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Why Movie Studios Won’t Pay For Domain Names
Movie studios aren’t willing to pay for great domain names. In an interview with NPR a few weeks ago I noted that movie studios rarely part with their cash for the “ideal” domain name for a movie release. I think one big reason for ...
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Why Movie Studios Won’t Pay For Domain Names
Movie studios aren’t willing to pay for great domain names. In an interview with NPR a few weeks ago I noted that movie studios rarely part with their cash for the “ideal” domain name for a movie release. I think one big reason for ...
Discussion
June 9, 2011, 1:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
11 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Developed Web Site
Answer these questions before you buy a web site. The debate about how much a developed web site is worth has been rekindled in the domain name community with Rick Latona’s entrance into the web site brokering business. I interviewed web site b...
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11 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Developed Web Site
Answer these questions before you buy a web site. The debate about how much a developed web site is worth has been rekindled in the domain name community with Rick Latona’s entrance into the web site brokering business. I interviewed web site b...
Discussion
June 9, 2011, 12:11 pm

Domain Name Wire
Company Files Cybersquatting Claim Against Twitter Username
Can a Twitter username be cybersquatting? One insurance company thinks so. Here’s an interesting lawsuit I just discovered that attempts to stretch the bounds of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection act. Insurance company Conventry First...
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Company Files Cybersquatting Claim Against Twitter Username
Can a Twitter username be cybersquatting? One insurance company thinks so. Here’s an interesting lawsuit I just discovered that attempts to stretch the bounds of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection act. Insurance company Conventry First...
Discussion
June 9, 2011, 9:11 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
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ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 2:49 pm

Domain Name Wire
Atlas Shrugged Movie Producers Win 1, Lose 1
Same panelist. Similar domains. Different result, even on confusing similarity. The producers of the new Atlas Shrugged Movie filed two UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Forum for essentially the same domains: AtlasShruggedMovie.com and Atl...
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Atlas Shrugged Movie Producers Win 1, Lose 1
Same panelist. Similar domains. Different result, even on confusing similarity. The producers of the new Atlas Shrugged Movie filed two UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Forum for essentially the same domains: AtlasShruggedMovie.com and Atl...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 12:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
Technical Problems Postpone Moniker Auction
Auction postponed after web sites go down. If you tried to reach most of Oversee.net’s web sites this morning — Oversee.net, Snapnames, or Moniker — you probably ran into difficulty. The timing couldn’t have been worse for the...
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Technical Problems Postpone Moniker Auction
Auction postponed after web sites go down. If you tried to reach most of Oversee.net’s web sites this morning — Oversee.net, Snapnames, or Moniker — you probably ran into difficulty. The timing couldn’t have been worse for the...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 11:40 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN “Hedge” In Singapore Will Kick off New gTLD Communications Plan
I predict new TLD marketing will start after ICANN’s Singapore meeting this month. Just about everyone — including me — is horrible at predicting what ICANN will do and when it will do it regarding new top level domain names. The on...
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ICANN “Hedge” In Singapore Will Kick off New gTLD Communications Plan
I predict new TLD marketing will start after ICANN’s Singapore meeting this month. Just about everyone — including me — is horrible at predicting what ICANN will do and when it will do it regarding new top level domain names. The on...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 10:59 am

Domain Name Wire
Sedo Asks Court to Dismiss Women.com Lawsuit on Jurisdiction Claims
Domain broker says lawsuit should not be heard in California. Done! Ventures has fought and won a jurisdiction battle in its lawsuit over Women.com already. Now it has to gear up for another fight. Sedo, which was recently added to the lawsuit origin...
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Sedo Asks Court to Dismiss Women.com Lawsuit on Jurisdiction Claims
Domain broker says lawsuit should not be heard in California. Done! Ventures has fought and won a jurisdiction battle in its lawsuit over Women.com already. Now it has to gear up for another fight. Sedo, which was recently added to the lawsuit origin...
Discussion
June 7, 2011, 5:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
Rick Latona Disses Domains and Focuses on “Cash Flow Assets”
Latona skeptical about domain market recovery and relaunches Latonas.com as web asset sales site. Rick Latona has relaunched Latonas.com as a marketplace for cash flowing digital assets. The site will offer any type of web asset with a cash flow for ...
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Rick Latona Disses Domains and Focuses on “Cash Flow Assets”
Latona skeptical about domain market recovery and relaunches Latonas.com as web asset sales site. Rick Latona has relaunched Latonas.com as a marketplace for cash flowing digital assets. The site will offer any type of web asset with a cash flow for ...
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June 7, 2011, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Salesforce.com Buys Data.com Domain Name
Salesforce.com pays likely seven figure sum for Data.com domain name before it can be auctioned off. Salesforce.com has purchased the domain name Data.com from publicly traded media company UBM plc for an undisclosed price. The domain name was listed...
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Breaking: Salesforce.com Buys Data.com Domain Name
Salesforce.com pays likely seven figure sum for Data.com domain name before it can be auctioned off. Salesforce.com has purchased the domain name Data.com from publicly traded media company UBM plc for an undisclosed price. The domain name was listed...
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June 7, 2011, 12:11 pm