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Re: Dogs don't chase parked cars
I noticed that all those defending this domain name hijacking were anonymous posters. They are probably in the business of squatting on these names hoping to blackmail someone with an idea and web site that can actually be developed. There should be a rule that if a name is not turned in to a legitimate site within 1 year, that every domain name wholesaler be prohibited from re-registering it.
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| There is a blog entry from the CEO of easydns on the subject of domain trading:
»mark.jeftovic.net/archives/99-An···are.html
I respect Mark and can see his point.
My issue isn't domain name hijacking - that is a whole other subject that we've had to pay lawyers a lot of $$$s to deal with, and it isn't even dealt with yet! More just the whole business of domain name banks and reselling smells off to me. It smells like scalping. |
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| said by justin  :My issue isn't domain name hijacking - that is a whole other subject that we've had to pay lawyers a lot of $$$s to deal with, and it isn't even dealt with yet! More just the whole business of domain name banks and reselling smells off to me. It smells like scalping. I'd agree that it does feel like scalping, since I've tried (unsuccessfully) to get a variety of domain names in a myriad of suffixes, with no success. (Virtually every domain in .us is registered, I think)
On the other hand, while it bothers me, it's basically the same "bother" as driving by a nice tract of land every day on the way to work, and wishing I owned it. I didn't get there first, or have the capital to invest, or any other of a number of reasons; any way the salami is sliced, I don't own that land, and I'm jealous. Same with domain names. I'd love to have the three letter "variant" of a domain I already own, but there's no chance of that. Therefore, I'm jealous of the current owner, and it torques me off that he's willing to "sell" me the domain at a price higher than I can either justify (a.k.a. the wife factor) or afford ($10,000 for a database entry?!).
Such is life, I suppose.
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said by TKJunkMail :defending this domain name hijacking Define domain name hijacking.
In the domain registrar business, it's generally accepted as one where a paid
domain name has been forcefully and wrongfully taken by a 3rd party without
its registered name holder's knowledge and consent. Where's the hijacking in
this discussion? |
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