[michaelochurch]

Sounds like it could be a bilateral (A/B) extortion game: celebrities pay to be delisted and hidden, and people pay to have access, and the extorter collects from both sides (and favors the "winner").

I'm surprised that some Valley wunderkind hasn't yet created what could be a profitable market (an evil one that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole) for illicit Yes/No auctions, e.g. someone makes some decision whether or not to do something horrible based on whether more "Yes" or "No" dollars get bid, and collects from both sides. Travis Kalanick should get on that. It's a libertarian wet dream.

[thematt]

I doubt it, they don't claim to sell you contact information for the artists themselves, just their publicist. Big deal.

The information usually includes email and phone numbers to the artist's talent agent, publicist, legal representative, etc.

[sitkack]

I had this idea in the 90s where I would setup a .ru domain claiming to nuke any part of the word for a high bid. Pay to destroy, pay to live.

[ansgri]

Better .su not .ru