CADNA Steps up Assault on Domain Name Owners

Published: July 24, 2007, 2:41 pm

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released its first news release today, which also identifies members. CADNA, a non-profit whose web site sparked interest a few months ago with its vague language, mission, and lack of disclosure about its backers, has released its first press release and identified its founding members. According to the release: The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is announcing the launch of its national campaign against Internet fraud. A non-profit organization based in Washington D.C., CADNA is leading the way in confronting cybersquatting — the fraudulent abuse of domain name registration that threatens the future viability of Internet commerce. The group’s membership includes multinationals like AIG, Dell, Verizon (which has sued iREIT over cybersquatting), Wyndham, Eli Lilly, Marriot, and Yahoo!. CADNA makes a number of assertions in its release. First, it says there are over 1 million kited domains re-registered daily,

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