Failed plot to steal domain name at gunpoint brings 14-year prison term

[erek]

Stealing is lame.

"An Iowa man who plotted to steal an Internet domain name at gunpoint was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison yesterday.

Rossi Lorathio Adams II, a former Iowa State University student who ran a social-media platform featuring "images and videos of young adults engaged in crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity," repeatedly tried to buy the "doitforstate.com" domain name from a resident of Cedar Rapids. But Adams refused to pay the domain-name owner's $20,000 asking price—and then things got weird."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

 

[The Mad Atheist]

And people say Florida Man is crazy.....
Is the holder a domain squatter? Those are the type of people you need to take domains from!

 

[Kardonxt]

Is the holder a domain squatter? Those are the type of people you need to take domains from!

Loads to essentially an under construction site with a cpanel link. Probably not a professional squatter at least.

 

[KarsusTG]

This guy is an idiot. That being said, I feel domain squatters should be shot on site. It's basically scalping legally.

 

[alxlwson]

This guy is an idiot. That being said, I feel domain squatters should be shot on site. It's basically scalping legally.

Scalping is legal.

 

[viivo]

Scalping is legal.

Tell that to the cop who confiscated my tomahawk.

 

[HAL_404]

yea, sure, just shoot everyone and anyone ... as long as it's not YOU