Comments on: Client-chasing dot-orgs http://overlawyered.com/2008/03/client-chasing-dot-orgs/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Schwartz http://overlawyered.com/2008/03/client-chasing-dot-orgs/comment-page-1/#comment-11382 David Schwartz Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:18:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6025#comment-11382 While .org was once reserved for non-profit organizations, it is not a gTLD (generic top level domain) just like .com and .net. Anyone can get a .org domain for any reason. Basically, non-profits need to get a .com domain anyway to protect their name and prevent people looking for them from finding other companies. So it didn't seem fair to prohibit the same protection for for-profit organizations. While .org was once reserved for non-profit organizations, it is not a gTLD (generic top level domain) just like .com and .net. Anyone can get a .org domain for any reason.

Basically, non-profits need to get a .com domain anyway to protect their name and prevent people looking for them from finding other companies. So it didn’t seem fair to prohibit the same protection for for-profit organizations.

]]> By: AZFlyer http://overlawyered.com/2008/03/client-chasing-dot-orgs/comment-page-1/#comment-11381 AZFlyer Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:13:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6025#comment-11381 "And what's with the law firms' having managed to secure dot-org domains for these ventures, just as if they were nonprofit or something?" Pretty much anyone can get a .org domain. It is recommended that .org be used for non-profit organizations, but no one actually enforces it. Replace the .com with .org on most large corporate sites and you'll get the same company (i.e. www.microsoft.org). “And what’s with the law firms’ having managed to secure dot-org domains for these ventures, just as if they were nonprofit or something?”

Pretty much anyone can get a .org domain. It is recommended that .org be used for non-profit organizations, but no one actually enforces it. Replace the .com with .org on most large corporate sites and you’ll get the same company (i.e. http://www.microsoft.org).

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