[talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

Grant Slater openstreetmap at firefishy.com
Fri Mar 21 10:29:48 UTC 2014


On 20 March 2014 21:56, David Bannon <dbannon at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> Grant, are you suggesting the domain is being held in a cyber squatting
> mode ? That Michael is holding it with the intention of making a profit
> from it ?
>

The domain is used to catch openstreetmap typos. Many newbies
mistakenly believe the project called "openstreetmapS"

The openstreetmapS.com domain serves advertising and paid redirects.
Some with questionable content. Money is being made by exploiting our
project's name.

/ Grant



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