Sony-Microsoft.com A "Defensive Domain Hold" Says Microsoft

10 responses to “Sony-Microsoft.com A "Defensive Domain Hold" Says Microsoft”

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   nightFlarer

   July 18, 2011 at 8:25 am

   Well that’s no fun.

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2. 

   Elle

   July 18, 2011 at 8:36 am

   Duh! That was obvious from the start. Companies do this sort of thing all the time.

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   Luke

   July 18, 2011 at 9:46 am

   But why??? it seems kinda stupid registering a domain just so no one else can get to it.

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   1. 

      Mark Serrels

      July 18, 2011 at 9:50 am

      Tell that to Activision after the modernwarfare3.com debacle!

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      1. 

         Aidan

         July 18, 2011 at 10:14 am

         Exactly this…

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      2. 

         Luke

         July 18, 2011 at 10:35 am

         Thats their stupid fault for not registering the Modern Warfare 3 domain back when no one had heard of it.

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         1. 

            Rick

            July 18, 2011 at 12:02 pm

            “That’s their own stupid fault for not registering the sony-microsoft domain back when no one had heard of it.”

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         2. 

            Tom

            July 19, 2011 at 2:22 am

            brb, registering modernwarfare4, modernwarfare5 and modernwarfare6 domains, because, well, lets face it, I won’t be waiting that long for the lulz…

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   2. 

      Powalen

      July 18, 2011 at 12:09 pm

      Nintendo does this a lot with Pokemon:

      http://www.pokemonamethyst.com
      http://www.pokemonopal.com
      http://www.pokemontopaz.com

      There’s probably heaps more outside of the gemstone theme as well.

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4. 

   Penmonicus

   July 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   Yeah, but there’s a difference between “a defensive domain hold of ‘Microsoft3000.com’” and “a defensive domain hold of ‘Microsoft-anothercompany.com’”

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