It's pretty much a fix for squatting. You get a fair bit of defense for it around here, but ultimatly it's just rent seeking. Keeping younger generations out

It's pretty much a fix for squatting. You get a fair bit of defense for it around here, but ultimatly it's just rent seeking. Keeping younger generations out from having decent name just because you arrived earlier doesn't really promote a healthy web, nor provide real economic value. Of course, most squatters would respond "I was planning on using that domain", so it's easier politically to just flood us with new ones. My company name is squatted on several tlds ( by different people, obviously no intention to use them ). The .com owner wanted to charge me $40,000 or $1000 p/m. Fuck that. I used an alt tld.