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You don't own its domain, however. It can be revoked at any time.
by slezyr 6y ago
You don't own its domain, however. It can be revoked at any time.
- michaelbuckbee 6y agoYes. But if you consider it in terms of "potential to be messed with" - the surface area is much less.
- quonn 6y agoNot if you have a trademark.
- zchrykng 6y agoTell that to the people who have be completely de-platformed over the last few years. Everyone agrees that most, if not all, of them are horrible people, but it is totally possible to lose your domain name if no one will provide registrations and such services to you.
- viraptor 6y agoI can't remember any of them losing domain registration. They lost hosting providers and DNS hosting. Did I miss someone?
- judge2020 6y agoTechnically you do own the domain, although the registry and most registrars retain the right to revoke it based on their abuse policies; There are enterprise-grade registrars that have contracts without these provisions (like CSC Global[0], which Disney uses[1]) if you'd like to remove this risk. 0: http://corporatedomains.com http://corporatedomains.com 1: https://who.is/whois/disney.com https://who.is/whois/disney.com
- tux1968 6y agoIt's impossible to be completely impervious to all threats, but for your domain name there are some options that may help. For instance there are domains sold outside the reach of specific jurisdictions[1] and there are blockchain dns efforts as well[2]. [1] https://bulletproofhosting.org/bulletproof-domains/ https://bulletproofhosting.org/bulletproof-domains/ [2] https://blockchain-dns.info/ https://blockchain-dns.info/
- pizza 6y agoTechnically your IP address could too