[Scspamcop] Re: OT Domain Name Front Running

[Twayne aka Pop]

Bar0 <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote:
> "N. Miller" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:evk6qyuv9i8b$.dlg at nobody.spamcop.net...
>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:27:44 +0000 (UTC), Robert Blair from SpamCop
>> wrote:
>>> In fact now days if you do any searches for domain names to register
>>> you need to register them immediately before they get hijacked, I
>>> have seen reports of domain names being hijacked within two minutes
>>> of a search.
>>
>> You can't "hijack" something which hasn't, yet, been claimed.
>> However, your
>> point is clear; don't search for a domain unless you actually intend
>> to purchase it on the spot. Domain squatters exist who will try to
>> grab it out
>> from under you in hopes of selling it to you at a profit to them.
>>
>> I once saw the '.com' version of my domain get snatched, and held
>> briefly by
>> a domain squatter. Because I have no intent to buy the '.com'
>> version of my
>> '.net' domain, I never bothered to contact the squatter. It appears
>> to be available again, so those squatters don't hold on to them
>> forever, just long
>> enough to see if their speculation pans out.
>>
>> --
>> Norman
>> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
>> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
>
> And now Domain Tasting allows the squatter to obtain the name for
> several days without payment.
>
> ICANN is so smart.

Huh; I was just about to ask how they could accomplish that without 
having paid for it.  Sounds like they made a "fantastic" decision at 
ICANN.  Hey, wonder if I could make a buck or two that way?  I don't 
recall it being against the tos or aup<g>.  Nahh, I'd probably pick out 
the one person wanting the name that would murder me to get it.  Guess 
not.