Well someone did mention that Jon dosen't have an official GZG web page but
after having just purchased a web domain for myself I was amazed to see how
many domain names have been bought for the sole purpose of making businesses
pay to be able to represent themselves on the web.
www.gzg.co.uk will cost Jon £4,500 since it has already been reserved by
a domain name buying company called Name-Shop!
That's a lot of cash for small businesses to cough up.
> Jeremey Claridge wrote:
Jon has already reserved www.gzg.com (although there's nothing there yet).
Looks like that was a shrewd move!
I read somewhere that all two- and three-letter URLs have already gone,
and all URLs on the new domains (.tv etc) had to be three letters or more. I
suspect that the price tag attached to www.gzg.co.uk is more to do with its
rarity value (since there are no three letter URLs left) rather than any
attempt to fleece Jon personally.
> Jon has already reserved www.gzg.com (although there's nothing there
Yes that was a very good move:)
> I read somewhere that all two- and three-letter URLs have already
That is what I suspected although I would not of put it beyond people to flick
through a business register and nab the domain names. but then I'm a bit
synical about these things:)
On the plus side, as a trademark holder Jon has a significant advantage in
domain name disputes.
> --- Jeremey Claridge <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk> wrote:
Check into the laws in the UK. Here in the US many judges have been
stripping so-called name shops of the right to purchase the names of
legitimate businesses. But to tell the truth I own geohex.com,.org and.net,
have for some time. It helps to buy them early and sit on them for yourself.
KR, Geo-Hex
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Domain Squatters! Capitalism at it's worst. And I like (generally) Capitalism.
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:48:30 +0000 () Jeremey Claridge
> <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk> writes:
From: "Jeremey Claridge" <jeremy.claridge@kcl.ac.uk>
> Well someone did mention that Jon dosen't have an official GZG web
Nah, a quick appeal to the domain registration agency doesn't cost anything,