Wednesday, October 17, 2007

What the hell you can't buy a domain name

Being in the Information Technology field I was reading a article from Computer world you can read it here

The thing that got me thinking enough to write a blog post about it was that registering a domain name that was a typo is illegal. What?? So this means I can't legally register a domain name like macrosoft.com looking for people who make a mistake. I personally have mis-typed some domain names and found some great sites. Why is this illegal? If you walk in to a store thinking it was going to be a grocery store and it had candles and not groceries is that illegal? Just because our stores looked alike? What is this insanity if a company doesn't want people to get domain names that are typos then register those names or buy them from the owner.

Why are we paying people to write up stupid laws day after day, laws that just tell you what to do or what not to do, laws to tell you what to put in your body, laws to tell you who you can do business with (embargo anyone?). Just stop it we are adults and if we are not adults parents should set the rules for their children.

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