How to Get a Stolen Domain Name Back

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In the United States, if I personally sell you stolen goods, then the owner of those stolen goods can get them back. Under ordinary sales principles in the U.S., under Uniform Commercial Code enacted in every state title, you obtain valid title when you buy goods from an established dealer and they're not the goods. It's really, it can be jurisdictionally dependent and it can be dependent on a lot of individual factors. And my understanding is that like if you are, you know, you go through escrow.com, who is a California escrow provider, let's say you even live in California and you buy this domain name... You sincerely have no clear understanding that this is

As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive monthly podcast - with some domains stuff thrown into the mix for good measure. In this episode, co-hosts JT and Jen Sale are joined by leading domain attorney John Berryhill along with Drew and Ammar to talk about some additional legal issues related to domains with a lot of discussion about Whois privacy, parking domains, stolen domains, some issues at Epik.com, and a whole lot more! So, tune in and jump down the rabbit hole with the Rabbit Hole Gang!