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The article is not talking about the millions of domain names registered for the sole purpose of reselling them for a few bucks more. It's talking about domain
by maratd 11y ago
The article is not talking about the millions of domain names registered for the sole purpose of reselling them for a few bucks more.
It's talking about domain names desired by BIG companies. Companies with functional legal departments.
You have no inherent right to a domain name, even if you purchased it first. Those domain names represent trademarks. The only way you can defend yourself from having your domain seized is by demonstrating legitimate use in commerce.
Are you saying these people formed businesses and purchased domain names for the sole purpose of selling them for big bucks to companies that don't exist yet? That's insane.
- bradbatt 11y agoDomain names are not just for use in commerce. Even if the Mr. Nissan in the article didn't have a company that used his last name, he would still have a legitimate claim to the domain that he registered because it is his own last name. Even if he was just using it for a blog site or simply for his email address. The huge companies don't have an inherent right to a domain that someone else has registered unless they can show that the person registered it for no legitimate use and only so that they could turn around and sell it.
- Someone1234 11y ago> Are you saying these people formed businesses and purchased domain names for the sole purpose of selling them for big bucks to companies that don't exist yet? That's insane. No I did not say that. But I'm glad you created and responded to your own strawman, always useful.