Offended - As a Domainer, BY a domainer

[GoPC]

Just browsing through the news and I saw an article about new breakthroughs in Stem Cell Research... called "SOMATIC CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION"

Immediately, I thought, "I bet some squatter has jumped right on that".

Then I though, "No way, that would be a HUGE domain and nobody would EVERY spell it correctly".

But then I thought, "well... I wouldn't put it past them"

So I checked......

The news came out today, 20-Nov-2007

Domain IS registered. When? You guessed it Created on: 20-Nov-07

I hope and pray that I am wrong, because after searching for some things on Google today and finding NOTHING but parked pages and coming to the conclusion that parking, squatting and domaining is truly out of control, I find this... another nail in the coffin.

But it looks as if yet another positive breakthrough for the masses has been gobbled up by a cyber-squatting opportunist looking to extort profit from the masses.

Ho hum....

GoPC

 

[Malaysia]

where is the article? i am interested in stem cells.. can u kindly send me the link ?

 

[homebuyer]

My Two Cents

Plenty of room here for typos.

 

[deet]

darn Squatters

 

[Sam]

Don't be Hypocritical now

 

[geb9696]

I hope this thread is a joke...Otherwise we have a very different view on domaining...Given that the information is just now coming out can you really expect developed sites about this topic? Give it time for the owners to develope their sites. I really do not see a problem with parking domains instead of developing them. It is up to the domainer. Either way a parked page is better then the Cannot find server page.

 

[sashas]

I wouldn't think of this as squatting. Regging typos is squatting, in my opinion. This is simply seizing an opportunity.

If you compare domaining to real estate, then this makes perfect sense. If, suppose, there is news of some major development in a region, say a casino being built in a small town, what would you do if you were a real estate developer/investor? You would obviously try and grab some land in that region, around that town, hoping that the prices will go up in the future.

Thats very similar to whats whoever regged this name did. Grabbing 'land' in an upcoming field in the hope of future profits.

Squatting to me would be regging typos, not this.

 

[VURG]

It wasn't me

 

[Skinny]

I gotta agree with sashas on this one. I really don't see how the person is squatting this domain.

Skinny

 

[stscac]

What would you have done differently as a domainer?

-Steve

 

[Devil_Dog]

I wouldn't think of this as squatting. Regging typos is squatting, in my opinion. This is simply seizing an opportunity.

If you compare domaining to real estate, then this makes perfect sense. If, suppose, there is news of some major development in a region, say a casino being built in a small town, what would you do if you were a real estate developer/investor? You would obviously try and grab some land in that region, around that town, hoping that the prices will go up in the future.

Thats very similar to whats whoever regged this name did. Grabbing 'land' in an upcoming field in the hope of future profits.

Squatting to me would be regging typos, not this.

Word. I'm hoping it is a joke of a thread, as I'm thinking TS, upon finding the domain available upon checking it, probably would have registered it.

 

[$$Domainer]

I wouldn't think of this as squatting. Regging typos is squatting, in my opinion. This is simply seizing an opportunity.

If you compare domaining to real estate, then this makes perfect sense. If, suppose, there is news of some major development in a region, say a casino being built in a small town, what would you do if you were a real estate developer/investor? You would obviously try and grab some land in that region, around that town, hoping that the prices will go up in the future.

Thats very similar to whats whoever regged this name did. Grabbing 'land' in an upcoming field in the hope of future profits.

Squatting to me would be regging typos, not this.

I totally agree. For example, my area of expertise is the United Arab Emirates(UAE). On 10-31-07 one of the most important transportation projects in the UAE was announced, the UAE Railway. After doing 2 trademark checks, guess who regd UAERailway.com on 10-31-07?

 

[godolphin]

Early bird catched the worm :hehe:
BTW, i am not the bird in this case, though i saw GoPC leaving when i was entering.

 

[sashas]

I totally agree. For example, my area of expertise is the United Arab Emirates(UAE). On 10-31-07 one of the most important transportation projects in the UAE was announced, the UAE Railway. After doing 2 trademark checks, guess who regd UAERailway.com on 10-31-07?

lemme guess...you?

 

[Dave_Z]

Maybe I'm blind, but where exactly is the cybersquatting here?

Or is someone trying to, maybe, redefine it?

Then again, even some people seem to have their own definition of squatting,
which no one is compelled to agree with other than the so-called dictionary
definition of such.

 

[npcomplete]

Agree with almost all of the above. My only regret is that I didn't think of it first. No trademarks on name, new technology... do the math. Yeah, maybe not the best name wrt typing.

I hate to sound like a monetization pimp, but I think well monetized parked pages provide a valuable service, and is a legitimate business. So is investing in quality domains, just like real estate, stocks... I just wish I had grabbed the domain so that I could get trashed and defend myself. Been trashed before for some of my investments, so nothing new.

Marc

 

[peaches017]

There's a big difference between this name and VaTechMassacre.com to me. Where do we draw the line between looking ahead and squatting. This is truly looking ahead, finding a generic name in a new field. Was Crooky (Nametrader.com's) purchased Grehlin.com (sp) "squatting" too? No, it was a smart purchase in a potentially huge future market. I see no difference here.

 

[DnEbook]

ok all you people with parked domains ....... hand them back in , no domaining for you!
.... ha ha

 

[hawkeye]

Is there a punchline coming soon??

I am somewhat surprised that GoPC even was offended at this scenerio!! You're no newbie, and know that this is how all domains are now snagged. I wonder how many people have checked their name only to find that name in your inventory and 'being exploited' or 'cybersquatted' on for profit. Your reasoning would apply to every domainer with more than 5 names. ...have a bad day today??

Word. I'm hoping it is a joke of a thread, as I'm thinking TS, upon finding the domain available upon checking it, probably would have registered it.

...Really Go, be honest with us, would you have not registered it if it was open?? And 'I would and then donate it', will not fly.

 

[sashas]

I wonder how many people have checked their name only to find that name in your inventory and 'being exploited' or 'cybersquatted' on for profit.

the .com, .net, and .org of my name are all regged by a big domain investing company :td: