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German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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December 15, 2013, 6:49 pm
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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December 14, 2013, 4:03 pm
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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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December 13, 2013, 8:43 pm
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Oktogo.Ru Acquires & Rebrands As Travel.Ru
TechCrunch.com just covered Oktogo, “one of the larger hotel-booking sites in Russia which acquired , acquired Travel.ru, for around $2 million”. Travel.Ru was a site not just a domain name. “Today, Oktogo announced that it will reb...
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Oktogo.Ru Acquires & Rebrands As Travel.Ru
TechCrunch.com just covered Oktogo, “one of the larger hotel-booking sites in Russia which acquired , acquired Travel.ru, for around $2 million”. Travel.Ru was a site not just a domain name. “Today, Oktogo announced that it will reb...
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December 13, 2013, 3:36 pm
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The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longe...
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The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longe...
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December 13, 2013, 2:54 am
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Overstock.com Sues NoMoreRack.com For Trademark Infringement For Buying Keyword Ads Under Overstock
Overstock.com filed suit in the Federal Court for Utah for trademark infringement against NoMoreRack.com apparently over NoMoreRack.com’s use of the word Overstock in its ads and for buying keyword advertising under the term Overstock. Here are...
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Overstock.com Sues NoMoreRack.com For Trademark Infringement For Buying Keyword Ads Under Overstock
Overstock.com filed suit in the Federal Court for Utah for trademark infringement against NoMoreRack.com apparently over NoMoreRack.com’s use of the word Overstock in its ads and for buying keyword advertising under the term Overstock. Here are...
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December 13, 2013, 1:48 am
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Godaddy.com Warns Customers That .Vg & .Tc Domains May Not Be Renewed & Will Be Costly
In any email Godaddy.com warns customers that they might not be able to renew .VG domain names or .TC domain names. If they are able to renew them they are not going to be cheap “We previously told you about a dispute at the .TC and .VG domain ...
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Godaddy.com Warns Customers That .Vg & .Tc Domains May Not Be Renewed & Will Be Costly
In any email Godaddy.com warns customers that they might not be able to renew .VG domain names or .TC domain names. If they are able to renew them they are not going to be cheap “We previously told you about a dispute at the .TC and .VG domain ...
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December 13, 2013, 1:25 am
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Bob Parsons Pledges Half of His Fortune to Charity
Huffington Post reports that Bob Parsons the founder of Go Daddy will give half of his fortune to charity. From the article: Parsons and wife, Renee, recently joined the Giving Pledge –- a movement started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren ...
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Bob Parsons Pledges Half of His Fortune to Charity
Huffington Post reports that Bob Parsons the founder of Go Daddy will give half of his fortune to charity. From the article: Parsons and wife, Renee, recently joined the Giving Pledge –- a movement started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren ...
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December 12, 2013, 8:28 pm
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5.co.uk Sells For $67,611 on NameJet.com
The domain name 5.co.uk sold for a very nice $67,611 on NameJet.com today, leading all .co.uk sales for the month on that platform. There have been quite a few .co.uk domain names up for sale this month on Namejet.com which coupled with the announcem...
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5.co.uk Sells For $67,611 on NameJet.com
The domain name 5.co.uk sold for a very nice $67,611 on NameJet.com today, leading all .co.uk sales for the month on that platform. There have been quite a few .co.uk domain names up for sale this month on Namejet.com which coupled with the announcem...
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December 12, 2013, 12:05 am
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From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales; Raise.com Is On Fire
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from the $25K purchase to raising over $18 Million in VC money. “”Raise.com is one of ...
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From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales; Raise.com Is On Fire
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from the $25K purchase to raising over $18 Million in VC money. “”Raise.com is one of ...
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December 11, 2013, 10:01 pm
