Can 2 people legally own a domain?

Can 2 different people own a single domain considering the domain is going to be registered under one name. What legal contracts do you have to go through? What is the process? I live in Canada btw ^^

 

Though I don't have a proper idea about this but I too planning for the same with my partner. But my general perception is that better form a company. Make a partnership deal so that all the partners are abide by all the rules and purchase a domain in the name of the company.

Any new suggestion is heartily welcome. I am on the same boat as matthew898

 

A vote for BBA's suggestion. You can try to make a legally binding agreement with the other private person, but I think a better solution is that both of you own the domain through a joint company ( no, not that kind of joint )

Apparently, there are actors alleging that they have solved the discussed issue of shared domain ownership, simply by taking ownership themselves, see e.g. http://www.sitepie.com

 

I agree, if more than one person "owns" a domain then the domain should be purchased and registered by a company which the partners are listed as company's officials

 

Not the company's officials, but the company shareholders

 

Have a partnership agreement- serach partnership agreement online and tailor it to your needs.

 

Start a company together and have the company own the domain.

 

Partnership agreement ! There's many ways to do it !

 

To register a domain name unable to put the name of two person . Domain registrar do not accept it. Because no matter who request the change of the domain, they need to get the approval by the main person who register this domain . Without the main person there, domain name would not take any changes even you are the CEO of the company to change your own company domain name also unable to do that unless the domain do changed to the CEO.
So think properly who will be the one get the domain name.

 

I agree, if more than one person "owns" a domain then the domain should be purchased and registered by a company which the partners are listed as company's officials

 

2 people cannot own a single domain but one can have the Domain Registered but the other can have Rights to eaccess just like on Namecheap you can give permission to third person for making changes.

 

can't you write out a contract, have it read and signed in front of witness, who then signs it as well ?

 

Yes very easily. You set up a partnership or an LLC, and the domain is owned by the partnership or LLC rather than a single individual.

 

Only as a registered company, partnership can you co-own a domain name as an asset of the company.