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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by user3939382 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:08PM (#34153831)
ICANN doesn’t enforce its rules with GoDaddy because they’re too big. I had this conversation with Vint Cerf about their shenanigans several years ago when he was the chairman. Something that’s a grey area is 0 hope. Some things never change. Don’t do business with GD.
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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by Sephr on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:55PM (#34154383)
Fortunately we don't need ICANN here. GoDaddy is claiming that the new domain owner paid over $100 for the domain.

If the new owner is GoDaddy itself and they haven't completed the necessary accounting gymnastics to make this legal, then their statement may likely constitute fraud.

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