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Technically, the domain owner probably has grounds to sue Microsoft. By effectively configuring AD / Windows to DDoS the domain, on multiple protocols, MS dep
by ethbro 7y ago
Technically, the domain owner probably has grounds to sue Microsoft.
By effectively configuring AD / Windows to DDoS the domain, on multiple protocols, MS deprived him of usability.
Seems pretty open & shut on loss of value.
- totalZero 7y agoThat configuration is the only reason the seller is able to publicly demand such a high price without the universe laughing at him in concert. To put it in perspective, dating.com sold for 1.75m.
- ethbro 7y agoTo put it in perspective, Microsoft products have been spamming his domain for 26 years.
- FDSGSG 7y ago>To put it in perspective, [in 2010] dating.com sold for 1.75m. That was 10 years ago. "myworld.com" sold for 1.2m in 2017, "jade.com" sold for 1.25m, "vivo.com" went for 2.1m In 2019, "voice.com" sold for 30 million usd.
- totalZero 7y agoOutlier. My search turns up 10 sales since 2017, only one was higher than 3.5m, and that's "voice.com." I chose a sale that was in the ballpark of the stated figure for "corp.com." "California.com" sold for $3m this past year, so let's not pretend that much has shifted in the market for these domain names in the span of this decade. $1.7m is a hefty sum for a domain name that isn't even a word. But it's an irrelevant debate. My point is that the counterargument against any lawsuit would be that the high value of the domain name "corp.com" comes from the Microsoft issue, so it'd be pretty tough to argue that the owner was harmed by Microsoft.