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The Domains
Stupid Domainer Of The Year Award: Domain Holder Loses Geo Domain, NewportNews.com & Made To Pay 80K In Damages & Attorney Fees
The 4th Circuit of Appeals has just upheld the ruling of a lower court against the domain holder of NewportNews.com awarding the domain to the trademark holder . (pdf) Virtual City Vision is the owner of the domain NewportNews...
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Stupid Domainer Of The Year Award: Domain Holder Loses Geo Domain, NewportNews.com & Made To Pay 80K In Damages & Attorney Fees
The 4th Circuit of Appeals has just upheld the ruling of a lower court against the domain holder of NewportNews.com awarding the domain to the trademark holder . (pdf) Virtual City Vision is the owner of the domain NewportNews...
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April 20, 2011, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Warner Bros Picks Up WizardofOzMovie.com Ahead of Remake
Movie studio gets key domain name for future Wizard of Oz remake. Turner Entertainment, owned by Warner Bros, has picked up the domain name WizardofOzMovie.com ahead of a planned remake of the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. The domain name was owned by a...
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Warner Bros Picks Up WizardofOzMovie.com Ahead of Remake
Movie studio gets key domain name for future Wizard of Oz remake. Turner Entertainment, owned by Warner Bros, has picked up the domain name WizardofOzMovie.com ahead of a planned remake of the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. The domain name was owned by a...
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April 20, 2011, 10:26 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Daily Drop And Auction Picks
I hope you didn’t miss any good domains yesterday. I just couldn’t find the time to write yesterday. I ran the marathon, flew home and then went in to work all day. Needless to say I was a bit tired on 4 hours sleep post...
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Wednesday’s Daily Drop And Auction Picks
I hope you didn’t miss any good domains yesterday. I just couldn’t find the time to write yesterday. I ran the marathon, flew home and then went in to work all day. Needless to say I was a bit tired on 4 hours sleep post...
Discussion
April 20, 2011, 3:01 am
The Domains
GAC Publishes Remaining Points of Difference Between ICANN Board and the GAC On New gTLD Rights Protection
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) issued a paper today of the “remaining Points of Difference Between The ICANN Board and the GAC on New gTLD Rights Protection” Rights protections= trademark holders rights to domains, so listen ...
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GAC Publishes Remaining Points of Difference Between ICANN Board and the GAC On New gTLD Rights Protection
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) issued a paper today of the “remaining Points of Difference Between The ICANN Board and the GAC on New gTLD Rights Protection” Rights protections= trademark holders rights to domains, so listen ...
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April 19, 2011, 10:30 pm
The Domains
Yahoo Revenue Down 6%; Earnings Down 28%; Search Advertising 19%: Stock Up 3%
Yahoo reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, after the market closed today. “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,064 million for the first quarter of 2011, a 6% decrease from the fir...
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Yahoo Revenue Down 6%; Earnings Down 28%; Search Advertising 19%: Stock Up 3%
Yahoo reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, after the market closed today. “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,064 million for the first quarter of 2011, a 6% decrease from the fir...
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April 19, 2011, 8:52 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $635k In Domains Led By ringer.com For $40k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $635,000. The top seller of the week was ringer.com at $40,500 followed by videosonline.com at $18,000. Here is the f...
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Afternic.com Sells $635k In Domains Led By ringer.com For $40k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $635,000. The top seller of the week was ringer.com at $40,500 followed by videosonline.com at $18,000. Here is the f...
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April 19, 2011, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
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Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
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April 19, 2011, 5:29 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
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Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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April 19, 2011, 12:49 pm
