The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab

The issue of cyber squatting in Malaysia is relatively new. To date, there is no law to govern the problems of cyber squatting. The aim of this dissertation is to highlight the inadequacy of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) namely MyDRP as an administrative mechanism to prevent cyber squatti...

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Main Author: Abdul Wahab, Irianie
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2005
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spelling my-uitm-ir.321612020-10-01T04:09:53Z The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab 2005-10 Abdul Wahab, Irianie Crimes against property Computer crimes The issue of cyber squatting in Malaysia is relatively new. To date, there is no law to govern the problems of cyber squatting. The aim of this dissertation is to highlight the inadequacy of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) namely MyDRP as an administrative mechanism to prevent cyber squatting. This paper examines the policy and rules concerning domain name dispute in Malaysia and cross-referencing them to certain decisions decided under the same method. Here, countries such as the UK and the USA will be discussed in greater detail as to provide different approaches to deal with cyber squatting. However, another mechanism which is the legislative approach is compared to that of ADRs. A comparative study is made between the USA and the UK, where most reported litigation has taken place and where the decided cases have persuasive authority on the development of Malaysian Law. 2005-10 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32161/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32161/1/32161.PDF text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam Faculty of Law Hamin, Zaiton (Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Hamin, Zaiton (Dr.)
topic Crimes against property
Computer crimes
spellingShingle Crimes against property
Computer crimes
Abdul Wahab, Irianie
The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
description The issue of cyber squatting in Malaysia is relatively new. To date, there is no law to govern the problems of cyber squatting. The aim of this dissertation is to highlight the inadequacy of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) namely MyDRP as an administrative mechanism to prevent cyber squatting. This paper examines the policy and rules concerning domain name dispute in Malaysia and cross-referencing them to certain decisions decided under the same method. Here, countries such as the UK and the USA will be discussed in greater detail as to provide different approaches to deal with cyber squatting. However, another mechanism which is the legislative approach is compared to that of ADRs. A comparative study is made between the USA and the UK, where most reported litigation has taken place and where the decided cases have persuasive authority on the development of Malaysian Law.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Abdul Wahab, Irianie
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title The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
title_short The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
title_full The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
title_fullStr The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
title_full_unstemmed The adequacy of MyDRP in dealing with cybersquatters in Malaysia / Irianie Abdul Wahab
title_sort adequacy of mydrp in dealing with cybersquatters in malaysia / irianie abdul wahab
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam
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publishDate 2005
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32161/1/32161.PDF
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