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  • jawanda
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2003
    • 6040

    #1

    Ethical Question: "Cyber Squatting" ...

    Let's say, hypothetically, that you registered some typo domains of established (mainstream) websites.

    Let's say that those domains together bring in about 2-4k uniques per month.

    Let's say that you have felt bad about it all along, and therefore never capitolized off of the traffic in anyway, shape, or form (say you just have them going to a blank page in order to gather stats)... and you'd really just like to get rid of them at this point.

    Would you contact the owners of the established sites and give 'em to them ... or try to sell them since you are already a bastard for reg'n them in the first place?

    Or just let them expire and forget about it?

    Again this is ALL HYPOTHETICAL.



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  • jawanda
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2003
    • 6040

    #2
    damn this board is moving FAST today

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    • beemk
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      • Jan 2002
      • 20829

      #3
      park them and make $.
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      • Trixie Racer
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2003
        • 2328

        #4
        Depends on how bad you feel. If you feel REALLY bad, give them away. If you feel a little bad, let it expire. If you don't truly feel bad, offer to sell them to the established sites.
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        • fris
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          • Aug 2002
          • 56015

          #5
          dont contact them, let them contact you
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          • jawanda
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2003
            • 6040

            #6
            Originally posted by fris
            dont contact them, let them contact you
            Hmmm ....

            Nice idea in theory, not so nice if it's their lawyers contacting me rather than their webmaster. (HYPOTHETICALLY)

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            • abyss_al
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              • Oct 2003
              • 15605

              #7
              the second you offer them money... they will take it from you...
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              • jawanda
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                • Feb 2003
                • 6040

                #8
                Originally posted by abyss_al
                the second you offer them money... they will take it from you...

                Why would I offer them money?

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                • woj
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                  • Jul 2002
                  • 47880

                  #9
                  Selling it to the owners of the real site isn't really any more ethical than putting ppc links on it...

                  So either put ppc links on it, sell it to the highest bidder OR transfer the ownership to the owner of the real site for free or minimal fee...
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                  • abyss_al
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                    • Oct 2003
                    • 15605

                    #10
                    Originally posted by jawanda
                    Why would I offer them money?

                    i meant the second you offer to sell it to them... they'll take it.. sorry
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                    • d00t
                      Confirmed User
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 3766

                      #11
                      Originally posted by abyss_al
                      i meant the second you offer to sell it to them... they'll take it.. sorry
                      take from you = you get NOTHING + a nice lawsuit if the domain fucked with their business.

                      If they dont have a trademark on the name fuck them, name your price

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                      • vvq
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                        • Feb 2004
                        • 2732

                        #12
                        let me take this ethical burden off your chest. sell them to me. icq 491-91-866

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