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I think it's really stupid to get domain like this, whether the name is trademarked or not. They didn't steal the domain, they just registered it (or bought it)
by rplnt 13y ago
I think it's really stupid to get domain like this, whether the name is trademarked or not. They didn't steal the domain, they just registered it (or bought it) because it was available. 4chan.org has absolutely no right to it. But since .com TLD is not really international, who knows what will happen.
- iLoch 13y agoTLDs are not distributed by ICANN on a first come, first serve basis. Those with rights to the name (ie. a trademark) have priority access to the TLD.
- walshemj 13y agoHow is .com not international it's a TLD? by definition TLD's are not tied to a geography in the same way that country domains are.
- rplnt 13y agoThe .com is essentially US domain. So as, for example, .be is controlled by some Belgian organization, .com is controlled by US one. And it's not ICANN, so it doesn't aim to be international either.
- walshemj 13y agoNO all the gtld's like .com .org .net are not specific to coutrys - where the registry is located has no bearing on Back in the day I used to be one of the owners of .coop which was run out of the UK that didn't mean that it wasn't for all co-ops world wide. What domain does the Manchester Guardian a UK based newspaper use - it uses a .com.
- rplnt 13y agoIt doesn't matter how it should be. It is controled by US company, that falls under US jurisdiction, thus US does control the .com namespace. example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01/bodog_shut_via_verisign/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01/bodog_shut_via_veris...