P.S. I am also a published author and know that anything I create is automaticly copyrighted when I create it. So says the Library of Congress. And it’s not really the $9.95 that I object to, it’s what I believe to be, the infringement of my copyright. If Yahoo needs the $9.95, let them think up a legimate reason to get in my pocket.
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"Why Should I Pay Yahoo For The Use Of A Domain Name That I Created And Registered As The Name Of My Company?" was posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 2:35 am.
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You don’t have to pay Yahoo to get registered. There are several companies authorized by icann to act as domain name registrar. They all charge money, in-fact icann itself gets a 25 cents surcharge. You can’t copyright the title of a work or the name of a business. You can register a dba or corporation name to do business in a state, and you can apply for a federal trademark but neither the state or the federal government have any say on what you decide to call your internet domain. The fact that you have registered your company name for the purpose of doing business may allow you to get a “cease and desist” order against other users of the domanin name if they are also using it for business purpose but that is not a copyright issue but rather unfair marketing practice.
Take it up with ICANN
PS – Your statement regarding Library of Congress is rather simplistic and not altogether accurate
Domain name is not something you choose — and pay for — and it is yours forever by virtue of copyright.
Think of domain name merely as a phone number, where you are entitled to its use it AS LONG as you pay your telephone provider. You don’t get a phone number and claim it as yours forever without paying your phone provider.
The internet is like one big phonebook and your domain name is simply your entry into that phonebook. Library of Congress and copyright issues has nothing to do with it.
I suggest you read the simplistic explanation of how domain name works in Wikipedia to help you understand how domain name system works http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name…