IP: cost of parking

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:42:12 -0800


Dave,


 I received a junk fax last PM from some outfit called: Maaznet
 Directory Services in Lafayatte, CA (contact: jfield () 555-1212 com) 
 with the following (much puffery removed):


> Stake your name on the INTERNET!
>
> Protect your name, or lose it! ....
> .....
> .....
> Now is the time to register!- ....
>
> YES! Check if my name is still available. If it is, REGISTER it for me!
>
> First Choice________________.com
>
> Second Choice________________.com
>
> ........
>
> Please include $195 fee per name registered ($100 Official filing fee
> which covers two years, $45 set up fee and $50 two year holding fee to
> Maaznet.) I understand that Maaznet will hold this address on two
> Internet-connected computers, as required by the regulatory authorities,
> for two years, after which I will be required to pay an additional fee
> of $75 per year (currently $50 official fee and $25 Maaznet fee). I am
> under no obligationto pay these continuing charges if I no longer
> require my name to be held. I may request that Maaznet re-position my
> name to any other server, including my own server, at any time without
> any additional charges. The party requesting registration of his name
> certifies that, to his/her knowledge, the use of this name does not
> violate trademark or other statutes.
>
> Signature_____________________


 
 Seems like the Net has provided yet another clever entrepreneur a new
 way to make a buck... parking domain names on the InfoBahn...