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by kstrauser 5 days ago
This is bullshit. There are legal processes in place to decide disputes. Absent those processes, possession is ownership, and it would be absolute madness and chaos if it weren't.

I could make pretty convincing letterhead "proving" that I own "Google Foods", but that doesn't mean a registrar should give me google.com. The correct process if I want to assert that is to sue for ownership and prove to a court that I'm the rightful owner, and to get an order compelling the registrar to transfer it to me. And if I can't, then Google gets to keep it. This is the only possible sane way to manage domain ownership.
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ButlerianJihad 5 days ago
> legal processes in place

Another hole in OP's story: when/how did they follow the legal dispute process, rather than just "shooting a couple emails" and creating a new HN account to complain about it?

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kstrauser 4 days ago
Another hole in your premise: where is the indicator that the legal system was involved, as opposed to contacting the registrar’s tech support?
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