I believe most regulated ccTLDs (not the ones sold to the higher bigger) actually do that.
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VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 months ago
I simply don’t get why domain squatting is legal. On my ccTLD it is absolutely illegal meaning you have to forfeit the domain if you don’t use it anymore.
TCB13@lemmy.world 2 months ago
kitnaht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just because you don’t have a website up at [XYZ].com doesn’t mean you’re not using it. You could have a domain controller on the back end doing file services, or you could be using it for network auth, etc. Not all .coms exist for the purpose of putting up a website.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Neither do .dk domains, but in order to determine use the courts will have to be involved. I haven’t heard about a lot of those cases, but I’d guess you can prove use against the person who wants to take the domain. If I have a domain called firstnamelastname.dk it’d be pretty easy to show that I got a mail address at contact@firstnamelastname.dk that’s in use.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
I own 8 domains. Only one has HTTP/S ports open. The rest are for email and other services.
towerful@programming.dev 2 months ago
Other services will be reflected by active DNS records.
If the only DNS record points to a “Buy this domain” webpage, I think it’s fair to argue that is misuse.
Doubley so if it turns out many unrelated domains are owned by and point to the same webpage, and it’s just doing a js hostname thing to make it seem relevant to the current address
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
That’s fair.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep. I have one registered for professional email. I don’t host anything else.