Web users profit from shootings tragedy

Within minutes of the Virginia Tech shooting massacre, online domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers.

Web users profit from shootings tragedy

Within minutes of the Virginia Tech shooting massacre, online domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers.

The cost of registering such domains is generally less than £5, but some are now being auctioned off for thousands, a practice experts say has become commonplace.

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