Last night I wrote about Amazon’s announcement that it was launching a service they referred to as a Media Locker. Less than a few hours later a reader noticed the domain name…
Month: March 2011
WSJ Blog Rips Buyer Of Color.com: “We Expect That Domain Names Will Be Taken. We Just Don’t Care About Them Anymore”
In a blog post today the on WSJ.com, they rip into the buyer of color.com and colour.com who spent $500K to obtain both domains: “The founding team, regardless of their previous successes…
WSJ: Amazon To Roll Out “Media Locker” Tomorrow
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com is rolling out what they are calling a Media Locker service as early as tomorrow. The Amazon product will allow people to store music and…
Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning”
Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic…
The .Co Aftermarket Heats Up On Sedo
Over the last few days there has been quite a few sales of .Co domain names. Here are the one’s I spotted: Mp3.co 3,600 Euro’s ($5,500) Minijuegos.co 2,450 Euro’s (4K USD) Prestamos.co…
EU Might Place Restrictions On Trademark Keyword Advertising
According to the New York Times an adviser to the highest European Union court recommended Thursday that some restrictions be placed on the rights of advertisers to use the names of rivals…
The Free Speech Coalition Launches “Just Say No To .XXX” Boycott Campaign; Why It Won’t Work
According to AVN.com, The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced yesterday that it is launching an anti—.XXX campaign urging adult online businesses not to register into any .XXX sTLD. Diane Duke, FSC Executive…