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

["Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl@gih.com>]

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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