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Gives me an idea! Why not go buy up a bunch of these types of names then tell them that they look similar to their login url. THEN when they come to try to buy

• cdancette 9y ago
  That's typosquatting and it's not very ethical. It's also in a grey legal zone, you might get sued for this. So I would advise you not to do it.
  • npgatech 9y ago
    Do you have any examples of "You might get sued for this"?
    • berbec 9y ago
      There is the horrible example of the nice computer company that had called itself by a certain name. [1] They registered their domain in good faith and conducted business. Later, a multi-million dollar car company decided they wanted the domain for the name they choose after Datsun and lawyered up on the mom-and-pop computer company. 1: http://nissan.com/ http://nissan.com/
      • simook 9y ago
        that sounds unfair.
      • toomanybeersies 9y ago
        Well they've made the most of their situation by putting ads on the page. I can also get "complex web design" for $100 per hour from them. Judging by the quality of that site, I might pass.
        • heartbreak 9y ago
          It’s an old site, looks like an old site, and only recently (last 5 years or so) started running ads. It has been 15 years since the lawsuit was first filed.
          • toomanybeersies 9y ago
            It says copyright 2016 on it...
            • justinclift 9y ago
              No, it says "Copyright © 1994-2016 Nissan.com". The layout and copyright indicates it was probably created ~20 odd years ago, and hasn't received significant updates in years. The "2016" likely means they do minor/trivial updates now and again. Maybe it'll get a "2018" in the next 6 months or so too... :)
              • EADGBE 9y ago
                Shhh... don't tell them about `new Date()`
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  • zodPod 9y ago
    To be fair, it was more of a joke but this is a really good point. I wasn't intending to do it but thank you for the warning!