domains At what point does it become ok to own a reported stolen domain name?

[equity78]

There is quite the discussion going on at Namepros with regards to a domain name that was first reported stolen in 2007. Provenance is important in things like art and domain names. In an interview with Giuseppe Graziano, Nat Cohen was asked the following? What do you think needs to happen for the domain industry to outgrow its current status and for domains to become a widely held … [Read more...]

 

[CraigD]

Getting back art stolen by the Nazi’s has gone on for decades.

Some of the issues have to do with the ongoing black market trade of stolen private collections. If there was no public or legal register of the original owner, it becomes harder to trace the rightful inheritor when the artwork does emerge from the black market.