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SCGOP Cybersquatting “Vince Sheheen”

A funny thing happens if you go to the website VinceSheheen.com … Instead of information about the recently announced South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate,Vincent Sheheen (info you can find on VincentSheheen.com, by the way), “VinceSheheen.com” takes readers to a page on the S.C. “Republican” Party website. Wait … what? Why is…

A funny thing happens if you go to the website VinceSheheen.com …

Instead of information about the recently announced South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate,Vincent Sheheen (info you can find on VincentSheheen.com, by the way), “VinceSheheen.com” takes readers to a page on the S.C. “Republican” Party website.

Wait … what? Why is the domain name for a Democrat taking viewers to a “Republican” party page? Easy: The SCGOP is “cybersquatting,” a less-than-mellifluous term which refers to a “hostile takeover” of a domain name by one’s opponents.

This is hardly a new trick in Palmetto politics. In fact Democrats “cybersquatted” on Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Sanford way back in 2002 – before Sanford had even won the GOP nomination, incidentally.

What do we think of the practice? Not much … it’s pretty much a pussy move in our opinion. Also a pussy move? This ongoing Republican obsession with calling Sheheen “Vince” instead of “Vincent.” Seriously, what’s up with that?

If Nimrata Randhawa Haley wants to be called “Nikki,” then we’ll call her that. And if Vincent Sheheen wants to be called “Vincent,” we’ll call him that.

And if S.C. First Gentleman Michael Haley wants to be called William … well, we know who makes that call.

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18 comments

Smirks April 10, 2013 at 1:58 pm

Cybersquatting is actually pretty interesting in and of itself. You can actually sue in some cases, but I believe it has to be regarding someone trying to profit off of your company name or trademark or something similar.

One interesting suit involved Nissan, the car company, suing a guy who runs a computer business with his name, Nissan, in the title. Apparently the guy running the computer business got nissan.com and Nissan Motors went through a very lengthy court battle trying to strip it from him, but since it is his actual name and he legitimately uses the domain, their lawsuits were struck down.

Not sure if Sheheen could sue though, and even if he could, it would just piss away money in court and likely not be resolved in time for the election. Besides, who gives a shit about “vincesheheen.com” anyways?

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Charlemagne, King of France April 11, 2013 at 10:29 am

also public figures have less control over how people use their names

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Smirks April 10, 2013 at 1:58 pm

Cybersquatting is actually pretty interesting in and of itself. You can actually sue in some cases, but I believe it has to be regarding someone trying to profit off of your company name or trademark or something similar.

One interesting suit involved Nissan, the car company, suing a guy who runs a computer business with his name, Nissan, in the title. Apparently the guy running the computer business got nissan.com and Nissan Motors went through a very lengthy court battle trying to strip it from him, but since it is his actual name and he legitimately uses the domain, their lawsuits were struck down.

Not sure if Sheheen could sue though, and even if he could, it would just piss away money in court and likely not be resolved in time for the election. Besides, who gives a shit about “vincesheheen.com” anyways?

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Charlemagne, King of France April 11, 2013 at 10:29 am

also public figures have less control over how people use their names

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Got my eye on you April 10, 2013 at 2:05 pm

More of the penis porcupine’s (Nikki Haley) dirty tricks. She had her bunch attempting all manner of tricks (lies and accusations) against Sheheen in the last election One of her top tricksters and pervaiers of lies was an employee of LLR.

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Got my eye on you April 10, 2013 at 2:05 pm

More of the penis porcupine’s (Nikki Haley) dirty tricks. She had her bunch attempting all manner of tricks (lies and accusations) against Sheheen in the last election One of her top tricksters and pervaiers of lies was an employee of LLR.

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Bubbas Brother April 10, 2013 at 2:06 pm

Good for them – tells me they’ve finally left 1987 in terms of technology, now maybe we can get them to update their policy and program ideas.

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nitrat April 11, 2013 at 10:01 am

That’ll never happen.

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The Colonel (R) April 10, 2013 at 2:06 pm

Good for them – tells me they’ve finally left 1987 in terms of technology, now maybe we can get them to update their policy and program ideas.

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nitrat April 11, 2013 at 10:01 am

That’ll never happen.

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shifty henry April 10, 2013 at 2:36 pm

All he has to do is set up “vincesheheenfor gov.com, and he’ll probably get about 50% of the hits anyway.

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shifty henry April 10, 2013 at 2:36 pm

All he has to do is set up “vincesheheenfor gov.com, and he’ll probably get about 50% of the hits anyway.

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9" April 11, 2013 at 7:29 am

Fuck This Shit.Vote 9″ If You’re Sick Of It.

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9" April 11, 2013 at 7:29 am

Fuck This Shit.Vote 9″ If You’re Sick Of It.

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Charlemagne, King of France April 11, 2013 at 10:27 am

would it be quid pro quo for “vince” to start making campaign ads about nimrata until they stopped?

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Charlemagne, King of France April 11, 2013 at 10:27 am

would it be quid pro quo for “vince” to start making campaign ads about nimrata until they stopped?

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ScrewedNSC April 11, 2013 at 11:17 am

Tricky Nikki will not be able to cybersquat on the third candidate entering the race. He already has his website.

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ScrewedNSC April 11, 2013 at 11:17 am

Tricky Nikki will not be able to cybersquat on the third candidate entering the race. He already has his website.

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