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Today, buying a website domain costs money. But before 1995, what was the standard rule for claiming a dot-com name?

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Today, buying a website domain costs money. But before 1995, what was the standard rule for claiming a dot-com name?

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Today, buying a website domain costs money. But before 1995, what was the standard rule for claiming a dot-com name?
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