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A comment on Ask HN: Economics of domain hoarders. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Economics of domain hoarders by iqster on Saturday January 01, 2011 @12:29PM (#2057893)
Good point. 70 cents a month is likely easy to recover.

Another thought I had was hoarders attempting to grab usable names in order to extort real companies to pony up. I believe this happened a lot in the late 90s. Wonder how common it is today?

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Re:Ask HN: Economics of domain hoarders by michaelelliot on Saturday January 01, 2011 @12:46PM (#2057927)
This has become quite a fruitless endeavor. WIPO and other domain arbitrators will swiftly hand domains over to their rightful owners if there is a trademark or history of trading under a particular name.
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