If it ain't Barack, don't fix it

This is called "penny wise and pound foolish" (a mot from England, but apt) or "how stupid can you get". Greed will smush you every time.

"There's a word for all this, and it starts with "cluster." (I can't fill in the second syllable..."

That's because it would be the third syllable, Bob.

Whether a condidate has a Youtube, MySpace, or any other online presence has no bearing on whether is is worthy of the highest office in the land. Heavy-handed tactics will certainly "barack-fire" in the long run. Thank you for your time.

I was not a Obama supporter but am a Republican looking for someone else to support. Who is right or wrong is not important to me but the inability to understand how the internet helps/hurts a campaign makes me wonder if this candidate can be trusted to make really important decisions. He didn't really lose my vote but will now never get it because I feel I can not trust his advisors and staff to properly advise him so that he makes good decisions.

Just more of the same. I could care less if Bamabomama has a myspace page. I DO however care that they STOLE it from some poor guy who did all the work.

What a way to reward your supporters!

One more lost vote. Not only that but I will tell anyone who wants to listen what a technical idiot Bamabomama is !!

Stealing someone's myspace sounds like a Carl Rove / George Bush trick... I thought Obama and his cronies were different... One more lost vote..

Actually this sounds more like somethings going on in South America. If Hugo Chavez can do this to the "big bad big oil companies" why can Obama be just as heavy handed. Sounds like he has a "good" model.

Hey, it's about the branding - we should be able to own our own names for www.Pete's.com sake. I think folks who domainsquat for big bucks should be cluster***ed. The guy should have willingly relinquished the myspace name, if he really was a supporter, otherwise he's a parasitic, opportunistic, hypocritical dog poop. So there.

They call it "MySpace", but in essence, the space is of no ownership to the user. I am curious if and how a MySpace could be bought and sold.

With regard to the domain squatting remark: I don't think it's at all a case of someone trying to make "big bucks," because the Obama campaign asked the creator of the page how much he'd be willing to take for the rights to the page. In other words, they offered. It also implies that they recognized his rights and the page's worth to the Obama campaign.

On another note, can you domain squat on a celebrity's name? Privacy laws are different for public figures as opposed to business trademarks, your rights, etc.

Personally, I don't care if a politician, or anyone, has a MySpace page.

I think tying your "primary method of information" on a peer-2-peer networking site creates several issues:
1) Overhead maintaining all the sites
2) Potential information mismatch if they aren't all updated
3) Security risks if one site is compromised and false information is sent out.

Better to have a single point of contact and disseminate THAT location on myspace, facebook, Livejournal, random_posting_network.

I heard that Franklin Myspace of the Don't Tread On Me party is running for president and that his staff is going to sue whomever on the internet is camping on his name. His running mate is Virginia Googlehoffer who has similar feelings on whomever is camped on her name or variations thereof. I also understand that the liberal California courts are evaluating as we speak several other petitions for name changes such as from Howard Smith to Howard Microworst or derivations thereof. This could get interesting now that a strong precedence has been set that has the backing of the courts. Kind of brings to mind the small town of Usa, Japan that stamped manufactured goods made in its juristiction: Made in USA. Ain't truth in advertising great?

Does this mean that you tube no longer must pay Joe Anthony for visitors to his (WHOOPS) the Obama web site?

I smell a law suite...

This is another example of the heavy-handedness many feel every day - give it to us or we'll take it.

Of course no one asked Anthony to do that work. So if he approached Obama for payment - imho - he was a bit out of line, but if Obama approached him, well that just makes the offense even worse. Either way Obama has no right to go and basically steal this man's work.

It is obvious that Obama recognized the value of the work done and was willing to pay, but he felt the price was too high so he went around Anthony and stole it from him with MySpace Management/Owners being an accomplice to that thievery.

I am concerned that this may be a sneak preview of what an Obama presidency will be like.

Latest on Joe Anthony:

Joe Anthony Reaches Out to Politics 2.0 - Joe: "This will take time, but believe me, I'm still working day and night to find the best way forward."
http://hammer2006.blogspot.com/2007/05/joe-anthony-reaches-out-to-politics-2.html

What ever happended to the idea of having domains specifically for the GOVernment? Or POLitics? When are you all going to wake up and figure out that domain name squatting is only in your head? It only applies to people who cannot spel.

Not surprising that Obama lacks the insight to follow or develop acceptable protocol - anything meaningful he accomplishes will be a "first time" effort.

Clearly he's not just a Hussein in name but also in behavior.

"mind the small town of Usa, Japan that stamped manufactured goods made in its [jurisdiction]: Made in USA"

:-)

obama's too old anyways. we've had too many 'geezers' for pres/vp. Clinton's the only one since carter who wasn't 'out of the loop', senile, or plain ol' brain damaged (coke burnout, or however)

when researching your vote, always give automatic 'bonus points' to one of the least known candidates, else we'll keep getting stuck with the *most* heinous of ceo apparatchiks.

~ptt - made on planet earth

Interesting - myspace is the domain name anyone who thinks otherwise is just plain Internet foolish. If a politician has a presence on myspace there is no way in hell I am voting for them. That just proves that they are out there to court the young crowd, and the young crowd in this generation couldn't buy a clue if there parents paid for it.

Myspace is a site for predators - when the world comes to grips with that then it will be abetter place and it is owned by news corp - so Obama is using news corp servers to host his web site - I see a flagrant conflict there. Politicians should be required to be honest. This is not honest.

Mission accomplished Barack!