The internet is a tremendous tool. It allows users to chat, read, play, and be entertained while viewing content from around the world. It's vibrant, diverse, and provides instant access to knowledge on any topic. Although the internet has many advantages, it still has some drawbacks. The internet can be a dangerous place for anyone, but children and teenagers are particularly at risk. Online dangers can have severe, expensive, and even tragic consequences, ranging from cyber bullies to social media posts that can come back to haunt them later in life. Children can unintentionally expose their families to cyber attacks by downloading malware that gives cyber criminals access to their parents' bank accounts or other sensitive information. The internet can be a dangerous place for children due to cyberbullying, sexual communication, identity theft, scams, and exposure to adult content. The chapter is an attempt to view in detail the possible menace of cyber crime, its types, and the national and international conventions and legislations on the same.
The mushroom growth of cyberspace and e-commerce has been increasingly threatening to the trademark and trademark statutes like the challenge posed to the domain names in connection with trademarks. Domain names cannot be restricted geographically with regards to access, use, and invasion, and cybersquatting is when trade name is used directly or after registration to invade the rights of the lawful user to whom the domain name belongs. The only objective is to feed upon the goodwill of a lawful owner to earn profits. Unlike other countries, India now does not have specific legislation for the protection of domain names and resorts to the Trademarks Act, 1999. Protection of inventions and enhancing cybersecurity is the need of the hour. To conform in compliance with the WIPO internet treaties to safeguard the copyrighted works, online digital risk management (DRM) schemes were drafted in the Copyright (Amendment) Act, of 2012. Thus, the chapter aims to emphasise the need to designate cybersquatting as a cybercrime while understanding cybercrime, its nature, and judicial intent.
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