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Underhanded? Maybe....but how many times have you seen similar tactics by opposing businesses? Cointaker's been around way long enough that they should've known to register alternate domains if they wanted them... I would guess they did the cost/benefit on that one a long time ago and didn't see it. Probably BEFORE they had competition. At any rate, there's multiple ways for cointaker to resolve this if they chose to care about it.

It's a calculated risk. ICANN has a process for domain 'squatting' that makes this kind of activity *generally* not worth the time, because your domain can just be taken from you if the namesake has a legitimate business use for the domain, and you can lose it, even if they haven't ever bothered to register it...which I find to be kind of absurd, frankly...but that's how it is. I have a domain I've owned for 7-ish years that Nintendo could just waltz right up and take away if they wanted to, but I've never given them a reason to do so...there's never been a website on it, no money making ventures using it, etc. I'm not sure why I even keep it to be honest lol.

Right, that's kind of my point... with all the TLDs now, it's basically financially unfeasible for someone like Cointaker to register their name for all TLD's. =|

Doesn't the IRS own that one?

Guess you both are going to not be buying from a lot of companies from now on, now that you've discovered that this happens....about 13 years after everyone else already knew it was going on.

It always fascinates me how people react to stuff like this. When there's actual violations of privacy and legal matters, it's like yeah whatever no problem, but the second someone tries to benefit off someone else's mistake, OH IT'S ON I'M NEVER BUYING FROM THEM NOW! lol... Any of you guys buy Invisiglass over PDI and see *any* distinction between that and Cointaker/PBB? Just curious.

*Edit* Maybe I should start a business philosophy/ethics thread instead of hijacking this one lol..

If they didn't register it, it's not theirs. They may have a claim to it, but it's not legally THEIRS until such claim is made and it's registered. I know that's a really fine hair to split.

"wow. That's weird either way you look at it.

Pinballbulbs registering cointaker.net if different person.. kind of underhanded."

That's not exactly the kind of comment I'd expect someone familiar with this practice to make. That's the basis of my other statement. No assumption involved. I might have misinterpreted tone or sentiment, but I don't generally call something "wierd" if I know it to be a frequent occurance in the realm it exists in..

I -never- said it was ethical, you put that intent in my "mouth" without it having ever been made.

Anyways, make your own decisions about this company, and Cointaker. I'm not here to tell you what to do on that front. I've made mine. I just find the thought process people have regarding this kind of stuff interesting, particularly seeing where exactly the line betweeen ethical and unethical lies.

*edit* speaking of ethics, I've got to get back to work now, but if you want to continue the discussion feel free to PM me. I'm totally down with having a throwdown.