ICM Registry, the company behind the .XXX top-level domain (TLD), today announced it has received has received over 42,000 applications for .XXX domain names since the September 7, 2011 launch of the Sunrise Period "with thousands more pouring in each day". The number of applications already received is over five times what ICM had anticipated. “We are very pleased, but not surprised, by … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
National Retail Federation Asks Commerce Dept To Delay New gTLD Plan But Its PR Is Full Of Inaccuracies
Today according to a press release, The National Retail Federation (NRF) asked the Commerce Department to delay implementation of the new gTLD program "The single comment we are hearing most often from retailers is that they wish they had more time," NRF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan said. "Whether they're for it or against it, everybody agrees that there has been … [Read more...]
CreditReports.com, Prime.com, CE.com and Floor.com Highlight Moniker.com Year End Auction (So Far)
The preliminarily catalog for the Moniker.com Year End auction is now live on SnapNames.com and there are already some interesting domain names up for sale. CreditReports.com, Prime.com, CE.com (which stands for Continuing Education among thousands of other things) along with Floor.com have reserve ranges of $1 Million to $5 Million. A single letter domain F.biz has a reserve of $10K-$25K. … [Read more...]
Politico.com Covers TheDomains.com Story On Herman Cane’s 999Plan.com: Is It Cybersquatting?
Last week we wrote a story on Herman Cain who at the time had just surged ahead of the Republican field of candidates for President based largely on his 999 Tax plan. Yesterday the site Politico.com picked up the story found out that the owner of the domain name 999plan.com was none other than David Corn, the Washington editor of the liberal Mother Jones magazine and MSNBC/NBC News … [Read more...]
WSJ: Google Looking To Buy Yahoo
According to a story just out in the Wall Street Journal, Google has met with at least private equity firms about potentially helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo. Of course this would deal would get a good look over by the Feds. However, as Scott Cleland the author of the book "Dark Side of Google" stated at the TRAFFIC conference this past week, the Feds ultimately allowed Google's … [Read more...]
Should TheDomains.com Require People To Use Their Real Names To Leave Comments?
This week on theDomains.com there has been a discussion of whether people should be allow to comment anonymously or should the ability to comment be limited to people who are willing to identify themselves So I'm throwing the topic out for discussion. Here are my thoughts; As an attorney I have this freedom of speech thing sort of ingrained in me. While I understand this people can … [Read more...]
Cybersquatting May Become A Crime In Nigeria
According to a report in AllAfrica.com out today, Nigeria is considering criminalizing Cybersqautting. ""Cybersquatting is the registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else."" According to the bill, any person who is found guilty of cybersquatting shall be liable on conviction to the fine of not … [Read more...]