] According to Google's new policy, altered Monday, the Web
] search company prohibits Gmail subscribers from selling,
] trading or transferring the free e-mail accounts "for any
] unauthorized commercial purpose." It also bars people
] from setting up multiple accounts in violation of the
] policy.

I think we are still good in having done out invite giveaway for our non-commercial radio station. I guess we can ask in our upcoming interview with a gmail representative.

Of course people are gmail-username squatting. Huh. Suprised that wasn't obvious, considering the landrush mania to get a username; artificial scarcity brings out the worse in people. In that light, forums like eBay are both powerful mechanisms and inherent in the medium.

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