[Hidden-tech] domain purchase at expiration

[Bruce Hooke]

This page on the GoDaddy website provides a good rundown of the situation:
https://www.godaddy.com/help/when-can-i-register-an-expired-domain-name-572
The short answer is that a lot depends on the particular registrar where the
domain is registered but in general someone has to be really not be paying
attention to let a domain go completely to the point where someone else can
register it. 

If the alternate website is actually presenting itself as being the website
of the organization in question then I think you probably have legal
remedies you could pursue. Among other things, if you figure out who the
website is hosted by and go to them they may take it down. Again, the key, I
think, is whether the site in question is falsely presenting itself as
representing an established organization. I say "established" because you'll
have a much harder time if the organization is not a legal entity. I suspect
there are other legal remedies too but I'm not a lawyer. 

Bruce 

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Stacy
Kontrabecki
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:18 AM
To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: [Hidden-tech] domain purchase at expiration

There is a person who has registered a domain name that poses/falsely
advertises something about a real organization. It looks genuine, expecially
since the organization does not have their own, stand-alone webist, but is
included on pages in website of a major sponsoring organization.

The false website's domain name has an expiration date, of course. What is
the process whereby one could reclaim/buy an expired domain, if the
individual forgets to renew? Is there a grace period whereby, if the domain
is not renewed, it is not available for resale for a certain period of time?

I doubt this person will fail to renew, but it'd be good just to check, in
the event they don't.

Thanks.

Stacy

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