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YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU

Herbert Elwood Gilliland IIIHerbert Elwood Gilliland III claims he gave YouTube founder Chad Hurley the original idea for the video-sharing site. Now, two years after Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, he demands a million dollars in compensation.

What a crackpot. If he really thought up YouTube, then he should have registered the domain YouTube.com. If you don’t believe in an idea enough to spend a lousy ten bucks on it, then you deserve no credit for it. You certainly don’t deserve a million dollars for it.

I have three words for this guy: domain or STFU. Click here to continue reading “YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU”…

November 9, 2008 · 8 Comments (with 1 Conversation)

Dollar Domains!

All the good domain names are taken, but you can get the rest for a dollar. Hey, they’re not much sillier than “Flickr”.

September 9, 2008 · 1 Comment