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Re:Nations of the Amazon are seeking “shared governance” of ... by tialaramex on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:51PM (#19626525)
Yes. But note that it'll cost you about $1M per year to do this. There is no refund when you realise a week later that you have no purpose for .friendster or whatever, and you wish you still had $1M instead.

Several huge corporations bought the TLD for their long-winded name, and then it sits unused, because it's stupid. For example the TLD kerryproperties exists and is owned by the corporation Kerry Properties in Asia, but kerryprops.com is a much better name and so unsurprisingly the company's actual web site remains https://www.kerryprops.com/ and they just burn the money on the TLD for no reason.

Re:Nations of the Amazon are seeking “shared governance” of ... by mr_toad on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:16PM (#19630275)
Yeah, but it’d be a shame if someone else started using that domain wouldn’t it...

For just $1m a year you can buy some “insurance” that will stop that happening.