Charity domains being sold :(

[csitenet]

barnados.org.uk , just sold on sedo and checked its bought by barnardos... i am surprized they didn't complain to nominet! The seller should truely be ashamed of himself for selling that name. (its a typo of http://www.barnardos.org.uk/)

 

[Stinos]

this happens many times ... it's all about the money

 

[Domagon]

And yet Sedo has a policy that forbids "tsunami" related listings:

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=91730

Ron

 

[csitenet]

This guy has NO conscience!! He basically taken the money that would otherwise have gone to a charity cause (i hope!)

I think its a shame that sedo actually agreed to this sell! Also i don't see why nominet doesn't put a lock on org.uk , after all org = organization, they should limit it to organizations ONLY, not public!

 

[Domagon]

Sedo shouldn't be involved with making such judgements...

If the charity challenges the registration, the buyer will likely lose the domain (ie. due to passing off) - there's no need for Sedo nor any other broker to concern themselves with that... leave it to the market place and legal system to straighten things out - but hey that's just my opinion, since Sedo certainly has the right to restrict the domains they will list/broker.

Ron