Michael Jackson domain name what the &#@^ is wrong with these people!?

[john_karr]

Hello I'm watching CNN live, LA times confirm MJ is Dead CNN has not confirm it yet. So I go to check to see if any of these cybersnakes idiots register MJ domain name and I can not believe it MichaelJacksondied.com and Michaeljacksondies.com is registered. What the hell is wrong with these people this just PISS me off these people are not Human. Some people do anything to make a dollar! SICK!

 

[danBoT]

IMO. why can a news paper make money on tragic events?

 

[Archangel]

if you died and people buy your names wont you feel honored or something or at least your family? i wont give a sh*t if they make millions out of it.. :P maybe the company who runs the record label do.

Sure I'd want stragers making money off my death. Yeah

 

[NPQueen]

I know that these conversations come up every time there is a tragedy, please just remember the NP rules. No name calling is necessary. If you feel that you can not state your opinion without swearing or calling names, then please refrain from posting until you can.

There are millions of people who are on both sides of this topic as well as how they feel about the death of MJ. In death please always remember that some where there is someone who loved them and that they are hurting right now. Respect is key.

 

[Archangel]

lol whats so moral about calling someone an asshole for giving their thoughts?! and you say you have "morals"?

I call 'em as I see 'em

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I know that these conversations come up every time there is a tragedy, please just remember the NP rules. No name calling is necessary. If you feel that you can not state your opinion without swearing or calling names, then please refrain from posting until you can.

There are millions of people who are on both sides of this topic as well as how they feel about the death of MJ. In death please always remember that some where there is someone who loved them and that they are hurting right now. Respect is key.

Exactly. I'll refrain from my 'asshole' comments. EGO (everyone's got opnions)

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IMO. why can a news paper make money on tragic events?

One more asshole comment: A lotta ppl see them as assholes too. But then again, they WORK for the money. Ya think a reporter will hang around a deadly battlezone in Iraq for recreation?

 

[danBoT]

Randy don't you dare call me an "asshole" if you cant respect other people then don't bother posting at all there is a way of posting on this forum with out using vulgarity. I know its you opinion but it can really insult people trying to give their input into the conversation.

 

[CrackFeed.Com]

Screw WackoJacko, poor Farrah!

Though,back in the day, he was a bad *** mamma jamma! Most of y'all are too young to know the power of the moon walk. LOL

 

[Archangel]

Randy don't you dare call me an "asshole" if you cant respect other people then don't bother posting at all there is a way of posting on this forum with out using vulgarity. I know its you opinion but it can really insult people trying to give their input into the conversation.

I wasn't

 

[dotker]

please guys lets all be mature and professional here if we really are atleast try to show some.

 

[tkstark]

Yep and then we ask ourselves why the general public and corporations have such a negative view of domainers... It's because of idiots like this.

actually, i believe the general public and corporations have a negative view of domainers because what we do - most of us - is morally indefensible on its face. the difference between those death vultures and most of the rest of us is a matter of degrees.

nobody who reads the news each day hoping to be the first domainer to catch wind of the latest invention or trend has any right to complain about anybody capitalizing on a death. we all have lines we will not cross. some draw their lines lower than others. but there's always somebody who draws his line higher than your's. it's all relative.

i think the average person gets a low opinion of domainers the minute he tries to register the perfect name and learns some domainer is sitting on it and will only give it up for big bucks. that average person says the same thing about domainers that some of us today are saying about the obituary vultures. people say these things about all of us countless times each day, and they say these things not because one of us registered michaeljacksonisdead.com - the average person couldn't care less - but because one of us registered the name they had wanted for their website.

with few exceptions, domaining is an industry of hoarders and vultures. we swoop up domain names solely for the purpose of making money off people who may need that name for his or her website. that's reason enough to create hatred in people. we live in a moral gray zone.

to act as if it's nobler to register TodaysBigInvention.com than it is to register TodaysBigDeath.com is either an exercise in hypocrisy or willful blindness.

 

[Domainace]

IMO. why can a news paper make money on tragic events?

If I may step in between the mud slinging for a moment, this is one argument that comes up a lot in defense of this stuff.

Newspapers, even gossip rags like most have them have become, provide value. They report news that people want to hear. Personally, I think an awful lot of reporters and newspapers are mainly parasitic garbage, but that's another story. Theoretically, at least, they provide a service.

The person regging a domain like this, though, is simply parasitic. Such a person can't even pretend to be providing any real value or service. That's the difference.

Why do we care, then?
As Reece said, all domainers are tarnished by this behavior. It makes it much more difficult for our industry to grow, thrive and get respect.

Worse yet...it's not as though the MJisDead.com guy makes any real money. I mean, I would be more understanding if someone sold their integrity and tarnished an industry for a big chunk of money.

All the real profits in domaining will come from serious business, and this behavior just makes it more difficult to get those profits. It's very short-term.

TKstark...that's a good post. But there still remains this: One person is taking advantage of another's tragedy for personal gain.

 

[Archangel]

please guys lets all be mature and professional here if we really are atleast try to show some.

Yes.
Apologies if my posts sounded stern. That wasn't my intention. It was brought up -- why this practice is so frowned upon. It's a touchy subject but as Rachel pointed out this arguement pops up everytime tragedy hits. I dunno why anyone argues over this (me included) but it draws the ire of many investors.

 

[James]

I don't see why you all bitch about it.

It's going to happen, get over it. EVERYONE is looking for a quick way to make a buck, something like this isn't going to stop someone. The amount of times these threads are made is stupid, you all waste time saying it's immoral and disgusting, yet you actually give it attention.

Get over it, not all of us want to work a 9 till 5.

 

[dasi485]

even misspelled domains have all been registered. michealjacksondead.net, michealjacksondead.org

 

[tkstark]

completely unrelated, but james where'd you get your avatar? from the headband, the shoulder strap, the dark hair and beard, it looks like hercules as reimagined in the 1970s for 'the mighty thor' comic books. but that's clearly a modern drawing of a smiley contemporary fellow. i'm just curious.

 

[JayJay]

lol you guys are funny, so many LARGER atrocities going on right now and you guys are worried about a few domain names

 

[danBoT]

I don't see why you all bitch about it.

It's going to happen, get over it. EVERYONE is looking for a quick way to make a buck, something like this isn't going to stop someone. The amount of times these threads are made is stupid, you all waste time saying it's immoral and disgusting, yet you actually give it attention.

Get over it, not all of us want to work a 9 till 5.

James your my hero ahah and i agree with you 100%

 

[steveteva]

I was just minutes to reg Michaeljackson.la to build a website in memories as was available then I think twice and finally for respect to Michael I didn't reg it because I know how it's hard when someone dies and if one of your family died, I suppose it wouldn't be respectable to reg his name to make money or else. So I'm happy that I didn't reg that even if someone did reg few hours after.

 

[GreenGambler]

This is nothing unexpected.

People dont always practice good ethiics or have the same morals you do. I agree with you, it's usually tasteless depending on the circustances and event. That's why I don't register these types of names. But I don't bash those who do either. It is what it is.

 

[James]

completely unrelated, but james where'd you get your avatar? from the headband, the shoulder strap, the dark hair and beard, it looks like hercules as reimagined in the 1970s for 'the mighty thor' comic books. but that's clearly a modern drawing of a smiley contemporary fellow. i'm just curious.

Common phrase we used between friends and then I found the image in google images.

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James your my hero ahah and i agree with you 100%

Thanks danbag.

 

[dasi485]

I don't think there is anything wrong with creating a tribute website to MJ even if financial gain is the motivating factor as long as it shows no disrespect to him and his family.

Love u MJ RIP