France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994

Re:France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994 by reificator on Sunday April 29, 2018 @03:08PM (#16953410)

> We may argue that domain names are different from phone numbers because they are recognisable. They carry trademarks, and unlike phone numbers, are often the way we remember of an internet facing person or company.

> Call JG Wentworth- 877-CASH-NOW!

> So ladies, if ya' butt is round, and you want a Triple-X throw down, dial 1 900-MIX-A-LOT and kick them nasty thoughts. Baby got back!

> I pity the foo' who don't use 1 800-COLLECT

> Jenny Jenny, don't change your number: 8-6-7-5-3-0-9!

> Save big bucks on every call- dial 1 800-CALL-ATT

And that's off the top of my head, many of which I haven't heard for 15 or more years.

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Re:France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994 by SimbaOnSteroids on Sunday April 29, 2018 @06:54PM (#16954360)

I would argue that with a phone number, the letters are explicitly tied to the address whereas a domain is more or less key value pair for an ip address.

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