Case Study: Court Cases

1.) Any website can be typed into a search field incorrectly. This is because people mistype the web address for which they are looking. This could be as simply missing an “s” at the end of the web address, or just as easy as accidently misspelling the web page address. Due to the simple error that people may make, it was a very smart move for Fred to buy all of the misspelled domain names of his competitor’s. What is similar with this scenario with what we have covered in class is Fred buying all of the competitors misspelled domain names. Fred buying all of the misspelled domain names of his competitor’s is not illegal. In fact, with Fred buying all of his competitor’s misspelled domain names Fred could make a lot of money. This is because people who had misspelled his competitor’s name in the address bar, may just use Fred’s services instead of Fred’s rival …show more content…
However, by Fred using his competitions color schemes on his misspelled web pages could be a deceiving practice. With Fred using the same color scheme on his web page, people who have mistyped the web address may recognize the colors, and believe they are actually on the competition’s web page instead of Fred’s web page with the misspelled domain names. Fred is not doing anything illegal by buying and using the misspelling of the competitor’s domain names. He is not breaking any copyright laws, and this would be an ethical issue. The reason it is an ethical issue is because Fred is taking business away from his competition, and because of this they are losing business and money. The selling of the people’s information who refuse Fred’s services to a third party company is different from what we have covered in the class. I believe the selling of people’s personal information who have refused Fred’s services to a third party is unethical and should be illegal. If I did refuse Fred’s services then it is because I truly want the competitor web site, and I want them to do