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"I don't see too much bitching about land-owners that don't want to sell" Actually, there is, and with similar arguments to the domain name problem, only on a

"I don't see too much bitching about land-owners that don't want to sell" Actually, there is, and with similar arguments to the domain name problem, only on a larger scale. Just imagine you manage some large-scale development project, but there's an old couple sitting in the middle of your projected building site that refuses to sell at any price. It happens a lot more often than you realize. (the large scale developer usually bullies its way in, which is not as easy with domains I guess). One local example to illustrate my point: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=montevideo,+uruguay&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.371738,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Montevideo,+Uruguay&ll=-34.866996,-56.023514&spn=0.001248,0.00284&t=h&z=19 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38... You see the green patch and the house in the lower left of the parking lot? The people there didn't settle with the supermarket owners, so they simply routed the parking lot around it. There are lots of cases of inefficient land use, and land/house owning incurs in much higher fixed costs than U$ 7.

bad_user 16y ago
I meant that nobody disputes the protections of property the constitution of a democratic country gives you. That family that didn't want to sell may be a PITA to deal with, but it's their right, and I would be really offended if some law passed that favors the supermarket. As for taxes for land ... yes, they are much higher, but you get lots of stuff in return, as I've said, public roads, public hospitals, public schools, infrastructure for water / electricity, etc... So raise the tax of owning a domain to $1000 / year. What will that accomplish? Sooner or later all the good domain names will still be taken and we're back to being creative or to putting our money where our mouth is.

bad_user 16y ago

I meant that nobody disputes the protections of property the constitution of a democratic country gives you. That family that didn't want to sell may be a PITA to deal with, but it's their right, and I would be really offended if some law passed that favors the supermarket. As for taxes for land ... yes, they are much higher, but you get lots of stuff in return, as I've said, public roads, public hospitals, public schools, infrastructure for water / electricity, etc... So raise the tax of owning a domain to $1000 / year. What will that accomplish? Sooner or later all the good domain names will still be taken and we're back to being creative or to putting our money where our mouth is.