In South Carolina, political consulting firms often register for and obtain
web site address using their opponent's name in the web site address.  Then,
as you'd expect, the consultants post disparaging information or worse on
the site so as to trash their opponent on a site that, at least initially,
appears to be his/her official site.  The goal:  pick up at least a portion
of the candidates website traffic and divert it to a site that attacks that
candidate.

If you have any experience with or aware of any authority addressing this
situation, I would appreciate hearing from you.  Clearly, the courts have
dealt with situations where hijacks "McDonald's" or "Unitedairlines" for use
in web addresses.  BUT, is there any authority addressing this issue in the
political context?  

Thanks. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Hasen [mailto:rick.hasen@lls.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:50 AM
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Subject: RNC Challenges Campaign Finance Law



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