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Forum Post: Why did Occupy cave to a capitalist and pay a premium for a domain name?

Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 10, 2011, 2 p.m. EST by LarryBudMelman (55) from New York, NY
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Its ironic that an anti-capitalist movement actually spent $8000 on a domain name (http://www.occupywallst.net/) owned by some enterprising scumbag who profited from stealing the name and camping on it.

A simple variation of the name would have cost $15 .....

Smells funny.

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[-] 1 points by occupybiz (1) 13 years ago

I own the domain name occupy.biz. I am looking to sell it. if anyone has a serious offer, let me know via email at admin@occupy.biz

[-] 1 points by hidden (430) from Los Angeles, CA 13 years ago

Domain name allocation needs to be reformed too.

Domain name prices should be allocated with quadratic function.

1 domain - 1$/year

2 domains - 4$/year

3 domains - 9$/year

4 domains - 16$/year

10 domains - 100$/year

20 domains - 400$/year

30 domains - 900$/year

[-] 1 points by Droid24JG (119) from New York, NY 13 years ago

What was wrong with "http://www.occupywallst.org"?

[-] 1 points by LarryBudMelman (55) from New York, NY 13 years ago

I checked some simple variations and most of them were available. Very strange that "branding" is such a powerful motivator here ....

[-] 0 points by Thrasymaque (-2138) 13 years ago

This domain is owned and operated by Adbusters, a Canadian company. OWS wanted their own domain.

[-] 0 points by Rob (881) 13 years ago

To show the drummers that they could spend 8k if they wanted to.

[-] 0 points by FriendlyObserver (-37) 13 years ago

I threw my pearls in with the pigs

..and got the t-shirt

OWS.org//pig-pen