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Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

That’s not how the internet works. Any schmuck can buy those domain names except for .gov and .edu

I’m not an ISP, but I can get any .net domain for $11 a year. And then put ads and malware on the site. If someone else hadn’t snatched it already I could even register disney.net if I wanted to. There is zero guarantee that Disney is behind a Disney domain.

You’ll also find a hundred other Disney domains that are not owned by Disney. Big companies usually register a handful of domains for countries they do business in. And darn, some guy already registered disney.world :)

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