The Legal Issues Involving Domain Names

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Your homework assignment is find the different variations of domain names for the TOP web sites and corporations.

First pick two of these top 10 web sites. Now open a browser window and type in as many different variations of that title that you can think of. Try different spellings, punctuation, abbreviations, and change .com to .org or .net.

eBay.com Amazon.com Dell.com Buy.com AOL.com
Yahoo Al Gore for president Wal-Mart Volkswagen any rock star of your choice

* Warning!! It is possible that some variations of the names may take you to porn sites. If this happens, DO NOT make a public spectacle and quickly close the window! Thank You!

Answer these questions:

1. Which is the first site you chose?

What were the variations that you found that lead to the main web site.

What were the variations that you found that lead to some other web site.

 Why is this a problem?

1. Which is the second site you chose?

What were the variations that you found that lead to the main web site.

What were the variations that you found that lead to some other web site.

 Why is this a problem?

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