Cybersquatting is fun. No one is entitled to a domain name more than anyone else.
Comment on Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Not sure why others are defending the defendant here. He was just a cyber squatter who had no ties to the name Lambo until after he bought the domain. His only goal was to resell it to Lamborghini for a profit.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
chunes@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not sure why anyone would defend a large corporation for any reason, ever.
bluGill@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
I will defend anyone when they are in the right, even if I otherwise hate them. I require proper due process for murders and other criminals who have done worse things that large corporations (most large corporations have committed murder - or at least not done it in a way that I can prove beyond any shadow of doubt)
cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I mean, if we are going to capitalism with a straight face we have to start being the whole bitch.
He owned it, Lamborghini wanted it… that made it a valuable asset that he held that Lamborghini should have paid for
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
it’s easy to see it that way when a big corporation is involved, but average people and small businesses get fucked by cybersquatters too. On balance I tend to side against the cybersquatters.
communism@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
We’re not talking about an individual, we’re talking about Lamborghini. I think cybersquatting Lamborghini is fine.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
except laws have to apply to everyone equally.
falseWhite@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Greed was hia downfall, nothing else. He started by listing it at 1 million, but then kept refusing bids to buy and kept raising the price up to 75 million.
Greedy bastard got what he deserved.
bluGill@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Nobody is for capitalism, except as a derivative of classical liberalism. Capitalism might be useful as a tool in economics, but so is the "spherical cow" useful in physics - you can learn a lot but need to be careful as it doesn't apply to the real world.
Since nobody is going full capitalist we can ask what liberalism things - and that is a branch of philosophy much more complex than just pure economics. In this case Lamborghini is entitled to their property, which we know is their property because the Lambo guy was acting like it was - in many other domain cases there is at least some doubt.