Re: [ga] Critics say VeriSign still has...a scalper's license

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello gavin,

Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 10:53:44 PM, gavin.stokes@autodesk.com wrote:

> "Probably because he works for a company that has felt some obligation
> to own corresponding domain names for every single term and word they
> use in business, and since they were not the first to think of the
> domain name using those words, have had to purchase those domains at a
> premium."

> I couldn't care less about the domains that my employer registers, and neither could most of the other 3000 people who work here.  It also wouldn't cost me a dime if they bought a domain name from
> someone.  This case confirms the "nearly" in your "every time" assertion.

> You know, ticket scalping is illegal.  Why's that?  Someone made a
> strong enough argument to get that law passed in many
> municipalities, and you can make a similar one here.

Actually it's not.

It's only illegal on the day of the event outside the event in those
cities or states.

It is NOT illegal to buy the tickets and sell them elsewhere for
vastly more than you paid for them.

There are some websites making some nice money doing just that.

-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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