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Former U.S. Representative Ron Paul speaks at George Washington University March 4, 2013 in Washington, DC.

Now that hes no longer giving speeches on Capitol Hill, Ron Pauls main platform for spreading his libertarian message is the Web. Hed like for his command center to be RonPaul.com. But right now, that domain name is owned by a cohort of his supporters, who since 2008 have used the address to post Paul-related news.

There is an existential logic behind Pauls desire to own his eponymous domain. Everybody knows that RonPaul.com should be Ron Paul, the former congressman said when TIME spoke with him recently about life after Congress. Its your identity. Yet the owners, including Tim Martin, who via email identifies the group as several expats living in Panama, arent ready to hand it over. That means recovering the address wont be as simple as Pauls reasoning.

Just ask Bill Clinton, whose attempt to recover williamclinton.com and presidentbillclinton.com failed in 2009. Those websites still redirect to the Republican Partys homepage. Or ask Michael Bloomberg, whose company failed to take over michaelbloombergsucks.com when the magnate was running for New York City mayor in 2001. Back then, the site pointed to sucks.com, a place where all people can get together and vent their grievances about Corporate America, American Politics and Politicians.

One option politicians can use to recover control of their namesake websites is to accuse the owner of cybersquatting, the practice of buying domain names with the intent of selling them back to the true owners at inflated prices. That practice was outlawed in 1999, when Clinton signed the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act into law. But going to court is costly, in terms of time and money.

Politicians can also look to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is what Clinton, Bloomberg and Paul all did. ICANN is a nonprofit organization that helps govern the wild digital frontiers of the Internet, and approved arbitrators use its policy to settle disputes. When a politician requests a domain name to be transferred to them or cancelled, they have to prove three things: that the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark to which they have rights; that the current owner has no rights to the domain name; and that the current owner registered and is using the site in bad faith. ICANNs mediators cant dole out monetary awards like juries,but using their policy is typically a cheaper, quicker process.

Beyond Sarah Palin, most politicians dont attempt to register their names as trademarks, partly because most names arent unique. Take Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, whose eponymous website redirects to a store in Ireland called Everest Music. Its run by an Irishman named Paul Ryan. However, public figures like Ron Paul have an additional argument at their disposal, which is that even in the absence of an actual registered trademark, they have common law rights to their name. The words Ron Paul have become synonymous with Dr. Pauls political writings and discourse, Pauls lawyers argue in their complaint, filed through the World Intellectual Property Organization. The idea is that because Pauls name has been used to identify certain goods (like books on liberty), the trademark is there by default.

Both Clinton and Bloomberg passed this first test, successfully proving that they had trademark rights. Bloomberg failed to pass the second, that the current owner has no rights to the name; the National Arbitration Forum ruled that using the domain name to promote free speech, rather than to extort money for instance, was a fair use. Clintons attempt failed at the third test, proving bad faith. Among many arguments, the former President claimed that an Internet surfer might be duped into thinking hed defected to the Republican Party. The panel found that unconvincing: simply linking to the GOPs website didnt amount to malicious registration.

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Ron Paul Fights to Claim RonPaul.com

Now that hes no longer giving speeches on Capitol Hill, Ron Pauls main platform for spreading his libertarian message is the Web. Hed like for his command center to be RonPaul.com. But right now, that domain name is owned by a cohort of his supporters, who since 2008 have used the address to post Paul-related news.

There is an existential logic behind Pauls desire to own his eponymous domain. Everybody knows that RonPaul.com should be Ron Paul, the former congressman said when TIME spoke with him recently about life after Congress. Its your identity. Yet the owners, including Tim Martin, who via email identifies the group as several expats living in Panama, arent ready to hand it over. That means recovering the address wont be as simple as Pauls reasoning.

Just ask Bill Clinton, whose attempt to recover williamclinton.com and presidentbillclinton.com failed in 2009. Those websites still redirect to the Republican Partys homepage. Or ask Michael Bloomberg, whose company failed to take over michaelbloombergsucks.com when the magnate was running for New York City mayor in 2001. Back then, the site pointed to sucks.com, a place where all people can get together and vent their grievances about Corporate America, American Politics and Politicians.

One option politicians can use to recover control of their namesake websites is to accuse the owner of cybersquatting, the practice of buying domain names with the intent of selling them back to the true owners at inflated prices. That practice was outlawed in 1999, when Clinton signed the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act into law. But going to court is costly, in terms of time and money.

Politicians can also look to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is what Clinton, Bloomberg and Paul all did. ICANN is a nonprofit organization that helps govern the wild digital frontiers of the Internet, and approved arbitrators use its policy to settle disputes. When a politician requests a domain name to be transferred to them or cancelled, they have to prove three things: that the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark to which they have rights; that the current owner has no rights to the domain name; and that the current owner registered and is using the site in bad faith. ICANNs mediators cant dole out monetary awards like juries,but using their policy is typically a cheaper, quicker process.

Beyond Sarah Palin, most politicians dont attempt to register their names as trademarks, partly because most names arent unique. Take Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, whose eponymous website redirects to a store in Ireland called Everest Music. Its run by an Irishman named Paul Ryan. However, public figures like Ron Paul have an additional argument at their disposal, which is that even in the absence of an actual registered trademark, they have common law rights to their name. The words Ron Paul have become synonymous with Dr. Pauls political writings and discourse, Pauls lawyers argue in their complaint, filed through the World Intellectual Property Organization. The idea is that because Pauls name has been used to identify certain goods (like books on liberty), the trademark is there by default.

Both Clinton and Bloomberg passed this first test, successfully proving that they had trademark rights. Bloomberg failed to pass the second, that the current owner has no rights to the name; the National Arbitration Forum ruled that using the domain name to promote free speech, rather than to extort money for instance, was a fair use. Clintons attempt failed at the third test, proving bad faith. Among many arguments, the former President claimed that an Internet surfer might be duped into thinking hed defected to the Republican Party. The panel found that unconvincing: simply linking to the GOPs website didnt amount to malicious registration.

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So how will Pauls case fair? Attorney Ari Goldberger, who won the case against Bloomberg in 2001, says that Pauls seven books could help the former congressman establish a common law trademark.The fact that the site links to unofficial merchandise suggests the owners have tried to profit off Pauls name, Goldberger says. Another point for Pauls case is his allegation that the owners attempted to sell him RonPaul.com for $848,000, and then for $250,000 before the complaint was filed.On the other hand, RonPaul.coms owners have long displayed a disclaimer saying the fan site is not officially associated with Paul, and theyve produced nearly five years of posts about liberty and Pauls sundry campaigns, which makes it hard to argue that they were all about the money from the outset.

Martin says that the owners started to make a little money off the merchandise starting in 2010 and that the offer to sell the domain name for $848,000 was apparently made by the former owner. He emphasizes that their offer to sell the site for $250,000 included a mailing list of 170,000 Paul supporters. And he says they would have handed over the domain name for free if they felt Paul had shown that he honors and appreciates our hard work and support.

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Todays AM fix was USD 1,608.75, EUR 1,246.42 and GBP 1,059.43 per ounce. Yesterdays AM fix was USD 1,611.50, EUR 1,247.10 and GBP 1,064.12 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $28.94/oz, 22.49/oz and 19.13/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,587.75/oz, palladium at $757.00/oz and rhodium at $1,250/oz.

Gold fell $6.90 or 0.43% and closed yesterday at $1,605.70/oz. Silver finished down 0.38%.

The mooted savings levy in Cyprus is a form of wealth confiscation on behalf of the EU which is making depositors throughout the Union nervous. There has been no dramatic increase in the demand for gold in recent days. However, this could be a tipping point moment when savers realise that they are unsecured creditors of banks and their savings are not sacrosanct.

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Dr. Ron Paul was interviewed by Fox after the U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed it will continue its QE program highlights the importance of gold as money.

On July 13, 2011, when Dr. Paul was a U.S. Congressman he asked U.S. Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, "Do you think gold is money?" and Bernanke replied, "No, its a precious metal."

Dr. Paul countered, Even though its been used for 6,000 years? But Bernanke denied gold was money and said, No, it's an asset. Just like T-Bill's are not money.

The Fox News interviewer then commented, Cyprus has taught us that governments can confiscate money that you've earned or even paid taxes on. Rampant quantitative easing and price fixing by governments may prop up the stock markets but it doesnt keep unemployment down. The U.S. Fed is going to continue its QE program which is good for gold.

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LawFuel.com The gradual disappearance of Ron Paul and the more rapid emergence of his son Rand Paul continues with a presidential straw poll Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) showing the libertarian Republican establishing further credentials among the conservatives.

Rand Pauls win, which garnerd 25 per cent of the vote, was supported by college students who were bused in. Rand Paul is following the footsteps of Ron Paul, the man who stood for president on three occasions and who also took strong voting support in the 2010 and 2011 CPAC voting.

The Christian Science Monitor reported that Rand Paul gave a well-received speech to a packed ballroom on the first day of the conference with many people waved red and black signs that said Stand with Rand. H

His most memorable line of the whole three days: The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered, Paul said. I dont think we need to name any names, do we?

It was widely assumed he was referring to Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, who attacked Paul and two other outspoken conservatives calling them wacko birds. Paul gained considerable notice recently for his talking filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA over the issue of whether the US can use drones against Americans on American soil. Paul stood and talked nonstop for nearly 13 hours (thus the signs at CPAC).

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President Obama made nice with a number of significant Republicans this past week, wining and dining them as part of his new charm offensive with the GOP.

But the top political newsmaker of the week was not included in that group, nor was he invited to join any of the TV news blabfests Sunday Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky.

Why is that, and what does it indicate about Sen. Ron Pauls future?

Does he even have a future beyond the libertarian/tea party corner of American politics? Thats the place where his father, retired congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul (R) of Texas, drew an enthusiastic (although minority) following, making it tougher for more establishment candidates like Mitt Romney to win their partys nomination and annoying fellow Republicans generally.

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Some senior Republican senators did find the younger Mr. Paul annoying when he held up Senate business for 13 hours, filibustering the nomination of John Brennan to be director of the CIA. It was not personal, he had said, but a point of principle: The need for the Obama administration to concede that targeting suspected American terrorists on US soil without due process would be unconstitutional.

Sen. John McCain accused Paul of a political stunt, and Sen. Lindsey Graham called the junior senator from Kentucky ill-informed.

Perhaps, but its also worth noting that although Americans generally approve of drone attacks on terrorists abroad, most agree with Paul on his key point about targeting US citizens at home.

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Given the low regard with which most of those polled hold Congress Obama is dropping in some polls too does this indicate an opening for Paul among the younger, fresher generation of GOP politicians, some of whom spelled him during his filibuster?

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