The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has posted their position on the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, proposed in congress on Monday. The following is from the ICA: Snowe Bill Threatens Domain Name Registrants with “Infringement” Enforcement That is More Expansive and Punitive Than the UDRP or Trademark Law On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe … [Read more...]
Direct Navigation: Take on the Domain Stealing Bill
We know the bill is properly known as The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, but to the extent that creates civil and criminal offenses for owning domains having nothing to do with Phishing scams, we are calling it the Domain Stealing Bill. To this end Mr. Larry Fischer, a brilliant guy and good friend, blogged on the issue yesterday, pointing out cnet.com objection to the bill. In … [Read more...]
Network Solutions and ICANN Sued
As reported by various news sources today, a federal class action lawsuit was filed in California against Network Solutions for allegedly front running attempted domain registrations. As most of us are aware last month, it was widely reported that Network Solutions engaged in a practice whereby they would temporarily register any domain name that someone did a whois search for, to see if the … [Read more...]
Online Advertising Revenues Hit 21 Billion in 2007
According to a published report released today, online advertising revenues exceeded $21 billion for the first time in 2007, The Interactive Advertising Bureau estimates that ad revenues grew 25 percent last year from nearly $17 billion in 2006. The estimated gain was $4.2 billion, less than the 35 percent and $4.3 billion growth seen in 2006 over 2005. Analysts have said the growth … [Read more...]
This Weeks Yahoo-Microsoft Merger Update
This was the week that Yahoo said no to $31 a share offer by Microsoft. It was also the week that Yahoo raised the possibility of seeking a marketing deal with News Corp, or a deal with AOL. It is expected that Microsoft will increase its offer to $35 a share in the next week or two or launch a hostile takeover bid which would involve unseating most or all of the Yahoo Board of … [Read more...]
DNS: Rouge Servers on the Lose
According to a report by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc Servers controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks. The report estimates roughly 68,000 servers on the Internet are returning malicious Domain Name System results, which means people with compromised computers are … [Read more...]
News Corp. and Yahoo in Talks
According to reports, News Corp. and Yahoo are in discussions about combining MySpace and other News Corp.owned online properties with Yahoo. Reportly News Corp. would get a stake in Yahoo, and a private equity firm to contribute cash to the deal. The deal would allow Yahoo to remain independent while giving News Corp. substantial control over a huge array of Internet properties and advertising … [Read more...]