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Re: Emergency! Everyone, please read this.
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:44:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kenneth Wright writes:
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> At this point, I look at a "community purchase" of the site as a form of
> damage control. We have a chance to grab up what was a very useful site to
> LEGO enthusiasts, and make it so once again. It may encourage and reinforce
> this type of internet opportunist behavior at the moment, but if we take
> this as a lesson learned to be more aggressive in protecting our domain
> names, we can keep it from happening again.
I probably shouldn't say this but I will.
I think the idea of donating money to buy back the domain name,
while certainly very thoughtful, would be foolish to execute.
If this were LUGNET itself, to which I have paid a membership
fee and am more than happy to make donations to, the case would
be different. But in this case it is a personal site that was
"owned" by Todd, for his own personal use. If it expired, for
whatever reason, then so be it. That's his business. I've no
real inclination to help fund buying it back for whatever reason.
On top of that I feel that paying $550.00 to buy back a personal
domain name is not smart. It's just a name. There are plenty
of others available for gobs less. While someone may develop
an affection for a particular domain name, in this case I feel
it's just best to let it go, and go start a new one.
If we had to buy back the LUGNET domain for that, only then would
I consider it. But even then, I would question how wise it
is to spend that much money on a name, when a new domain could
be started and that money could be put to better use. Links
can be updated. I'm sure people wouldn't have too much
trouble finding the new home.
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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| (...) I am very glad you said this, and appreciate that you did so in a reasonable and thought-out manner. My original idea was just that... an idea. One that sought a resolution to the problem, and was in no way a perfect solution... and in many (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) You make a very good and valid point. I certainly do not condone how this was done, nor do I want to encourage it, but at the moment there are lots of fibblesnork links on pages and sites across the internet (both forgotten and not) that now (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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