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808 points shaunpud | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 10:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.313s | source

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ballenf ◴[24 Aug 25 11:54 UTC] No.45003534[source]▶

When domains are seized, does the new "owner" pay the registration renewals? If so, what's to stop someone from doing this:

- create a vanity TLD with high renewal fees

- register a bunch of sites that are mirrors of already seized domains

- mention them in enough places they get noticed

- ???

- profit

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1. GuB-42 ◴[24 Aug 25 13:04 UTC] No.45003977[source]▶

>>45003534 #

Seizing a domain probably costs way more in procedures than any renewal fees.

Also, blocking websites typically doesn't involve ICANN, the infringing website still owns the domain. They just order ISPs in the country to lie on some DNS queries, which is the reason why such blocks are so easy to work around.

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A German ISP changed their DNS to block my website