Misinformed Aussie writer yelps ‘Cybersquatters’ over bought domain

An  Australian construction company called BHP Billiton, recently announced the name of its spin-off company – South32.

They could have named the company anything really, after checking for the name being available as a .com, but they opted for this name. The .com was registered in 2012, long before BHP Billiton’s choice of a name was ever conceived.

“Cyber squatters bought the web address for the new South32 business and tried to charge $10 million for it!” squealed the writer of an ill-researched article for the Aussie publication BRW.

The article initially focuses on the Registrar, Australian domain company Fabulous, as if they were the culprit in this case. Quick after, the writer references the owner of the domain that was auctioned off, a company called Kari Bian Film.

Regardless of the method of this acquisition, BHP Billiton stated they are not willing to pay any exuberant fees to acquire the domain South32.com, which is being offered for $1,000,000 dollars on Sedo.

BHP Billiton appears to have secured the domain South32.com.au for this new project instead.

You can read the details of this anti-domainer article right here.

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