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Man Asks $75M for 'Lambo.com,' Court Gives It to Lamborghini for Free
16 points by kerim-ca
- This is one recurring thing with the domain squatters - they just sit on the domains and don't bother to do anything that legitimizes them.
I guess this is something LLMs can help with, though. Shouldn't be hard to vibe code something that looks "legit" and drive traffic to the site.
- The website https://nissan.com shows how to avoid this outcome.
by kylecazar
1 subcomments
- If he had spent some time to throw content of his choosing on there, he would have likely kept it.
How does the $10,000 he spent for the domain work? I assume he just eats it. That doesn't feel right.
by an0malous
2 subcomments
- Wait it’s illegal to squat on domains? Isn’t this what 90% of domains are currently owned for? How do I get a squatted domain as a startup?
by nullbyte808
0 subcomment
- Got too greedy. Could have sold it for millions to a random person holding the empty bag.
- $75M seems like a pipe dream. Lamborghini could get a vanity TLD (.lambo) for around $2M all in. Much cooler than a .com, IMHO
- Lambo's Deli in Toronto just got screwed.
- It's considered bad faith to sell a domain that you purchased? He didn't even offer it to Lamborghini, just for general sale.
by ChrisArchitect
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- Does Lamborghini have a trademark claim on the word "Lambo" or it just on 'similarity' grounds?