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How Many Domains Does Your School Own?

Posted by Cliff on from the many-domains-but-one-voice dept.

ADrexelStudent asks: "A debate has been brought up in recent months at my school, Drexel University, on the issue of whether the school should be allowed to own over 300 domain names. One domain, drexel.com, has been purchased from the students that owned the site, which was being used as a student forum. Another site, drexel.org, is under contest from the school against it's owner, a student. The university claims they didn't know the owner was a student and hence filed a lawsuit claiming trademark violation. Problem is the school doesn't own the trademark, a furniture company with no relation to Drexel does. Out of all the 300+ domains, only one outside the .edu TLD is being used, drexel.com, prompting the argument that this is an attempt by the university to silence student opinion on the Internet. My question for slashdot is how many schools out there purchase domains with no intent to use them, should student tuition be used in this manner, and what is your opinion of this practice?"

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  1. My University should sue Universal Studios!!! by Joey7F · · Score: 3, Funny

    I go to USF in Tampa, Florida. USF stands for University of South Florida (yes the school with the terrorist instructor who became leader of the islamic jihad). Anyway, USF.edu is our website, but USF.com is Universal Studios Florida.

    We should sue them, I bet they have deep pockets and could help me lower tuition costs.

    [/Homer] In case you couldn't TELL I was being SARCASTIC [End Homer\]

    --Joey

  2. Hmmm. by mosch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like one of the students is about to get the ole' Drexel Shaft.

  3. www.drexelshaft.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My favorite is www.drexelshaft.com

  4. Porn and education. by saintlupus · · Score: 4, Funny

    First, then you can't have some student put up a porn site at namethisschool.net while the university's site is at namethisschool.edu or something.

    I don't know if you meant this as a hypothetical or not, but it does happen. I work for the IS department at Canisius College and a few years ago someone bought canisius.com and set up a porn site there. It was pretty interesting trying to explain that to the people in publications and promotion.

    "No, you don't want to put canisius.com on any of the literature. No, don't go there. Just trust me."

    *scream*

    --saint