RE: [IFWP] Re: Re[2]: Domain dispute hits earth

[Martin B. Schwimmer]

At 01:26 AM 2/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>At 05:12 PM 2/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
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>>How could it possibly make "economic sense" to spend thousands of dollars
>>defending one's right to a $35 per year domain name, particularly if said
>>name is not being used for commercial purposes?
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Well, the allegation has been made that on-going businesses are threatened
>with extinction when NSI sends the 37-day letter, in which case it would
>make sense to get together the court filing fees and about a $1000 in
legal fees
>to file a declaratory judgment complaint with pendant tort claims (i.e.
malicious prosecution).  If it is merely a $70 investment, then, no, it
doesn't make economic sense, they just sell the
>name to the entity to whom it is worth more.  The Cato Institute would
endorse such allocation of resources.

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