Olympic sites handover ‘unfair’ says Canvey web man (From Echo)
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Olympic sites handover ‘unfair’ says Canvey web man
9:00am Tuesday 4th May 2010 in
A CANVEY man who was ordered to hand over lucrative websites he owned to the Olympic authorities has claimed he has been treated unfairly.
David Tiley, 49, of Station Road, bought 12 domain names for the London Olympics days after London was awarded the games in July 2005.
Although some web domains can sell for thousands of pounds, Mr Tiley was ordered to hand his web names over to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games for free earlier this week.
He has paid about £1,000 over five years for the rights to the web addresses.
Mr Tiley, who is not involved in other internet businesses, said: “I don’t think it’s fair.
“I bought them on the day it won the Olympic games. I didn’t hear anything then until 2008, when it started saying it wanted them back.
“The Olympics is a massive international organisation.
“You would have thought it would have thought things through and bought the domain names itself.”
The judgment was made by Nominet, the organisation dealing with disputes involving the use of internet domain names.
In her report, Anna Carboni, for Nominet, said: “In view of the timing of the original registrations, immediately following the high-profile public announcement of the successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games in London, it is highly likely the respondent registered the domain names with a view to cashing in on the event.”
Comments(10)
vangebasildon
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9:59am Tue 4 May 10
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Wouldn't we all accept an offer if the price was right for a domain name we may own.
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Its not greed, its business for some. Are not the companies that we purchase domain names from doing the same thing?
Colleen G
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10:03am Tue 4 May 10
Nail it Down
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10:06am Tue 4 May 10
End of!
likelysauce
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12:38pm Tue 4 May 10
Nebs
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12:46pm Tue 4 May 10
PJR
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1:00pm Tue 4 May 10
Nebs wrote:Not the point, this guy decided he would cash in by registering names and sites that he knew would be wanted by the Olympic committee. If he genuinely didn't want to profit then he'd not be making such a fuss. If he registered them before it was announced maybe I'd have more sympathy.
The Olympic Comittee pay £300million for a swimming pool, and they can't afford £1,000 for some websites.
milesawayfromessex
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6:16pm Tue 4 May 10
If you took a painting that you brought from a second hand shop for a tenner, to the Antiques Roadshow and it was worth £5000, would you sell it for a tenner and no more !
Nail it Down
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8:38pm Tue 4 May 10
milesawayfromessex wrote:Sorry don't really get the point of your post, but to answer your question. No I would not expect to sell an item at a bootsale for more than I paid for it - obviously!!
for all those moaning can i ask, if YOU were to sell something at a bootsale, on ebay, or any sale come to that, do you have a policy of selling at a lower price than you purchased it for?
If you took a painting that you brought from a second hand shop for a tenner, to the Antiques Roadshow and it was worth £5000, would you sell it for a tenner and no more !
As for the painting and comparing it to the website domain, well the poor bloke went to roadshow, was told that the painting was stolen and was nicked! LOL
PJR
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9:33am Wed 5 May 10
milesawayfromessex wrote:When I go to a boot sale, I usually sell stuff for a price that sells to get rid of it.
for all those moaning can i ask, if YOU were to sell something at a bootsale, on ebay, or any sale come to that, do you have a policy of selling at a lower price than you purchased it for?
If you took a painting that you brought from a second hand shop for a tenner, to the Antiques Roadshow and it was worth £5000, would you sell it for a tenner and no more !
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Your argument makes no sense, If i took a painting i bought for £10 and had it valued at £5000, of course I'd sell, if I didn't like it! But this man didn't already own the sites. He found out their potential value, then bought them, hoping to hold the Olympic Committee to ransom, pay me or I keep them.
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To put it into your context, it's like finding out someone wants a painting that maybe should have belonged to them, finding the one they want, paying for it, then trying to sell it to the person who wants it for five times more than it's worth.
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