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Here is a "top story" that caught my attention. I tried to see if someone already posted it but couldn't find anything. My apologies if this is a duplicate.
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others. Within hours of the rampage, the Phoenix man began buying dozens of domain names -- CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com -- in the hopes of selling them later to the highest bidder.
McChesney, 48, said he saw it as an opportunity to show his contempt for firearms by featuring anti-gun content on the domains he is selling.
He also saw it as an opportunity to cash in.
"Everyone is profiting off of this," McChesney said. "I'm not hurting anyone."
Domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up almost immediately by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers. The cost of registering such domains is generally less than $10 -- but some are now being auctioned off for thousands.
read whole story here:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/domain_name_070509/20070509?hub=SciTechhttp://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/domain_name_070509/20070509?hub=SciTech
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others. Within hours of the rampage, the Phoenix man began buying dozens of domain names -- CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com -- in the hopes of selling them later to the highest bidder.
McChesney, 48, said he saw it as an opportunity to show his contempt for firearms by featuring anti-gun content on the domains he is selling.
He also saw it as an opportunity to cash in.
"Everyone is profiting off of this," McChesney said. "I'm not hurting anyone."
Domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up almost immediately by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers. The cost of registering such domains is generally less than $10 -- but some are now being auctioned off for thousands.
read whole story here:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/domain_name_070509/20070509?hub=SciTechhttp://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/domain_name_070509/20070509?hub=SciTech
