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Hell, no. If you have a car just sitting in your garage, should you have to surrender it to the DMV (department of motor vehicles)? I've purchased many domains
by rman666 15y ago
Hell, no. If you have a car just sitting in your garage, should you have to surrender it to the DMV (department of motor vehicles)? I've purchased many domains that I planned to use; but plans don't always work out. That doesn't mean I should have to surrender my assets. Yes, I'm frustrated when a domain I want is taken and I visit the site only to see a "search page". But that's the owner's option. Maybe all those dormant projects on SourceForge should have to give up their project names, too?
- kls 15y agoRight I agree, this gets into the who fairness and equality debate, where everyone has a definition of fair and equal. The fact is, the people that purchased those domains played by the rules. Sure speculation can seem like a free ride and it is not that sexy but people should not be begrudged for getting lucky especially if they did so via a little foresight.