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5 ISP’s In Britian Are Ordered To Shut Down The Pirate Bay
The High Court in England ruled today that 5 of the UK’s largest internet service providers (ISP’s) have been ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The five ISP’s are Sky, Every...
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5 ISP’s In Britian Are Ordered To Shut Down The Pirate Bay
The High Court in England ruled today that 5 of the UK’s largest internet service providers (ISP’s) have been ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The five ISP’s are Sky, Every...
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April 30, 2012, 8:19 pm
The Domains
Hermes Gets $100 Million Dollar Damage Award Against 34 Sites Selling Fake Goods & Judge Orders De-Indexing
According to sfgate.com, A Federal Court in New York just awarded Hermes International $100 million dollars in damages against 34 websites that sold fake copies of its goods. The fake goods were for “at least nine Hermes products including Birk...
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Hermes Gets $100 Million Dollar Damage Award Against 34 Sites Selling Fake Goods & Judge Orders De-Indexing
According to sfgate.com, A Federal Court in New York just awarded Hermes International $100 million dollars in damages against 34 websites that sold fake copies of its goods. The fake goods were for “at least nine Hermes products including Birk...
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April 30, 2012, 5:04 pm
The Domains
ICANN Eliminates Friday Public Board Meeting At Future Conferences
According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past confer...
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ICANN Eliminates Friday Public Board Meeting At Future Conferences
According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past confer...
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April 30, 2012, 4:05 pm
The Domains
BuyDomains.com Gets Hit With 3rd UDRP In A Week With Visible Difference.com
Buydomains.com just got hit with another UDRP this time on the descriptive term VisibleDifference.com The complainant this go around is the worldwide cosmetic brand of Elizabeth Arden which uses the term for a skin care product. The domain name is pa...
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BuyDomains.com Gets Hit With 3rd UDRP In A Week With Visible Difference.com
Buydomains.com just got hit with another UDRP this time on the descriptive term VisibleDifference.com The complainant this go around is the worldwide cosmetic brand of Elizabeth Arden which uses the term for a skin care product. The domain name is pa...
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April 30, 2012, 10:59 am
The Domains
Demand Media Jumps 40% In Pre-Market
Following the story this weekend that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) turned down an offer of $1.2 Million dollars a 100% premium to its closing price of Friday, it looks like Demand is going to open Way up this morning. In pre-market trading shares o...
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Demand Media Jumps 40% In Pre-Market
Following the story this weekend that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) turned down an offer of $1.2 Million dollars a 100% premium to its closing price of Friday, it looks like Demand is going to open Way up this morning. In pre-market trading shares o...
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April 30, 2012, 9:09 am
The Domains
Blog.com With 8.5 Million Visitors a Month Hits The Sales Block
The category killer domain name Blog.com is hitting the sales block. Blog.com is being brokered by Sedo.com, and according to its press release has an Alexa Traffic Rank just above 700. “Blog.com currently hosts a fully-featured online publishi...
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Blog.com With 8.5 Million Visitors a Month Hits The Sales Block
The category killer domain name Blog.com is hitting the sales block. Blog.com is being brokered by Sedo.com, and according to its press release has an Alexa Traffic Rank just above 700. “Blog.com currently hosts a fully-featured online publishi...
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April 30, 2012, 8:25 am
The Domains
Demand Media Turns Down $1.2 Billion To Go Private
Allthingsd.com is reporting that Demand Media, Inc. turned down $1.2 Billion dollars in a deal that would have taken the company private this past week. The current market cap of Demand Media is $620 Million at a closing share price on Friday of arou...
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Demand Media Turns Down $1.2 Billion To Go Private
Allthingsd.com is reporting that Demand Media, Inc. turned down $1.2 Billion dollars in a deal that would have taken the company private this past week. The current market cap of Demand Media is $620 Million at a closing share price on Friday of arou...
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April 28, 2012, 4:53 pm
The Domains
George Kirikos of Leap.com, Gets Hit With A UDRP On A 4 Letter Domain: Pupa.com
Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com, just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab th...
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George Kirikos of Leap.com, Gets Hit With A UDRP On A 4 Letter Domain: Pupa.com
Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com, just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab th...
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April 28, 2012, 9:45 am
The Domains
ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at least a week away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promissed a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and date for the B...
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ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at least a week away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promissed a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and date for the B...
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April 28, 2012, 1:09 am
The Domains
Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people...
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Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people...
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April 27, 2012, 3:18 pm
