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Berlin fences off domain hijacker
11/12/2003
Now that his cabinet approved the Information Society Germany 2006 action plan, which calls for 75 per cent of Germans over the age of 14 to become Internet users within the next three years, chancellor Gerhard Schröder won back the domain name kanzlerschroeder.de (chancellorshroeder.de).
Until recently, the name belonged to German political activist Bernhard C. from Montabaur, who ran a website to air his opinions about the German government. A German judge ruled that he has no legitimate right to the name and has to give it back to Schröder or face a €250,000 fine.
It is not the first time the German government has forgotten to register domain names. In the past, kanzleramt.de, deutschland.de and kulturstaatsministerin.de all belonged to others. The American Nazi activist Gary Lauck owns kanzleramt.biz and Bernard C. hasn’t been silenced either: he is still the proud owner of
kanzlerschroeder.fr.st.
More details at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34457.html
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