Shows Some Domain Name Wizardry — Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling just released the name of the last Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, and also registered many of the relevant domain names.
If there’s anything J.K. Rowling and her legal team hasn’t been regarding domain names, it’s proactive. Combined with Time Warner, Rowling has filed a number of disputes for domain names that include the “Harry Potter” name in them. Finally, as she introduced the title of the last book in the series, Rowling’s literary agency took the proactive step of registering domains related to the title ahead of squatters could jump in.
The title of the book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Rowling’s literary agency snapped up HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows.com and virtually all other major extensions counting .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, and .co.uk. Interestingly, Warner Bros (Time Warner firm that owns rights to all Harry Potter books and movies) registered the .de (Germany version) instead of Rowling’s literary agency. This is likely since the literary agency, Christopher Little Literary Agency, doesn’t have a business establishment in Germany. A connection to Germany is required to register .de domains, the most popular country code domain.
The literary agency also registered other domains, such as multiple extensions of DeathlyHallows.com. But apparently the wizardry stops there. Squatters were able to pick up a number of probable typos to “Deathly Hallows”, counting multiple extensions of DeathlyHollows.com and DeathyHallows.com.
