In the old pay-per-impression days, John Zuccarini reportedly made $1 million a year registering typo-sites such as bobthebiulder.com and teltubbies.com. I brought a UDRP against him, maybe you did too. It is thought that the Truth in Domains Act was targeted at Zuccarini, who was the first person ever arrested under it, and was imprisoned
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GoDaddy Raises Price Of Domain Name Registration
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DomainNameWire.com: “GoDaddy Increases .Com Prices 12%”
“More & More Parents Get Domain Names For Babies”
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CBS4Denver: “More & More Parents Get Domain Names For Babies“:
“If the domain is not already taken, we can pretty much guarantee its going to be taken 15 years from now, when your kid’s old enough to use it,” he said.
The 2007 Domain Name and Internet Traffic Industry Awards
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EarthTimes.org: “Russian Standard Vodka and Forbes Win 2007 Domain Name and Internet Traffic Industry Awards“:
“This year’s winners are Russian Standard Vodka and Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and former presidential candidate (who also delivered the conference’s keynote address). The domain name and Internet traffic industry’s version of…
“What’s The Hindi Word For Dot-Com?”
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WSJ.com: “What’s the Hindi Word for Dot-Com?“:
“Long-dominated by English, the language of its founders, the Internet is about to take a big step toward becoming a truly world-wide Web.
Starting on Monday, Web surfers will be able to test Internet addresses in 11 languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet — the…
One Domain Name Owner’s Confession
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Austn360.com: “The Ethics Of Domain Name Selling”
A few days ago, I got an e-mail from someone who wanted to buy the domain. The man said he and his wife were starting a baby-related business and wanted to use babycation.com. . . .
I asked a friend of mine who works in the…
If You’re Interested On How Much Some Domain Names Go For
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. . . then you can go to Moniker and download the list of asking prices for an upcoming auction.
Good Resources For Domain Name “Work Up”
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When I begin a matter involving a third-party website, the first step is to do a ‘work-up,’ that is to say, find out the domain name registrant, hosting service, etc. This article from the Virtual Hosting Blog (really intended for competitive analysis), is a good collection of tools useful in obtaining background information on a…
Text of FACE-BOOK.COM UDRP Decision
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ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Facebook Inc. v. Privacy Ltd. Disclosed Agent for YOLAPT
Case No. D2007-1193
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Facebook Inc. of Palo Alto, California, the United States of America, represented by Heller Ehrman LLP, the United States of America.
The Respondent is Privacy Ltd. Disclosed Agent for YOLAPT of Isle of Man,…
Dot Name: Relationshp Between Cybercrime And Paid Whois?
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Wired: “Dot-Name Becomes Cybercrime Haven”
“The domain name system has grown bigger than it was ever planned to be, is doing more than it was ever intended to do and does it proudly,” Evron said. “But the governance around it has become profit-based, and we have no fallback system to handle criminal organizations…