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IP: cost of parking
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:44:56 -0500
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...
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