Now that the federal government has gone through its second round of domain seizures, the 1st being in June of this year, the question becomes can domain holders lease or finance the…
Month: November 2010
AVN Reports Over 70 Domains Have Been Seized By Homeland Security
The other day we wrote about 9 domain names that were seized by the HomeLand Security Department based on selling or helping the transfer of copyrighted material or selling allegedly fake designer…
ThePirateBay.org Appeal Verdict Is In: Less Jail Time; Much More In Fines
A year ago April, the founders of thePirateBay.org were found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to jail. Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstroem were given jail…
While You Were Eating Your Turkey, Homeland Security Was Seizing 9 Domains
Several sources are reporting that Homeland Security has seized domain names associated with peer-to-peer file sharing sites and those that allegedly deal in counterfeit goods. The domain was seized without any prior…
OpenDns Vs. Verizon: Now The Hijackers Of Traffic Are Getting Their Traffic Hijacked By Verizon
It wasn’t long ago that I wrote about OpenDns and how they were blocking parked domains pages from being served and was replacing them with their own page serving up ads for…
Facebook is Thankful To The Trademark Office As They Get Awarded A Trademark On “Face”
According to TechCrunch.com Facebook.com has been awarded a trademark on the word “Face”. The trademark is for: “usages in “Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission…
Cost Per Clicks Up 13% On Google; 4% On Yahoo: Conversion Rates up 29%: How’s That Working Out For You
I just read an article on MediaPost, on the Holiday Shopping Report for Q4 2010 and got all excited over all the extra money we will be making off of our PPC…