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===Races.com=== | ===Races.com=== | ||
Another controversial domain name was | Another controversial domain name was races.com, which was bought for thousands of dollars by MBA student John McLanahan. Network Solutions inadvertently bungled the transfer of races.com and put it on the available list. SportWorld Ltd, a domain name speculator registered the domain name through Register.com, a competing registrar. SportWorld Ltd. turned around advertised races.com for $500,000.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/32974 Races.com]</ref> | ||
==Overcrowding of .Com Domain Space== | ==Overcrowding of .Com Domain Space== | ||