Aug. 11, 2008
12:32 a.m.
I don't see the problem to auction domain names with a charter that says, if the domain name is not used for mobile applications in the next x months, the bidder loose the domain.
In most cases the agreement does say that, but since the domain speculators tend to be in the US and very litigious, taking the domains away is easier said than done. Also, there's a real swamp of defining what a "mobile application" is. Would a parking page that rendered properly on a mobile phone be OK? I have no idea and I doubt if anyone else does, either. And in any event, even if you take it away, then what? Auction it again and repeat the cycle? The goal is allegedly to get the domains used for useful stuff, not to churn money. R's, John