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Cyber Squatters Grab Up More Than 600 'Pope Francis' Domain Names

Posted by Soulskill on from the there-oughta-be-a-commandment dept.

tsamsoniw writes "Although the newly appointed Pope Francis I has proven himself technologically savvy enough to use Twitter, the Vatican dropped the ball when it came to quickly registering a domain name for the pontiff after his appointment earlier this month: Within hours, cyber squatters grabbed up more than 600 domain names containing derivations of the pontiff's name, including popefrancisi.com, popefrancis.co.uk, popefrancis.org, and popefrancis.fr, according to domain-name company names.co.uk."

4 of 73 comments (clear)

  1. Lighten up, Francis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    nt

  2. Re:Because the Vatican Has Its Own TLD? by Obijon70 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This pope has a history of being humble though, from turning down his limo and mansion (in his last post). Plus the name he picked in honor of St. Francis, in homage to the saint who was all about the poor. And as a bonus, he doesn't look like Emperor Palpatine.

  3. I know how to fix this by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just send the Spanish Inquisition. No one would ever expect it.

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  4. Re:Because the Vatican Has Its Own TLD? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Funny

    plain ol "vadican.va" doesn't work

    Well, http://www.vadican.va/ doesn't work either.

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