by entelechy on 6/21/20, 11:16 AM with 30 comments
by iso1210 on 6/21/20, 11:40 AM
milk.com was registered back in July 94, same month amazon was created. I suspect that many people have attempted to get control over it via naferious means in the past, however I also get the feeling the value of domain names has decreased since the early 00s -- how many normal people still type in domain names, rather than typing in "milk" and clicking the first result.
by underyx on 6/21/20, 11:59 AM
by sfusato on 6/21/20, 11:48 AM
by tga on 6/21/20, 12:18 PM
The best scalable and impartial methods that I’ve seen mentioned were high renewal prices and limits on the number of domains one could own, but I get the feeling neither one would work when there is even a remote chance of extracting >$10M in the end.
Given the current system it’s hard to blame him either — I don’t know whether I would find the altruism to let such a domain expire.
by Shorn on 6/22/20, 2:30 AM
Lately I've been getting mail from various folks notifying me that the `.com` equivalent of one of my `.net` domains is going to be available. It's weird to me that it would be worth doing, but I'm assuming they're making money out of it.
by rognjen on 6/21/20, 2:46 PM
Nissan.com has been the target of a few attacks if I recall correctly and is arguably less valuable and much more defensible (since the person who owns it is actually called Nissan).
by codegladiator on 6/21/20, 11:35 AM