Typosquatting is neither blackmail (threat to disclose secret) nor extortion (threat to commit an act that is unconditionally a crime). It is not even trademar

Typosquatting is neither blackmail (threat to disclose secret) nor extortion (threat to commit an act that is unconditionally a crime). It is not even trademark infringement, as long as the domain names are not used to defraud customers by pretending to be the trademark holder. The typosquatting laws are the digital equivalent of being allowed to burn down somebody's shop and take over the land because your marketing people forgot to get premises at a good location. It is a form of legal theft similar to the adverse possession laws for real estate.