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The Domains
Domain Registries and Registrars Are Out of Protect IP Bill, But Search Engines, ISP’s & Payment Processors Are On The Clock
The PROTECT IP 2011 bill is out in draft form, which is this year version of last year’s Leahy Bill entitled Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) This proposed bill is different than the COICA in that it no longer includes...
Discussion
Domain Registries and Registrars Are Out of Protect IP Bill, But Search Engines, ISP’s & Payment Processors Are On The Clock
The PROTECT IP 2011 bill is out in draft form, which is this year version of last year’s Leahy Bill entitled Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) This proposed bill is different than the COICA in that it no longer includes...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 1:29 pm
Elliot's Blog
Remove Pages from Wayback Machine
In more than one UDRP proceeding, pages from the Wayback Machine (found on Archive.org) have been submitted as evidence against the domain owner. The Wayback Machine is an Internet archive that takes snapshots of a website at various points in time, ...
Discussion
Remove Pages from Wayback Machine
In more than one UDRP proceeding, pages from the Wayback Machine (found on Archive.org) have been submitted as evidence against the domain owner. The Wayback Machine is an Internet archive that takes snapshots of a website at various points in time, ...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 1:27 pm
Domain Shane
GoDaddy VIP Program: If You Have Over 300 Domains and They Get Stolen, You Deserve It
GoDaddy VIP I’ve read a lot of articles over the last few months about domains being stolen at Godaddy. Names that didn’t have to be lost if the owners had made a little effort. If you have over three hundred domains, and most of u...
Discussion
GoDaddy VIP Program: If You Have Over 300 Domains and They Get Stolen, You Deserve It
GoDaddy VIP I’ve read a lot of articles over the last few months about domains being stolen at Godaddy. Names that didn’t have to be lost if the owners had made a little effort. If you have over three hundred domains, and most of u...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 12:45 pm
Domain Name News
UK Registry Seeks Input for Domain Expiry Policy
The market for catching dropping .UK domains is overrun by many companies, thus making it often a matter of luck who catches the released names. The reason for this is apparently the drop times and order picked at random by the registry along with th...
Discussion
UK Registry Seeks Input for Domain Expiry Policy
The market for catching dropping .UK domains is overrun by many companies, thus making it often a matter of luck who catches the released names. The reason for this is apparently the drop times and order picked at random by the registry along with th...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 10:29 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore
Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence St...
Discussion
Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore
Will the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN’s meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence St...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 10:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
Discussion
Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:56 am
The Domains
What The Settlement Of The CFIT Case Means To The Cost Of Your .Com Registrations & Renewals
Now that VeriSign settled the CFIT case, I thought we should take a look at what that means in dollars and cents to domain holders. Verisign contract to run the .Com registry (.Net too) calls for presumptive renewals and the ability to increase...
Discussion
What The Settlement Of The CFIT Case Means To The Cost Of Your .Com Registrations & Renewals
Now that VeriSign settled the CFIT case, I thought we should take a look at what that means in dollars and cents to domain holders. Verisign contract to run the .Com registry (.Net too) calls for presumptive renewals and the ability to increase...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:54 am
The Domains
VeriSign Shares Should Pop At Open After CFIT Case Is Settled To Double What It Traded For After The Appeals Court Ruling
Shares of VeriSign are poised to pop this morning after VeriSign announced they Settled the CFIT case which could have resulted in a large price reductions of .com registration and renewal prices. Yesterday after the Market closed shares of Verisign ...
Discussion
VeriSign Shares Should Pop At Open After CFIT Case Is Settled To Double What It Traded For After The Appeals Court Ruling
Shares of VeriSign are poised to pop this morning after VeriSign announced they Settled the CFIT case which could have resulted in a large price reductions of .com registration and renewal prices. Yesterday after the Market closed shares of Verisign ...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:15 am
Elliot's Blog
Dynadot Announces Partnership With Sedo & $6.99 Domain Transfers
Dynadot has become the latest domain registrar to link up with Sedo and become a part of the company’s SedoMLS program. There are now 57 program partners, including Name.com, 1&1, Moniker, Register.com, and many others. To celebrate the new...
Discussion
Dynadot Announces Partnership With Sedo & $6.99 Domain Transfers
Dynadot has become the latest domain registrar to link up with Sedo and become a part of the company’s SedoMLS program. There are now 57 program partners, including Name.com, 1&1, Moniker, Register.com, and many others. To celebrate the new...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 8:45 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks : 412.com Up Today
A real nice story in the domaining world yesterday with TeenDomainer winning a scholarship yesterday. It was well deserved but I never really liked the overachieving, nice as can be, aw shucks kind of teens. They scare me. It’...
Discussion
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks : 412.com Up Today
A real nice story in the domaining world yesterday with TeenDomainer winning a scholarship yesterday. It was well deserved but I never really liked the overachieving, nice as can be, aw shucks kind of teens. They scare me. It’...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 2:47 am
