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Slipknot Sues to Reclaim Slipknot.com From Bootlegging Cyber-Squatter

Slipknot alleges counterfeit merchandise ads on slipknot.com have misled fans and hurt official sales for over 20 years under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

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Slipknot says a cyber-squatter has been using the URL slipknot.com to advertise counterfeit merchandise for more than two decades — and the heavy metal band is now waging a legal battle in pursuit of the domain name. A federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday (Oct. 15) alleges that an anonymous web operator has held the domain slipknot.com since 2001. Unable to use this domain for Slipknot’s official website, the famously masked metal band hosts its…

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Billboard broke the news in United States on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
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