Re: [ga] SnapNames is now whining to total strangers!

[Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, at 12:59 [=GMT+0100], Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

> The only fair way about expired domain names is to erase them from
> the database altogether, and not provide anybody with details about
> their expiry.

Well, except the registrant perhaps? In any case, the ICANN rules that
bind the registrars force them to put the expiration date in whois.

> If somebody then wants to keep on mining the database,
> and trying to find out if "interesting" domain names (ie. ones that
> could be re-sold at a lucrative price - in other words, domain
> hoarding and speculation) have expired and been deleted, it's up to
> them, but erasing the names will make it pretty hard for them to find out.

Really? Just a matter of checking via cron jobs and seeing patterns.

> Any other way, whether it being some kind of waiting list service,
> or passing them on to some kind of auction service, is yet another
> attempt by the industry that has grafted itself onto making money out
> of domain names, to try and suck more money out of Mr. Joe Average.

Here I agree with you. Not only Joe Average though, but everyone are
held hostage even further by the ICANN domain name cartel, if the WLS is
approved.

> I personally find this to be disgusting. Domain name speculation is
> on-par with cowboy practices. Those endulging in it should be ashamed
> of themselves, because it does nothing for the Internet; the only
> incentive here, is fast cash, or a par with ticket touts. Trouble is,
> ticket touts are illegal, and the Internet is not mature enough to shame
> domain touting, because most actors out there today, are knee-deep
> in it.

This is a silly analysis. If it is an analysis. Domain names are not any
different from other scarce goods. The solution is relieving the scarcity.
Impossible with tickets, not with domain names. Solve the problem at the
root.

> One last point: domain names are not owned by registries/registrars.
> They are merely the maintainers of the database. Too many of them
> seem to think otherwise.

Who does own them?


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