Does your name – sells it expensive – Swedish Dagbladet

Does your name – sells it expensive – Swedish Dagbladet

– creepy and threatening, says Anna-Klara Bratt.

At the beginning of the year I discovered the Internet Infrastructure Foundation (SE) that many names were registered as .se addresses other than the individuals themselves. Since contacted persons and offered to buy the domain for € 300.

One of those affected was Anna-Klara Bratt, executive editor of the webzine Feminist Perspective.

– It was a threatening call where a man said he believes that someone has bought the site for making an idol side of me. He made clear that it would be more expensive for me if I did not buy it back, she says.

annaklarabratt.se she was met by a picture of a Nazi postcard, which was later removed.

With Journalist Association Research Group did feminist perspective a survey showed that at least 1 800 people, a large proportion of journalists, commentators and feminists had their names bought by the same person. Bratt police reported, but the investigation was closed.

– I’m surprised that the police so quickly put it down, she says.

This week the person again sent out an offer to the affected purchasing address.

The Foundation UK has previously warned that domain rascal keeps track of newly registered companies, and quickly buying up companies names .se addresses, but to systematically buy up large amounts of private persons name seems to be a new phenomenon.

– We can well think all of us that it is dirty and the closest to resemble extortion. But it is the reality and the laws and regulations that apply, says Peter Forsman, domain expert in SE.

It is first come for the registration of domain names. But it is possible to subsequently get the right to address the proceedings. The problem is that it costs a minimum of 4 000, although 2000 is paid back if you get right. Domain Dodger risks nothing – more than the cost of registering the name, normally one hundred.

But when thousands of personal domains registered, these are nevertheless significant efforts of the person behind.

– However, it is estimated home to one in three buys back so it is quite fast at home, says Peter Forsman.