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Originally Posted by dwrixon For these very reasons a speculator could not outbid an end-user, so justice would generally be done!
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Dave Wrixon |
You are definitely on the wrong forum. Domainers, for the most part, are small businesses or individuals that have started out with very little, often, nothing other than having the foresight to register a good domain name. They are speculators, entrepreneurs, developers, risk takers all wrapped into one, but that is not a crime and speculation is certainly not a crime.
The very fact that the .com name space was such a huge success and allowed many individuals to start internet based businesses was the principle of first come, first served basis registration.
Your theory that justice is served when the highest bidder gets the domain is ridiculous. What we would see in that instance is a few large companies or very high net individuals owning the majority of the namespace in .eu.
What should have happened is what did happen with .com. The only difference is that the level of awareness is extremely high regarding domains today then it was back in the .com name space of the early nineties.
Eurid, being a registry, should have formulated a central database for all names requested from all registrars. Where there was more than one request for a domain a lottery should have been held. Every request should have a 1 year paid up subscription with their respective registrar that would cover the registry fees.
Any instance of trademark squatting could be dealth with on a case by case basis thru arbitration.