To Zach

[investica2008]

THANKS ZACH,
I ALWAYS ENJOY READING YOUR NEWSLETTERS. BUT THIS LAST ONE WAS THE BEST! "DOMAIN SNATCHING"! AS INVESTICA2008, I RECENTLY BROUGHT THIS SUBJECT FORWARD IN THE LOUNGE, WITH A THREAD UNTITLED "WHO WOULD KNOW?".IT SEEMS THAT DOMAIN SNATCHING IS NOT "NEWS", BUT AS A NEW DOMAINER IT WAS MY FIRST WELL LEARNT LESSON. IT SEEMED OBVIOUS TO ME AT FIRST GLANCE THAT REGISTRARS ARE PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND NOT GOVERMENT RUN, LIKE THE U.S. TRADEMARK/PATENT OFFICE, ALTHOUGH THEY SOMEHOW PLAY THE SAME ROLE WHEN "SECURING" YOUR DOMAIN REGISTRATION. THUS SECURING THE INTERNET "FIRST COPYRIGHT" OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME. THE INTERNET BUSINESS IS BIG BUSINESS. AND LIKE IN ANY OTHER BIG BUSINESS, THERE ARE THIEFTS AND SPIES AND CROOKS AROUND EVERY CORNER OF IT! THAT TOO IS NOT "NEWS". AFTER 3 WEEKS NOW BEING A "NEW DOMAINER", I CAN SEE THAT NOT "TOO MANY" DOMAINERS ARE MAKING MONEY, COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF DOMAINS REGISTRED. OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, THE DOMAIN REGISTRATION MARKET MOSTLY APPEARS TO BE ONLY A "VANITY MARKET". YES! DOT NAMES ARE MAKING MONEY. AND YES, SOME OF THOSE DOT NAMES RESELL FOR MILLIONS ON THE AFTERMARKET. SO EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO FIND THAT GOLDEN NUGGET DOT . NAME, INCLUDING ME. I WOULD CALL IT "THE INTERNET DOT GOLD RUSH". AT THE END, AND AS A RETIRED LINGUIST, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT NOT THE $1MILLION WORD THAT WILL MAKE YOU RICH, BUT THE WAY YOU USE IT.

LET'S ALL BE "DOT.WISE" FIRST!
:whistle:

INVESTICA2008@DOMAINSOCIAL