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Re: The .ing top-level domain

#71

Post by lmkg »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #21
baal80spam wrote: post #14

Is b.ing already taken? If not, buy it ASAP!

Where does this land legally now? Could Microsoft go to ICANN and demand you hand it over for the registration fee or is it first come first serve?

MS would do the same thing they already did with wwwbing.com and binf.com: go through the arbitration process to get them repossessed.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

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Post by ralmidani »

I checked for cod.ing and they said it was available. I got my hopes up and went to Godaddy. It costs over $38,000. I guess in some ways that’s good because the purchaser would more likely be someone who wants to launch a legit business or project rather than a squatter. But as others have pointed out, this whole thing is a blatant money grab.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#76

Post by gpderetta »

agilob wrote: post #12
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They already got the bank.ing domain name.

but do they have fuckof\f.ing for submitting complaints? Edit: HN doesn't accept FO as one word, it replaces the last `f` with `i`. Try it yourself.

  hunter2
I don't understand, it seems to work for me.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#77

Post by doh »

ralmidani wrote: post #73

I checked for cod.ing and they said it was available. I got my hopes up and went to Godaddy. It costs over $38,000. I guess in some ways that’s good because the purchaser would more likely be someone who wants to launch a legit business or project rather than a squatter. But as others have pointed out, this whole thing is a blatant money grab.

Well, fuck.ing costs only $12,999.99/yr.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#78

Post by baz00 »

doh wrote: post #77
ralmidani wrote: post #73

I checked for cod.ing and they said it was available. I got my hopes up and went to Godaddy. It costs over $38,000. I guess in some ways that’s good because the purchaser would more likely be someone who wants to launch a legit business or project rather than a squatter. But as others have pointed out, this whole thing is a blatant money grab.

Well, fuck.ing costs only $12,999.99/yr.

Not joking I seriously considered snagging that. Reckon I could turn a profit.

The I realised I'd have to deal with the people who'd want to buy it and they are mostly scum.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#80

Post by pests »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #21
baal80spam wrote: post #14

Is b.ing already taken? If not, buy it ASAP!

Where does this land legally now? Could Microsoft go to ICANN and demand you hand it over for the registration fee or is it first come first serve?

Did everyone forget about the Mike Rowe Soft ordeal? 17 year old Mike Rowe started his own web company and named it MikeRoweSoft.com (on purpose, he knew he was making a pun.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft

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