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Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith (www.techradar.com)

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (7 children)

I wonder how much the city of LA would pay to get La.com back haha.

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[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why a city would want a .com tld? A .gov tld would be far more applicable IMO

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Annoyingly, people are more likely to "blind guess" at .com than .gov, just cause there's more of them

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I would guess tourism. It seems like that's what it's currently used for.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The city of LA should not get a .com name. They might have a case that la.com should not have a .com either (they look like a tourist .org though if they are not acting like a .org they are scammers) - but this would be a very hard sell in court. The city of LA should have a .gov (which won't allow them) or .us (which is not organized well - something they should be mad about and pressure to get fixed) name.

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

I think the initial goal of top level domains having any real meaning is dead.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

And that's ignoring the state of LA.

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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago

What sucks is that a lot of commercial companies in L.A. use the .la domain, which is blocked by my company's proxy.

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