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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by RBerenguel on Thursday April 21, 2011 @04:44AM (#2469835)
I've also had them once or twice for my blog (for which I only bought the .net). I may buy the .com some day, but so far I don't think I need it, more so because I try to use the full name+tld as "unofficial name of the blog".
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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by arn on Thursday April 21, 2011 @11:16AM (#2470932)
dude. buy the .com. if you don't a squatter or competitor will.
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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by chc on Thursday April 21, 2011 @03:09PM (#2471912)
Presumably the reason he didn't get it in the first place is because it was already squatted. I very much doubt the process ever goes, "So, I see the .com is available for my name, but I think I'll just go with .info instead."
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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by RBerenguel on Friday April 22, 2011 @06:31PM (#2475655)
This is how it went. I thought about how my blog worked, didn't think it was a company, neither an organisation and settled for the .net

Just in case I have bought the other 2.

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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by arn on Friday April 22, 2011 @01:43AM (#2473374)
Except that's exactly what he did. His .com is available, I checked. He owns the .net.
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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by RBerenguel on Friday April 22, 2011 @06:30PM (#2475652)
Bought, just in case...
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Re:Ask HN: Being "Blackmailed" by Foreign Domain Squatters by RBerenguel on Friday April 22, 2011 @03:04PM (#2475055)
Will do later ;)
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