Also, I think there should be a significant fee for asset issuances, otherwise we'll get spammed with "parked" assets from people who just want to reserve nice names.
The problem with having fees for asset issuances is finding a way to keep them floating. Any fixed fee we would pick now would be too high, and then too low, if Counterparty scales as I hope it does. If anyone has a suggestion for a fee schedule that will scale well, I'd love to hear it.
The current system does allow for the transference of asset ownership, so valuable names may indeed be sold for their market value when appropriate.