Jeff John Roberts of GigaOM covered the .NYC launch in an article today, the site points out that many New York sports teams have had their domains registered but not by the teams themselves.
They summed it up like this:
The latest New York City “land rush” is already turning into a party for cyber-squatters, who have snapped up some familiar names. The episode shows, again, how the system is geared in favor of the domain name industry, rather than brands or the public.
They go on to talk about the number of non – resolving sites which seems to be a little unfair, we are only a couple weeks in and of course there is going to be little real development done in that time frame.
I am sure we will see plenty of URS or UDRP action on the blatant squatting. The article mentions the URS as a consolation to brand owners.
The article also takes a shot at the media saying,
Not everyone is using the .NYC sites in bad faith, of course, and the new domain names can be useful since so many “.com” names were claimed long ago. The media, however, almost invariably overlooks the downsides of the new names, and tends instead to parrot the marketing language of the domain name industry, such as “land rush” and “new real estate.”
Such accounts rarely mention the burden placed on brand owners of policing the new names. Indeed, some companies complained of “extortion” when ICANN — the bungling agency that oversees domain names — trotted out the “.xxx” domain, requiring companies like Disney to pay for an account it didn’t want, or else see the name sold to a cyber-squatter.
Read the full story on GigaOM
A little unfair? ??
It has been less then a week after launch. Wtf he expected. I already posted answer for him.
I did see the one comment that was you ? Good job, it seems this writer does not really care for domain investors.
Thanks for the comment.
I had to say something, since once one media picks a story, all the other idiots pick it up. With comment i made, it will give warning to other media, that maybe not all things so one sided. Idiot squatters, in this case guy wasn’t domainer, just straight up squatter. What was he thinking getting new york jets?! idiot. He should be gifting it to NY jets this very moment.
We heard enough tirades coming from the mayor’s office and committees about how “out of town cybersquatters” would snatch the “mom and pop” .NYC domains. How ironic that New Yawkers are to blame 😀
To be fair, registrars say that there were a lot less domain activity and a lot more businesses registrations for a single name. Most local business dont go for generic and good domineers go for generic, but the out layers like New York Giants guy get all the attention and make it look bad.