On: A company making $100 million a year disintegrated when Google took away their business model.

[tomjen]

As they should. The company did not add any value.

[hugh → tomjen]

So the big lesson here is that you can make $100 million a year (for at least a few years) without adding any value.

[coglethorpe → hugh]

So where do I sign up?

Seriously, I was concerned about it until I read the word "loophole" used. The only impressive thing the company did was bend/break the rules for so long and on such a grand scale without getting caught.

So when will they turn off the funds to the domain name squatters?

[enonko → coglethorpe]

Not any time soon. Domain traffic converts well for many advertisers.

[Hexstream → hugh]

Just like someone can make a good amount of money playing Russian Roulette for money. But most who try that... and the risk increases with usage.