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by JCWasmx86 1683 days ago
If I understand correctly: If I had been fast enough to buy this domain, I would be able to break Denuvo for a long time?
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No, it never fully dropped.

> Updated Date: 2021-11-08T14:45:58Z

> Creation Date: 2014-09-24T14:45:19Z

> Registry Expiry Date: 2022-09-24T14:45:19Z

At least until the registrar intervened per their abuse policy
Most registrars have a grace period of 30-40 days, where the original owner can still reclaim it IIRC.
> Following the failure to renew, the domain then went into a grace period but when that expired too, it appears to have been removed from DNS records.
Oh wow, didn't see that. How did nobody notice...

Well there should still be a redemption and "pending delete" period [0]. I believe the original owner can still reclaim during those.

[0] https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/expired-dom...

That's right. After grace period it goes into a period called redemption where they can still get it back but it cost like $120.

Source: Used to work at registrar.

So if I buy the domain, and give it the original DNS records for 45 days, then I could take control?
Reclaim as in renew their claim. Not reclaim as in claw back

No, you could not have purchased the domain