Pope Squatter hands over domains to charity - GoFuckYourself.com

DomBuyer · 04-24-2005, 09:02 AM

The Florida man who squatted on half a dozen possible Papal names -- including the one eventually chosen by former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI -- said Thursday that he would be turning over the domains to a New York-based charity.

"I am donating the pope domains and my site's ad revenue from this crazy week to Modest Needs," said Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as a writer of technology books, in his blog. Cadenhead described Modest Needs as "like a charitable eBay: They match up donors with people who have short-term, under-$1,000 emergencies (such as repairs to the family's only car), helping them get out of the crisis."

He did make an effort to contact the new Pope via Benedict's brand-new e-mail address to ask if the church wanted the benedictxvi.com domain. "I am concerned that my 'Subject: Free Domains' e-mail might not get through the Holy See's spam filters," Cadenhead said.

The Vatican, which has its own top-level domain of .va, assigned [email protected] as Ratzinger's inbox. (In Italian, it's [email protected].)

Earlier Thursday, Cadenhead said he'd grabbed the winning domain, and the five others, "to keep them away from pornographers, not grab a domain for some kind of papal superstore."

Cadenhead did acknowledge getting at least one offer: from a gambling site.

Relish XXX · 04-24-2005, 10:59 AM

I would laugh my balls off if 'Modest Needs' went and sold them onto some gambling site for a ton of cash.

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 04-24-2005, 11:00 AM

What an idiot.

alexg · 04-24-2005, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

I would laugh my balls off if 'Modest Needs' went and sold them onto some gambling site for a ton of cash.

blazi · 04-24-2005, 11:13 AM

I'd keep the money and run!

Spider64 · 04-24-2005, 11:15 AM

I would keep the money

Smith · 04-24-2005, 02:19 PM

Should have put it on eBay. Best thing I could have done with my name

04-24-2005, 09:02 AM	#1
DomBuyer Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Amalfi Coast Posts: 2,595	Pope Squatter hands over domains to charity The Florida man who squatted on half a dozen possible Papal names -- including the one eventually chosen by former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI -- said Thursday that he would be turning over the domains to a New York-based charity. "I am donating the pope domains and my site's ad revenue from this crazy week to Modest Needs," said Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as a writer of technology books, in his blog. Cadenhead described Modest Needs as "like a charitable eBay: They match up donors with people who have short-term, under-$1,000 emergencies (such as repairs to the family's only car), helping them get out of the crisis." He did make an effort to contact the new Pope via Benedict's brand-new e-mail address to ask if the church wanted the benedictxvi.com domain. "I am concerned that my 'Subject: Free Domains' e-mail might not get through the Holy See's spam filters," Cadenhead said. The Vatican, which has its own top-level domain of .va, assigned [email protected] as Ratzinger's inbox. (In Italian, it's [email protected].) Earlier Thursday, Cadenhead said he'd grabbed the winning domain, and the five others, "to keep them away from pornographers, not grab a domain for some kind of papal superstore." Cadenhead did acknowledge getting at least one offer: from a gambling site.

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