I read that and thought it was a pathetic excuse, they come up with this lame reasoning to justify to themselves that its OK. Desperate people with low morals are the ones registering tragic domains, with the $$$ signs clouding there judgement. News agencies dont run with stories on how much money there going to make, they run with it based on what viewers want to see, there not cut throats trying to get rich quick.
A tragic domainer is worse than a ambulance chaser looking to make a finders fee :yes:
Other then freshness, what's the difference between ismailax.com and americanrevolution.com, iraqiwar.com, koreanwar.com, vietnamwar.com, spanishamericanwar.com, worldwar.com, rape.com, etc.? Calling a domainer out who may or may not have operated in bad taste, is a one eyed view of the world. We are all surrounded by both obvious and not so obvious entities that prey and profit off of human suffering.
And yes, news agencies do publish stories to make dollars, they are not non profit organizations. They dictate news relevancy while pedaling advertisements, political agendas, etc. Cho Seung Hui is already in the process of being baptized by media dollars, and when it's finished, anyone feeling severely isolated and marginalized by society is going to get a sparkling new role model. My point is, if the law allows CNN to pull every penny and nickel out of Cho Seung Hui that it can, why should anyone care about the likely fictitious persona of Raymond Patterson and ismailax.com, it's ridiculous. Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, and Anna Nicole Smith's lovers, should all file suit against the family of Cho Seung Hui for loss of income.
In many ways the US of A is absolutely absurd. Someone saddle the media for everyone's sake. I wonder how many film producers are lining up to buy the rights to the Virginia Tech massacre movie? Will it be Nicolas Cage or Brad Pitt that will play the lead detective role? Irresponsible media is the breath of life to all sorts of messed up things these days. The hammer should fall on the big guys setting this trend.