Domaining

Stop HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills

Congress needs to hear from you, or these dangerous bills will pass – they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from large corporations reportedly hoping to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business models at the expense of the very fabric of the Internet — recklessly unleashing a tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora’s jar of “chilling effects” and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.

Please let your Members of Congress know you OPPOSE H.R. 3621 “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and S. 968 “Protect IP Act” (PIPA):

• Phone, yes phone your Member of Congress! (House) (Senate)
• EFF Congressional Emailer – Oppose Internet Blacklisting (SOPA & PIPA)
• OpenCongress Congressional Emailer – Oppose SOPA
• Generic Congressional Emailer (You’ll need your Zip+4)

Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting:

• Growing Chorus of Opposition to SOPA
• Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet Engineers
• Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad Ideas (Techdirt)
• SOPA News (Google News)
• SOPA Wikipedia entry
• SOPA FAQ (CNET)

Internet Giants Consider Blackout Against SOPA!

Where does your Member of Congress stand on SOPA? (Project SOPA Opera)

Opponents of SOPA: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)

Supporters of SOPA: RIAA, MPAA, News Corporation, VISA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Comcast, Time Warner, ABC, Nike, Walmart, Dow Chemical, Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Monster Cable, Teamsters, Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI)

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Profiting From A Child’s Death
A Domainer Goes Too Far

Domaining is the business of buying, selling, developing and monetizing Internet domain names not for primary use as a website, but with the goal of profit generation with the intent of resale, like real estate. The noun form is domainer. A domainer is a person who engages in domaining. A person engaging in “domaining” is alternatively referred to as a “domaineer” and the activity is labelled “domaineering”.

There are ethical ways of domaining that I think I great like buying generic domains, expired domains, or popular general topic domains like “SwineFlu.com”.

Then there is a nasty immoral way of domaining. A perfect example of this nasty technique is what I found today when I was researching the death of Mike Tyson’s 4 year old daughter (Exodus Tyson).

Being a semi-domainer and savvy internet user myself I was curious and went straight to the TLD about Exodus Tyson, ExodusTyson-DotCom (I refuse to give this John Gall guy a back link). I understand why John Gall purchased the domain name, I understand the reason behind it, but I do not agree with it in this case.

Being a father of 5 daughters all under the aged of 9 years old, I am a little sensitive on the subject of profiting from a child’s death. When I went to the domain in question (ExodusTyson-DotCom) I expected to see a memorial type of site up or a typical “Ad Free” support the Tyson family site or something of that nature.

What did I see? A domainer’s (John Gall) attempt at a $2.00 profit, a single splash page with a picture of Mike Tyson, A heading that said Exodus Tyson – Daughter of Mike Tyson, a paragraph most likely copied from news stories about the tragic accident, and a weak ass disclaimer that said “This website is not associated with Mike Tyson, Exodus Tyson or the treadmill industry”.

When does buying/registering a domain name for a couple of dollar profit go too far? I will admit I have registered some domains that were other people’s names before, but these people were alive, older, and simply were not a small child, a little girl who tragically lost a battled to keep her life after an accident.

The domain ExodusTyson-DotCom was registered by a guy named John Gall, the registration info is below and contains his cell phone number. I actually tried to contact him for a statement without a response. John Gall owns about 400 other domain names and is obviously a “Domainer”.

Registration Information ExodusTyson-DotCom:

John Gall
12502 194th Lane NW
Elk River, Minnesota 55330
United States
Phone: (651) 335-4385
Email: galljc@sherbtel.net
Created on: 26-May-09
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.HOUSTON-TOYOTADEALER.COM
NS2.HOUSTON-TOYOTADEALER.COM
Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC. (AKA Godaddy.com)
Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/exodustyson.com

Let me get something straight right now. I am not against domainers or domaining at all, I simply think that profiting from or trying to profit from a SMALL CHILD’S DEATH is wrong. I think that this “domainer” John Gall of Minnesota went too far. I do not know how to express my true feelings about this other than saying this to John Gall: “You should be ashamed of yourself and transfer this domain to the Tyson Family (at no cost) or design a tasteful memorial domain without ads for this little girl.”

I strongly urge others that read this to post their opinion on the subject in the form of a comment. What would you do in this situation? Would you register the domain name? If so, what would you do with it?