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In 2002 I inadvertantly allowed my domain name grahameweinbren.com to expire. Within a few hours
a carrion-sucking sub-human, with an address registered in Slovenia, swooped in and snapped it up.
I wrote to this Transylvanian to find out what he wanted with my name, which is unique as far as I know, and
the cheap con artist offered to sell it back to me for $200. $200 for my own name!
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So I looked into what it would take to challenge ownership of a domain name. To plead your case before the internet supreme
court, whatever it is called, is $1000 a hit. Apparently it was certain that I would win the case, but the
fee was fixed and could not be waived or returned.
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I suppose the bone-picking consumer of decaying flesh believed that I would find the savings of $800 worthwhile. I found it nauseating,
so instead I registered grahameweinbren.net, and rebuilt my modest website here.
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Then, in December 2009, I started to get emails from a second generation of carrion eaters. They had grabbed my name when the
Slovenian vampires let it lapse. Now the price was $99, payable by Paypal. No negotiation or contact with the enemy necessary, just an impersonal
$99 click.
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So I clicked.
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Eventually this URL will open to the website which contains all the information about my current and
past works. But for now, I am using it for this morality tale.
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The moral: DON"T BE LATE
FOR YOUR REGISTRATION DATE.
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