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This story represents everything that’s wrong with domains. On one hand, you have someone with absolutely no use for the the name holding out against an entity
by ecf 6y ago
This story represents everything that’s wrong with domains.
On one hand, you have someone with absolutely no use for the the name holding out against an entity that everyone in the world would assume has ownership of it.
On the other hand, you have a company that tried to strong arm the small domain owner in court.
- markdown 6y ago> On one hand, you have someone with absolutely no use for the the name No use for the name? He bought it because he had a use for it, and used it till the day he died. There are many other examples you could have used, but not this one. He was not a squatter.
- sokoloff 6y ago> On one hand, you have someone with absolutely no use for the the name How sure are you that they have absolutely no use for the name? If he gets his email and runs family email accounts at name@nissan.com, that's a valid use for the domain, IMO.
- twodave 6y agoNo use for the name? It’s his own last name and he ran a computer consultancy from the website. It wasn’t until Nissan began targeting him that he turned it towards activism, which one might argue is of even greater use.
- alasdair_ 6y agoHis company still sells services to people. It was registered in 1994. Trying to re-do 26 years of configurations and email addresses sounds like a pain in the ass. I'm sure he (or his family) still gets email there. Just because someone wants something more doesn't mean they should automatically get it.