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Domain names can also be taken from you if your adversaries are powerful enough. It happens regularly to controversial websites.



As someone who worked in e-commerce with high value brands, this is entirely true. If you even slightly infringe on a brand name, they will throw lawyers at you and the simple threat of bankruptcy will have you handing over the domain. I’ve seen it happen too many times to count.


Not half as easily as social media handles though...




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