Re:If ICANN only charges $0.18 per domain name, why am I pay...
by cpach on Thursday May 08, 2014 @06:05AM
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A registry is not just a MySQL database with some random domain names in it.
Have you considered what kind of resources and expertise that are required to handle issues such as domain name disputes? For example, suppose Alice and Bob run an informal business together, they have a clash and both of them make claims of the business' domain name. Or if Mallory registers someone elses company name and use it for nefarious purposes? [+]
Have you considered what kind of resources and expertise that are required to handle issues such as domain name disputes? For example, suppose Alice and Bob run an informal business together, they have a clash and both of them make claims of the business' domain name. Or if Mallory registers someone elses company name and use it for nefarious purposes? [+]
[+] See http://swartz.typepad.com/texplorer/2006/04/wellknown_rock_.... for a particularly domain name anecdote involving Metallica and a Swedish VC firm.