[WEB4LIB] Re: A lesson to be learnt from the Britannica site?

[Michael Sauers]

> The lesson is that Britannica was smart enough to grab these names
> themselves before some porn sites did.
> Many companies have also been smart enough to grab
> names such as "britannicasucks" (which EB bought on 12 May 1999).

George W. Bush registered something like 200 domains in this same strategy.
However, I'm not sure this is good... Count not an argument be made that
registering "CompanyNameSucks" (especially 200 versions thereof) is stifling
free speech?

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