I'm constantly amazed and pleased at the kindness and generosity of
strangers here, and around the world. Jeff, you miss so much by assuming
the worst when most likely the outcome will be neutral or positive.
Randy, there's a fine line between being a fanboy and being a stalker.
You seem to have stayed on the fan side so far. It's possible that the
person for whom you grabbed the eponymous site is too busy to do it on
her own. Or perhaps if she is famous, but tied to research or a
profession other than entertainment, she may prefer a business, group or
themed site rather than one in her own name.
If you have registered her name for a domain, and GoDaddy is annoying, I
think you can transfer it to another more friendly host.
And, Randy, even if you contact that person and she's not interested in
the domain, at least you tried. When you don't try, the answer is always
"no".
Betty
> Ye-e-e-es, Thomas, hence if *she* wanted it by now, *she* would have done
> it. Maybe she's doing it as we speak, so it can be done right. I don't
> think I'd want someone I didn't know doing that on my behalf, without my
> permission.
>
Poor Jeffrey. So used to having people obey senseless rules that he can no
longer come up with reasonable justifications.
I can see the people in your organization. "Another crazy rule from IT. Oh
well, I guess we are used to it by now."
Clearly, no one famous or about to be famous would recommend someone unknown
do something for him/her.
OTOH, looking at what Randy is proposing, he is clearly doing the right
thing by any reasonable person's standards.
There are dozens (that I have heard of) of well-run fan sites that the
famous person endorses. There are also many where the fan set up the site
and gave it to the famous person later when asked. There are a handful
where there was some sort of legal fight. Somehow, given the evidence, I
suspect that Randy is not the one to start such a thing.
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