How did it happen when .info , .biz etc' were introduced?

exactly

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.info had a 2 phase period = "sunrise" and "landurush" ( correct me if i am wrong )

don't remember the exact details, fact is, that during the sunrise period trademark holders had the right to submit their applications for the particular .info names, and then - if there were no trademark owners, it was basically a lottery between everyone who submitted applications during landrush ( some registrars were making an auction for that, it was quite complicated )

anyway, the sunrise period sucked, since it was AUTOMATED, so ppl submitted bogus trademark claims and some of them were actually pretty funny, like people claiming to having a trademark in south africa for "bigcocks" and then putting as their company "george bush, white house etc" ( or was it still Bill Clinton back then"? )

anyway, i complained to Affilias ( the .info registry ) and ICANN but obviously noone cared

the good thing is that i didnt have a chance to get all the good mainstream names that i wanted, like impotence.info, casino.info, music.info, so i ended up with 2 shitty adult names, noone wanted to buy them, so i started reading about the adult biz and here i am

interesting story...

how about a .shop domain

i think you can register them at new.net

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