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Independent activists who want to use the suffix and pledge to blog can pay as little as $10 a year. But what if someone wants to claim another individual's na
by devur 12y ago
Independent activists who want to use the suffix and pledge to blog can pay as little as $10 a year. But what if someone wants to claim another individual's name? Berard says the registry will police for cyberbullying. But if a person wants to preemptively block their name, that will cost $200 a year.
It appears that it is cheaper to use the .sucks TLD for activism than for preventative purposes. Given the name of the TLD, however, "activism" could be conflated with denigration. Because of this, individuals likely to be targeted by such sites are claiming extortion.
Does anyone know of any other cases in which the price of buying a domain is dependent on who the buyer is?
- ianferrel 12y ago>Does anyone know of any other cases in which the price of buying a domain is dependent on who the buyer is? No, but that's because domain names have, until now, been closely held and (relatively) heavily regulated compared to other products. There are plenty of products where the cost varies based on the purchaser's ability to pay, or their expected use. In the realm of public discourse, newspapers and other publications have long had sections where anyone could write political or other opinions for free, even while they sold ad space to commercial interests for large amounts.