Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Sullivan
not to mention that if you do let one expire real people who would use the domain likely cant get them as they are scooped up automatically by the registrars themselves or through a deal with a 3rd party company. i let some domains slip recently i was procrastinating and wasnt motivated to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-11 Thread randulo
On 7/11/07, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not to mention that if you do let one expire real people who would use the domain likely cant get them as they are scooped up automatically by the registrars themselves or through a deal with a 3rd party company. Yeah, this is totally

[videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread Steve Watkins
It could be done on a much bigger scale than someone reading this list. Maybe some people are targetting all blogspot addresses for example, monitoring all new account names and getting the equivalent url's. On a seperate but vaguely related note, one of the reasons so many web 2 companies have

[videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread Frank Sinton
Domain names is a big business. There are a handful of companies that this is their only business, in fact. It is basically treated like real estate. Someone has bought meefedia.com, meefeedia.com, mefedia.com (i wouldn't suggest going to any of these unless you like pop-ups and pop-unders).

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread Mike Meiser
Trademarking is an interesting topic that hasn't been discussed here very much. Has anyone trademarked their vlog name? And yes... other than registering your alternative domains early .net, .org and mispellings alike trademarking is the only other defense. Peace, -Mike On 7/10/07, Frank

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread Stephanie Bryant
On 7/10/07, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd suggest anyone that has a vlog to trademark their names immediately. Anyone know of any good resources to do this easily and cheaply? I do a videoblog for an IP lawyer. He says it's about $350 to file the paperwork, and about $2000 to get

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread randulo
On 7/10/07, Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do a videoblog for an IP lawyer. He says it's about $350 to file the paperwork, and about $2000 to get the attorney to do the legwork/trademark search, which is needed before you file. Only you can decide if it's worth it to you. This is