Domain Name Speculation - Evolution of Domain Name Speculation

Evolution of Domain Name Speculation

Domain name speculation has evolved in parallel with the domain name system. In the early 1990s, the web and internet access were not as prominent as they are today. Domain names were still being registered, however, even though the focus was almost entirely on business. At that time much of the ccTLD landscape had yet to appear, and the growing public awareness of COM TLD was gathering momentum owing to the growth of the Dot-com bubble. This inevitably attracted the attention of those who saw potential value in domain names, and by this time many of the most valuable generic domain names like sex.com and business.com had been registered. The problem was that there was no clear legal position on what was purely domain name speculation and what was cybersquatting. The open nature of the TLDs meant that anyone could effectively register any domain name. This led to the development of the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy in 1999.

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