that have become a nuisance. There is also typosquatting! I suppose that misspelling your url is pretty common but who thought that this would pop up? It seems rather calculated to do this to businesses. Do you think it is laziness or proactive thinking that leads people to do things like this? Perhaps in a perfect world these things wouldn't need to be taken into account because people wouldn't feel the need to 'get ahead' in this manner.
In the end, there are problems with any kind of new advancement and not all are tangible. It adds a new dimension for the creators of a product. They have to think about how this product will be used and not always as they intended it to be. I guess what it comes down to is that these people who do such things actually create more jobs to prevent such things from happening. I wonder what the future will bring. I am sure that it won't be less than interesting.
With every new construct in civilization there's always someone there waiting to exploit it's flaws. It's rather opportunistic and there will always be people who use opportunism.
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