The Sunday Telegraph: 10 September 2007
ARTICLE ABOUT GRIPE WEBSITES
EXTRACTS
Today’s activists are giving business a bloody nose from behind their keyboards – not the barricades.
Revolutions used to happen in the streets – these days they take place online. And the targets are more often big businesses than bad governments. Banks, in particular, are feeling the brunt of grassroots internet campaigns.
Courts and trademark bodies are increasingly supportive of individuals and pressure groups when someone registers a domain name similar to that of their target so long as the site is non-commercial, with no subscriptions and no paid advertising.