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New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion Cases
The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Con...
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New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion Cases
The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Con...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 5:43 pm
The Domains
Guru Passes 20,000 Registrations: Now Has More Than .Travel & .Aero
The new gTLD .Guru added over 6,000 registration yesterday giving the extension almost 21,000 registered domain names. .Guru yesterday also passed .Travel and .Aero two Top Level Domains (TLD’s) that have been around for many years. .Travel lau...
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Guru Passes 20,000 Registrations: Now Has More Than .Travel & .Aero
The new gTLD .Guru added over 6,000 registration yesterday giving the extension almost 21,000 registered domain names. .Guru yesterday also passed .Travel and .Aero two Top Level Domains (TLD’s) that have been around for many years. .Travel lau...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 3:00 pm
The Domains
Verisign Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains li...
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Verisign Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains li...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 10:19 am
The Domains
German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering the case of Universal Music vs Key Sytems. A domain name registrar can be hel...
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German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering the case of Universal Music vs Key Sytems. A domain name registrar can be hel...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 4:52 am
The Domains
Did Someone Let Cm.com Drop and Who Owns it?
The rare two letter domain name Cm.com appears to have dropped back 2013. The last record for the domain according to DomainTools.com is from May 2013: Record Date: 2013-05-01 Registrar: DOMAIN.COM, LLC Server: whois.domain.com Created: 1997-05-20 Up...
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Did Someone Let Cm.com Drop and Who Owns it?
The rare two letter domain name Cm.com appears to have dropped back 2013. The last record for the domain according to DomainTools.com is from May 2013: Record Date: 2013-05-01 Registrar: DOMAIN.COM, LLC Server: whois.domain.com Created: 1997-05-20 Up...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 3:30 pm
The Domains
LinkedIn acquires Bright.com
LinkedIn made their largest acquistion yet acquiring Bright.com. Tech Crunch covered the acquisition which coincided with LinkedIn reporting earnings on Thursday. From the article: Today, alongside a fourth quarter earnings report in which it beat Wa...
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LinkedIn acquires Bright.com
LinkedIn made their largest acquistion yet acquiring Bright.com. Tech Crunch covered the acquisition which coincided with LinkedIn reporting earnings on Thursday. From the article: Today, alongside a fourth quarter earnings report in which it beat Wa...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 9:01 am
The Domains
Verisign CEO: “I Don’t See Anybody Who’s Going to Abandon The .Com For a New gTLD
The CEO and President of Verisign James Bidzos had some pretty interesting comments regarding the new gTLD’s and the effect they may have on .com and .net registrations during its earnings call today. I have listened to the last several Verisig...
Discussion
Verisign CEO: “I Don’t See Anybody Who’s Going to Abandon The .Com For a New gTLD
The CEO and President of Verisign James Bidzos had some pretty interesting comments regarding the new gTLD’s and the effect they may have on .com and .net registrations during its earnings call today. I have listened to the last several Verisig...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 2:50 am
The Domains
UDRP Filed Against Garry Chernoff 19 Year Old Domain Gauntlet.com By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc filed a UDRP on the domain name Gauntlet.com today which is owned by domain investor Garry Chernoff’s company NetIncome Ventures Inc. The domain name Gauntlet.com has an original registration date May 21, 1995. Mr...
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UDRP Filed Against Garry Chernoff 19 Year Old Domain Gauntlet.com By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc filed a UDRP on the domain name Gauntlet.com today which is owned by domain investor Garry Chernoff’s company NetIncome Ventures Inc. The domain name Gauntlet.com has an original registration date May 21, 1995. Mr...
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February 7, 2014, 2:26 am
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Versign Reports: 127.2 Million .Com/.Net Domains, Revenue up 10%; Has $1.7 Billion In Bank &
VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, up 7% fr...
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Versign Reports: 127.2 Million .Com/.Net Domains, Revenue up 10%; Has $1.7 Billion In Bank &
VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, up 7% fr...
Discussion
February 6, 2014, 9:25 pm
The Domains
On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782
Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD’s generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point out that the total number of new gTLD registrations on the 1st day of general availabil...
Discussion
On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782
Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD’s generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point out that the total number of new gTLD registrations on the 1st day of general availabil...
Discussion
February 6, 2014, 5:58 pm
