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Letter.ly Abrupt.ly Loses Domain Name As a Result of The War in Libya
April 4, 2011 @ 1:47 AMThere’s been a question as to what happens to .ly domains (i.e. the ones used by Bit.ly, Ad.ly and others) if these domain names are suddenly taken away by the Libyan government. As we wrote last Fall, vb.ly was seized by NIC.ly (the domain registry and controlling body for the Libyan domain space) because the content of the website was apparently in violation of Libyan Islamic/Sharia Law. Today, it appears that email subscription startup Letter.ly has lost its domain name as a direct result of the ongoing unrest and war in Libya.
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US Government’s ‘Pirate’ Domain Seizures Failed Miserably
April 3, 2011 @ 1:50 AMThe seizure of file-sharing related domain names by the US Government in recent months have stirred up a lot of controversy. Despite heavy critique from various sides, the responsible authorities justified their actions and claimed that it is an effective tool to clamp down on Internet piracy. However, those who take a good look at the end result soon notice that reality paints a different picture.
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WIPO 2010 ADR Report: Cybersquatting Hits Record Level
April 2, 2011 @ 4:03 AMThis spike in the number of domain name disputes caused by cybersquatting represents an increase of 28% over the 2009 level and of 16% over the previous record year, 2008.
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.so ccTLD Launched and No One Bought Any
April 1, 2011 @ 10:44 PMThe general availability of the .So extension opened yesterday April 1st 2011. No joke. DomainMonster.com is charging $24.99 per year for a .So registration. Name.com is charging $23.99 for a .So registration. As an extra added bonus it does not seem that the registry whois is working properly.
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Domain.com Responds to Go Daddy "Problem Elephant" Scandal
April 1, 2011 @ 8:07 AMIn response to recent controversial news about Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons sharing a video where he boasts about shooting and killing an African elephant, leading domain registrar and web hosting provider Domain.com is offering Go Daddy customers a coupon to transfer their domain names to Domain.com at sub-cost for $4.99/year. Parsons stands by his decision to kill the “problem elephant” to help feed hungry African villagers, but as many news outlets have reported, including CNN, it is unnecessary to kill elephants to feed the hungry. Instead of glorifying killing elephants, Domain.com will donate to Heifer International which helps feed hungry African families.
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Humane Society Dropping GoDaddy As Domain Host
April 1, 2011 @ 5:52 AMHSUS announced today that it was in the process of finding new hosting for the more than 650 domain names it currently has through GoDaddy.com.
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Verisign DNS Fix Paves Way for Safer Internet
April 1, 2011 @ 3:13 AMVeriSign, the administrator of the .com domain, announced on Thursday that the company had deployed the domain-name system (DNS) security extensions to that popular top-level domain. In addition to .com, the other major top-level domains have been signed, including .edu, .gov, .net, and .org.
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Google Launches New Domains in Iraq, Tunisia
March 31, 2011 @ 10:04 PMFor Googlers in Iraq and Tunisia, local search just got more convenient.
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Former Green Candidate Hijacks Domain Names
March 31, 2011 @ 8:52 PMA former Green Party candidate in Kamloops, B.C., has no regrets over a stunt he pulled to teach the current candidates in his riding a lesson. Grant Fraser, who ran for MP in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding in 2004, admits that he hijacked the website domain names of Liberal Murray Todd and Christian Heritage Party candidate Chris Kempling.
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Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
March 31, 2011 @ 4:11 AMWIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw an increase in cases this year. But I take issue with WIPO’s headline: Cybersquatting Hits Record Level.
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