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Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by fortran77 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #14

nvidia.gay is up for grabs at 2k euros. I wonder if they'd buy it off you.

If you try to use it in a way that affects their trademark, they will "sue" it off you.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by ffpip » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:55 PM UTC

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #17

ffpip wrote: post #7

I want to see whether Google will register google.gay Will they sue me for registering it?

Yes. Google can enforce its trademark and take over the domain name.

Yes. Can't wait for them to ask me.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by arkitaip » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #10

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it v wholesome.

I think you should transfer the domain to a gay rights org or similar because this type of domain squatting is obnoxious. I mean, you didn't even have a plan for the domain, just registered it for the novelty.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by invokestatic » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #14

nvidia.gay is up for grabs at 2k euros. I wonder if they'd buy it off you.

They will file a trademark claim against you under ICANN UDRP[1]. These are arbitrated so they’re cheap to file and are very quick to resolve (compared to courts).

[1] https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by gruez » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #7

I want to see whether Google will register google.gay Will they sue me for registering it?

OTOH, you can probably get away with apple.gay, as long as you don't make your site too specific to apple computers.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by gilrain » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #22

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Google can enforce its trademark and take over the domain name.

Yes. Can't wait for them to ask me.

teengoogle.com is still going strong

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by CydeWeys » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #7

I want to see whether Google will register google.gay Will they sue me for registering it?

According to WHOIS, google.gay was registered on February 11th. (Rights-holders are allowed to get in early through the sunrise process to prevent exactly the kind of squatting you're hypothesizing, though not typically this early.)

    whois -h whois.nic.gay google.gay
    [...]
    Creation Date: 2020-02-11T15:41:12.0Z

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by pulse7 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

mmm_grayons wrote: post #18

bartvk wrote: post #11

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

There's still a distinct meani g of happy. For some reason, though, people are trying to stamp it out; I hardly hear it used in new writing.

"For some reason..." ...the reason is that today "it mostly evolved into sexual orientation" like another commenter said.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by tobilocker » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #4

https://read.if-you-are.gay

Well that'd be so funny... NOT!

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by CleanItUpJanny » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #10

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it v wholesome.

Wholesome 100 moment