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Comment by Kaytaro | Hacker News Reader

Should domains be first come first serve though? Why?

Almost 100% of people when they hear "Nissan" think of the car company, so why should that domain direct to some random guy who happened to claim it first?

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Why should corporations have more of a claim to property or resources than individuals, just because more people know of them? If they were exercising phishing attacks then fair enough, but if they had a personal website of some sort on there, why the hell should a company get it just because they have the same name?

Because domains pointing to where you'd expect just makes the internet a better place. It reduces dependency on search engines, makes the internet simpler to use, and ideally you could be confident that nissan.com isn't some Joe Blow but a trusted company.

What benefit does "first come first serve" provide? Nothing other than allowing individuals to hijack widespread brands.

Sir, I'd like to introduce you to the concept of property rights.

God, I'm glad I don't live in a hell hole where someone who is trying to make the world a better place can just trample over me.

Thankfully we’re not in a dystopia where some SEO and ad buys would result in changing opinion enough to transfer domain names and other property.

Right, but then does McDonalds the burger place get priority, or McDonalds Plumbing, which has been in business longer than the restraunt has existed?

An Even better example is what if Apple Music had registered Apple.com first? At the time, many, many more people had heard of the beatles then computer company in California.

Yes they should, why not?

True, but then you can't register a domain under your name because it happens to exist a company with the same name? I understand trying to prevent people form registering domains they don't have anything to do with just because they're looking to sell them for a high price to somebody that has actually an use for them, but I'm against the idea of extending this to the case of people registering their own name.

Why is it a problem for the car company if some guy named Nissan has a website? They can simply choose a different domain.

Isn't first come first served already the default?

Which leads to scalpers trying to buy out brand names ahead of the corporations so they'll be offered money for them later?

You f@cking idiota ...

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