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The Worldwide Domain Battle

Posted by timothy on from the translation-engines-reloaded dept.

pledibus writes "The New York Times's Sunday magazine contains an interesting article, Get Out of My Namespace, about the spate of conflicts over website names. The author synthesizes ideas from computer technology, law, history, onomastics, cultural anthropology, and probably a few other areas, and does a pretty nice job of it."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I name this space my ass

  2. third post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you all, especially the gnaa

  3. Biggest Domain Name Injustice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The NY Times did not mention the battle over goatse.cx!!!!

  4. Blame Verislime! by tcgwebs · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://RecallVerisign.com Let's blame VeriSlime. Everyone sign the petition! :P

    --
    Domain name registration for $8.79 per year
    879domains.co
  5. Re:Online Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    /kick ban neoform

  6. Read the fucking parent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He already pointed out the laughability of such regulation, fuckwit!!!

  7. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    YOU FAIL IT!

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