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The Domains
Beckstrom: I Took ICANN From $57 Million Under Management To $444 Million
Rod Beckstrom in the opening ceremony at the ICANN conference this morning gave what I guess would be fair to call his farewell address as CEO of ICANN. In pointing out the accomplishments of ICANN while Mr. Beckstrom has been CEO he said: “Whe...
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Beckstrom: I Took ICANN From $57 Million Under Management To $444 Million
Rod Beckstrom in the opening ceremony at the ICANN conference this morning gave what I guess would be fair to call his farewell address as CEO of ICANN. In pointing out the accomplishments of ICANN while Mr. Beckstrom has been CEO he said: “Whe...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 9:00 am
Domain Shane
Monday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-25-12
A lot of good names today. Most of them fall into the short category. The positive is short is liquid and liquid is good. Looking for a good close to the month this week. Its been another great month and already starting to pr...
Discussion
Monday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-25-12
A lot of good names today. Most of them fall into the short category. The positive is short is liquid and liquid is good. Looking for a good close to the month this week. Its been another great month and already starting to pr...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 6:24 am
The Domains
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”
The new CEO of ICANN gave an motivating and impressive speech in the ICANN opening Session. “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift” said Chehade. “I will be extra transparent” “I will make all my decisions for the pub...
Discussion
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”
The new CEO of ICANN gave an motivating and impressive speech in the ICANN opening Session. “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift” said Chehade. “I will be extra transparent” “I will make all my decisions for the pub...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 3:58 am
The Domains
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contrac...
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ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contrac...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 1:31 am
The Domains
The Domain PurpleHeart.com Is Lost In A UDRP
In a decision that should be published later today, a UDRP panel has awarded the domain name PurpleHeart.com to the complainant the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc.” The organization has 4 trademarks on t...
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The Domain PurpleHeart.com Is Lost In A UDRP
In a decision that should be published later today, a UDRP panel has awarded the domain name PurpleHeart.com to the complainant the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc.” The organization has 4 trademarks on t...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 1:20 am
Domain Shane
Sunday’s Big List of Names at Namejet 6-24-12
Got home late tonight from the triathlon (3 hours 25 minutes for the Olympic distance for all you home players). Happy with 7:15 pace on the run, need a lot of work on the 31 minute mile swim. Only Namejet left on the board so that’s what we&rs...
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Sunday’s Big List of Names at Namejet 6-24-12
Got home late tonight from the triathlon (3 hours 25 minutes for the Olympic distance for all you home players). Happy with 7:15 pace on the run, need a lot of work on the 31 minute mile swim. Only Namejet left on the board so that’s what we&rs...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 9:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company sues over stolen domains after losing UDRP
Austin Rare Coins asks court to hand over allegedly stolen domain names. An Austin company has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit in an effort to get control over eight domain names it says were stolen from its possession. Austin Rare Coins, Inc....
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Company sues over stolen domains after losing UDRP
Austin Rare Coins asks court to hand over allegedly stolen domain names. An Austin company has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit in an effort to get control over eight domain names it says were stolen from its possession. Austin Rare Coins, Inc....
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 2:01 pm
Elliot's Blog
“That’s a Clown Question, Bro” Domain Battle Brewing?
A couple of weeks ago, Washington Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper was being interviewed by reporters in Toronto, and one of the local reporters asked him about drinking since he’s underaged in the US but can legal drink in Canada. As y...
Discussion
“That’s a Clown Question, Bro” Domain Battle Brewing?
A couple of weeks ago, Washington Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper was being interviewed by reporters in Toronto, and one of the local reporters asked him about drinking since he’s underaged in the US but can legal drink in Canada. As y...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 12:43 pm
The Domains
30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; “Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace” Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory Council, (GAC) said th...
Discussion
30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; “Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace” Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory Council, (GAC) said th...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 11:37 am
The Domains
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
Discussion
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a random drawing could constituent a lottery in s...
Discussion
June 24, 2012, 11:17 am
