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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?

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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.

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