Richard W. Ernst wrote:
Once upon a time, I believe we registered kernel-panic.com, just to keep
it in our realm and redirect to .ORG.
Since .org isn't responding at the moment, I tried .COM on a whim and
was redirected to http://spy-kill.com/. This wouldn't be a big problem,
except that spy-kill isn't real anti-spyware software, it's a scam to
sell software via scare tactics. (See
http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm)
What, if anything, can we do to keep an eye on the .com url and register
it for ourselves again? Or is this a non-issue and I'm being overly
concerned?
The only thing we could really do would be to register kernel-panic as a
trademark and then file a typosquatter arbitration.
However, the fact that we had the domain and then gave it up is not in
our favor.
We could also just make them an offer to buy the domain. They can't be
getting much business from it given that kernel-panic is a Unix domain.
The whole problem, IMO, is that domain names really are too cheap. If
you had to pay $50-$100 a year, you can't keep a domain for an entire
year on the off chance that some sucker might make it worthwhile.
-a
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