Moral conscience or getting real ? Michael Jackson related domain

[iboughta.net]

Hello everyone,

Here is my struggle today and a dilemna I am sure many domainers faced at one point or another.

Some have made a specialty at catching "questionable" domain in order to cash in on the momentum:

- a earthquake in Java...and boom....some are rushing to register earthquakejava.com

- a plane crash...and some are rushing to register related domains. (Air France flight 447 domain was registered ages prior to the crash...but we might wonder what was the purpose of the registration).(Wired News: Air France Crash Raises Questions About Domain Name Registration (Updated) | Threat Level | Wired.com)

Meaculpa, I have in the past registered some "charity domains"...at the time it made sense...but now I am wondering....what the f.... was I thinking ?

Trying to sell them...resulted in a flood of nasty emails with the main subject: " How daaaaaaaare you ????"

Today...I have sort of learned my lesson.

However...few years back, I had registered:

- moonwalking.info and moonwalking.us
- more recently, this-is-it.info was registered with the view to sell concert tickets to the new Michael Jackson's concerts.

Well....today...I am in a bit of a struggle...

- I can picture all the big guys at Sony, the 02 center, and all the investors meeting on the back of MJ's death. Some will wonder how to refund ticket holders ? some will wonder if insurance will work ? and...

some will wonder how quick they can release a posthumous album, video, dvd, blue ray, video games, tshirt...and how quick everything can be ready to cash in on the momentum.

So, should I or should I not ?

Should I take this opportunity to promote my domains for sale:

- moonwalking.us and moonwalking.info
- this-is-it.info

Should I take this opportunity to cash in ?

Should I just respect the fact that someone died...and let other cash in on my behalf ?

Few days ago, Habitat was in the news for using the Iran election to promote his business on Twitter (BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8116869.stm)...Since then...Habitat had to apologize...and the boomerang hit back.

So...struggle...o struggle...

What would you do ?

Thanks

 

[James]

It's a fair question. But I'd say given that you have any sort of dilemma about it, you already know what you'd feel most comfortable with.

 

[boxerdog]

cash in if you can, why not?
wheres the problem with it?
mj didnt invent the moonwalk so dont feel bad.

 

[retired_member4]

Cash in if you can cos they are worth nowt. Maybe get a tenner at a push.