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> Would it not be better if those domains were used for a genuine purpose? I own (as many others do) a vacation home. Wouldn't it be better if that home was us
by gist 7y ago
> Would it not be better if those domains were used for a genuine purpose?
I own (as many others do) a vacation home. Wouldn't it be better if that home was used by someone who was homeless and needed a place to live? Why should I have enough money to keep a home empty? (Why? Because you earn money and then you can buy things that others can't, that's why it's capitalism and the way it is here).
And who is talking about .eu anyway? I am not and the domain in question is not a .eu domain either.
With .com the only thing that you can't do is very carefully defined by the UDRP process and there is further an entire industry devoted (like there is with real estate) to buying and selling domains that don't run afoul of those rules.
You are barking up the wrong tree here honestly starting with the feeling you have that the wrong thing is happening here. It's not.
And 'DNS' was not 'made to serve society' and even if it was (by some stretch) that would not prevent something else that is lawful or legitimate from happening with a registered domain name.
- komali2 7y ago> Wouldn't it be better if that home was used by someone who was homeless and needed a place to live? Yes. > Why should I have enough money to keep a home empty? Because the system worked for you. It doesn't for everyone - and let's not pretend hard work correlates to the system working for someone. > that's why it's capitalism and the way it is here Nobody is denying that, but your OP is arguing that that system is immoral. I happen to agree. > And 'DNS' was not 'made to serve society' If it doesn't serve society, who does it serve? > that would not prevent something else that is lawful or legitimate We can decide what is lawful or legitimate, that's kind of the point. "But law" as an argument doesn't work. We can change the laws to reflect our values.