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rplnt | karma 6199 | avg karma 2.64 · 2014-03-31 14:19:52

I think it's really stupid to get domain like this, whether the name is trademarked or not. They didn't steal the domain, they just registered it (or bought it) because it was available. 4chan.org has absolutely no right to it. But since .com TLD is not really international, who knows what will happen.

iLoch | karma 1652 | avg karma 2.5 · 2014-03-31 14:35:55

TLDs are not distributed by ICANN on a first come, first serve basis. Those with rights to the name (ie. a trademark) have priority access to the TLD.

walshemj | karma 4980 | avg karma 0.65 · 2014-03-31 14:58:54+00:00

How is .com not international it's a TLD? by definition TLD's are not tied to a geography in the same way that country domains are.

rplnt | karma 6199 | avg karma 2.64 · 2014-04-01 07:06:32

The .com is essentially US domain. So as, for example, .be is controlled by some Belgian organization, .com is controlled by US one. And it's not ICANN, so it doesn't aim to be international either.

walshemj | karma 4980 | avg karma 0.65 · 2014-04-01 09:31:32+00:00

NO all the gtld's like .com .org .net are not specific to coutrys - where the registry is located has no bearing on

Back in the day I used to be one of the owners of .coop which was run out of the UK that didn't mean that it wasn't for all co-ops world wide.

What domain does the Manchester Guardian a UK based newspaper use - it uses a .com.

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rplnt | karma 6199 | avg karma 2.64 · 2014-04-01 09:35:36+00:00

It doesn't matter how it should be. It is controled by US company, that falls under US jurisdiction, thus US does control the .com namespace.

example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01/bodog_shut_via_veris...

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