Cybersquatting

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  cyber-squatting
       
           The practice of registering famous brand
          names as {Internet} {domain names}, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm
          or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the
          appropriate owner at a profit.


       
          (1998-01-22)