It’s the way it used to work. Re-read my comment. That was my point.
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Vlyn@lemmy.zip 10 months agoThat’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 :)
reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It didn’t. I can’t find a single reference that .net registration was ever restricted to networking companies at all (it might be the intention of the name, but there was never a requirement for it). Same for .com, you could just register them back in the day too.
Hell, .net was even free to register at first before they started charging for domains.
Eavolution@kbin.social 10 months ago
.ie is another one, you can't get them from a lot of registrars and have to prove you're genuinely based in Ireland.