From Domain Policy: >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:32:39 -0400 >To: Ron Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Jay Fenello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Pre-emptive Registrations >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >At 11:26 PM 10/11/00, Ron Bennett wrote: >>Another possibility which is *NOT* related to >>anything I posted above is that some domain >>registration services SELL/DISTRIBUTE their >>user logs to third parties and/or use their logs >>in unethical ways. >> >>So for example, a person checks a domain that's >>*never* been registered and sees that it's >>available, but they decide to wait until later to >>actually register it. In the meantime that >>particular registration service may for example >>sell their user logs to domain speculators. The >>domain speculators will then examine those >>logs and from that information may register >>domains that people had merely checked for >>availability but didn't actually register yet for >>whatever reason. > > >Bingo! > >Thanks Ron. > >Jay. +++ Jay Fenello, New Media Strategies ------------------------------------ http://www.fenello.com 678-585-9765 Aligning with Purpose(sm) ... for a Better World -------------------------------------------------------- "We are witness to the emergence of an epic struggle between corporate globalization and popular democracy." http://cyberjournal.org/cj/korten/korten_feasta.shtml -- David Korten
