NSI went wrong on this, but what me worries more is this... When there was only NSI, they screwed up and could fix it, and US$70 wasn't that huge... But in the case of register.com, it seems that they and greatdomains.com have some sort of agreement where one buys domain names from the other, and exchanges the profit with the original seller... Your choice: US$70 to NSI or US$500.000 to register.com/greatdomains.com... In Belgium (where i live) only registered companies and groups are allowed to take a.be domain name. So, for instance, if you would like to have races.be or chat.be, you should first start a company called races inc. or chat corporation before you can actually register them... It's strongly regulated, but prevents cyber-squatting... And what about new extentions?.shop,.store,.sex seem a solution... my 0.78BEF...
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NSI went wrong on this, but what me worries more is this... When there was only NSI, they screwed up and could fix it, and US$70 wasn't that huge... But in the case of register.com, it seems that they and greatdomains.com have some sort of agreement where one buys domain names from the other, and exchanges the profit with the original seller... Your choice: US$70 to NSI or US$500.000 to register.com/greatdomains.com... In Belgium (where i live) only registered companies and groups are allowed to take a .be domain name. So, for instance, if you would like to have races.be or chat.be, you should first start a company called races inc. or chat corporation before you can actually register them... It's strongly regulated, but prevents cyber-squatting... And what about new extentions? .shop, .store, .sex seem a solution... my 0.78BEF...