Petition against cybersquatting

[cera]

Received the following from Internetseer, the site monitoring company, today.

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Dear InternetSeer Subscriber:

InternetSeer urges you to sign our online petition to stop domain name parking (also known as Cybersquatting). You can read and sign the petition at YouChoose.net.

What is Cybersquatting?

Did you ever try to get a domain name for your business, only to find that it was already taken - but not being legitimately used. The owner is engaged in cybersquatting! The cybersquatters grab the domain names and often resell them for hundreds, or even thousands of dollars. This practice is rampant and makes it almost impossible for you to get good domain names for legitimate purposes. Sign the Petition to end this practice.

Thank you in advance for taking action.
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Guess I'll be cancelling my free monitoring service with them.

 

[homebuyer]

Lol

That's not cybersquatting. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting for a general understanding of cybersquatting.

 

[accent]

That Wikipedia article was written as a result of a Namepros thread - complaining that "domain speculation" forwarded to "cybersquating", so we are looking in the mirror there. The reactions of many people to the Kevin Ham article where they showed how a guy made millions with parked domains was "Cybersquater taking domains from those who would use them".

Face it, a lot of people, for what they think are idealistic reasons, think domain investing is bad for the internet, akin to ticket scalping. I do not agree, but that is a common perspective.

 

[Dave_Z]

Ah, one of those "this is what I want cybersquatting to be". Just wish they'd
be more accurate in their definition.

But yes, it's bound to stir a hornet's nest. Time to be ready to take action.

 

[Jo]

Ah, one of those "this is what I want cybersquatting to be". Just wish they'd
be more accurate in their definition.

But yes, it's bound to stir a hornet's nest. Time to be ready to take action.

Make a "Petition Against The Petition Against Cybersquatting?"

 

[cera]

Cancelled my InternetSeer account today and sent a lovely note to explain why.
Also posted inquiry to YouChoose.net forum regarding intent of petition.

 

[denny007]

Death to all cybersquatters !

 

[Len]

I believe it's called "Supply and demand". We got it, you want it, you pay for it! In other words that's business. Every business on this planet runs on that model, even Internetseer! Do we complain when the price of gas goes up?...Dead right we do..Can we do anything about it? Nope...unless we give up the car and start walking. If these guys don't like the way things are maybe they should "start walking"!!!

 

[cera]

They've changed the wording of the petition.
What a joke.
Wish I'd taken a snapshot of original.

 

[Mark]

I tried to vote "NO" -

But got errors

 

[Devil_Dog]

DOWN WITH DOMAIN SPECULATION, PARKING AND CYBERSQUATTERS!







oh wait a minute, nevermind.....

 

[TestCase]

InternetSeer urges you to sign our online petition to stop domain name parking (also known as Cybersquatting). You can read and sign the petition at YouChoose.net.

What's kind of funny is that The Wayback Machine (aka Archive.org) seems to show that YouChoose.net may have been pretty much parked from 2003-2006.

Maybe this is why InternetSeer is so upset, they wanted the dn but found they had to pay more than reg fee for it. :hehe:

 

[sf2010]

Revised snippet from youchoose
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We, the undersigned, are concerned about domain name parking abuse and request that ICANN revisit the Anti-Cyberssquatting Consumer Protection Act and the Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act to ensure that a domain names that are parked would be available <u><b> for sale at a price tag that would not be considered extortion</U></b>. We request that ‘Cybersquatting’ issues be discussed, reviewed and formalized this year into a written law to help stop the continuation of domain parking as an extortionist means that cause legitimate businesses to pay high price for the domain name.
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What if I am a domain investor who is NOT interested in reselling and only want residual income via ppc/am (aka Kevin Ham)? Since I am not asking anything from anyone else, wouldn't that exclude me from being an "extortionist"?

 

[cera]

It's really cool that you can form a petition on YouChoose.net and after getting a bunch of signatures / votes you can change the wording of the petition and all previous votes are still valid.

I created a petition called "A test petition" and have made edits to wording. Wonder how long that'll be up.

 

[Len]

I visited Youchoose and tried to vote against the petition this is what I got!!

OOPS!
The page was not found or the action has caused an error.

An error log has already been sent to a YouChoose support team member to be reviewed.

At this time, please try one of the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly
Open the www.youchoose.net home page and look for links to the information you want
Use the Search box to find the information you are looking for on the YouChoose site.
Click the Back button to try again as it may have been a temporary error.

Just shows how phoney this is as there is nothing to show how many voted against it. Only those that voted for! What a load of B/S!!

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I saw the same email earlier today and also tried to vote against the petition and got the error.

Whoever started it must have a pretty broad view of cybersquatting.

 

[Mark]

We really need to start Screaming out loud about these Jokers .... InternetSeer and Youchoose are running a one sided Petition here. It's taken as a joke by most of us - But I don't have to tell you all how many Politicians and "Powers that Be" types out there have no idea what is really happening online.
They may actually listen to these IDIOTS ~

Link where you can ONLY vote yes to stop parking :
http://www.youchoose.net/pledge/stop_domain_name_parking_and_cybersquatting

Another article Posted elsewhere - Really just an ad for Whypark with NO MERIT :
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=20983

Some of the dumbest remarks I've ever seen.

 

[verbster]

I registered on youchoose, and it allowed me to vote in opposition.

 

[StoneRoses]

We really need to start Screaming out loud about these Jokers .... InternetSeer and Youchoose are running a one sided Petition here. It's taken as a joke by most of us - But I don't have to tell you all how many Politicians and "Powers that Be" types out there have no idea what is really happening online.
They may actually listen to these IDIOTS ~

Some of the dumbest remarks I've ever seen.

Absoloutely right, these idiots run a vote where you can only vote yes and will expect the results to be taken seriously, no doubt there will be no mention of the fact you couldn't vote no when they are shouting to everyone who will listen that the results are overwhelming.

If anyone has any ideas to counteract these types of ridiculous,ill informed statements ,count me in.

For the record , i tried voting no and got the same error page

 

[briman1970]

For the record , i tried voting no and got the same error page

You definitely have to register to have your opposition vote count. I reduced the petition count by 1 with my vote!

Here's the link. The "Register" link is at the top right of the page. It's fairly painless. Everyone go for it! Let's see if we can get the vote down to zero... or maybe even a negative number!!! Screw these idiots! :yell: