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Why are websites not treated like property?
04-27-2014, 11:57 PM
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Why are websites not treated like property?
Why do you have to rent a domain from some company like go-daddy as opposed to outright buying it, and why do those companies even have the authority to rent out domains?
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04-28-2014, 12:06 AM
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Managing the domain name system costs money, which is why you have to pay for it.
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04-28-2014, 12:13 AM
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These companies are authorized by the W3C, which is a nonprofit that monitors the sale and purchase of web domains.
http://www.w3.org/
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