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US Government Returns Seized RojaDirecta Domain Names Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT As reported by Wired today the US Government has returned the seized domain names of Spanish forum RojaDirecta.com/org domains after the government dropped their claim on Wednesday – 19 months after the domains were originally seized. The seizing of the domains happened as part of the “Operation in our Sites” together with eight other sites that were accused of being connected to broadcasting pirated video streams of professional sports. The government, which seized the domain names for simply including links to copyrighted content, dropped the Rojadirecta claim, seemingly due to a recent ruling by Judge Richard Posner. Posner, one of the nation's most respected judges, knocked down charges that a video bookmarking site was infringing copyright law, just because its users linked to copyrighted videos. The operator of the site, Puerto 80, said the site that has 865,000 registered users has not committed any copyright infringement. As a discussion board about sports, politics and other topics some of the users may have linked to pirated streams. The group had been trying to negotiate with the US government, but were told that they would only receive control over their domain names again if the site would prohibit its users from linking to any US content. It looks like the domains are currently though, the site is not back online yet. Interestingly it also looks like the “last updated” date in the registry has not been changed when the domain was seized or returned. Related posts: Firefox Add-on “Undoes” U.S. Government Domain Seizures Libyan Government Seizes URL Shortener’s Domain US Authorities Seize Domain Names of Download Sites ICE Accidentally Takes Down 84,000 Websites IRS to Auction Seized Domain & Website

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Snapnames Releases iPhone and iPad bidding App Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:29 AM PDT SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S. A. company and leading domain name online marketplace for already registered, expiring and deleting domain names announced today the release of their domain name auction bidding app for iPhone and iPod touch. With over twenty-five million domains to choose from annually, SnapNames.com users can now easily bid on a wide selection of domain names while on-the-go thus preventing missing out on domain names while away from a computer. The SnapNames.com mobile app features include: A real-time dashboard with a snapshot of active auctions and history Streamlined bidding for auctions in users’ accounts Instant tracking of bidding activity, number of bidders, time remaining and high bidder status – Display of historical auction activity and closing status of transactions The newly released auction app has been made available free of charge. "With the release of a mobile bidding application for SnapNames.com auctions, we are providing users (both businesses and individuals) a more convenient way to acquire the domains they want, when they want them,” said Craig Snyder, CEO of Moniker and SnapNames. “Furthermore, by extending our proven auction technology to the iPhone, we are accelerating access and domain inventory selection options to an expanded audience across the globe. " [via Press Release] Related posts: SnapNames User Name “Halvarez” Was Nelson Brady, VP of Engineering Bidding on Domain Names [Updated] SnapNames Insider Bidding Aftermath – EDITORIAL Aftermarket.com Releases TRAFFIC Down Under Auction List – Bidding Open One Month Left to Accept “Halvarez” Rebate Offer from Snapnames SnapNames to Bring Back Historical Bid Information

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Cambridge Man supports Paul Ryan by buying domain names Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT As reported by The Daily Jeffersonian, Matt McKnight from Cambridge has registered a number of domain names in order to protect vice-president candidate Paul Ryan. The article calls him the “domain-ator” mentions that his main site is at JannaRyan.com, which is the name of the candidate’s wife. As Dan Davis writes,  McKnight purchased the domains “[...] to keep Democrats from accessing some Paul Ryan domains,[...]“. [McKnight] transferred one Paul Ryan domain to the vice presidential candidate’s campaign. “The campaign actually contacted me about using ‘paulryanvp.com’ which I then transferred over to them,” McKnight said. “I’m not sure if they’re going to make that his official website. This has been just a few days ago.” McKnight refused cash for the domain. According to DomainsTools he owns 17 other domains. Do you think this is a viable way to support “your” candidate in elections? As a candidate how would you feel about a fan-site about your wife? Would you try to place the names under your control? Related posts: Paul Stahura Leaving eNom and Demand Media After 12 Years RIM Goes On Brand Protection Domain Buying Spree, Forgets A Few ICANN president Paul Twomey to step down E-Mudslinging Seen In Election Domain Name Registrations Fusu Announces Co-Buying and Auctions

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Targeted TRAFFIC Awards Voting – only today Posted: 27 Aug 2012 06:51 AM PDT Voting for the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Industry awards is only open today. Vote for your choices and send them to trafficawards@earthlink.net by 9PM EDT today. As per a prior announcement you must be a list subscriber to vote. BEST NEW MONETIZING SOLUTIONS (Vote for one) __BankAds.com __DomainNameSales.com __DomainPower.com __InternetTraffic.com __JuiceCow.com __ParkLogic.com __Protrada.com __Rook Media __The Parking Place __Voodoo.com   BEST OVERALL DOMAIN SOLUTION (vote for one)   __Aftermarket __Afternic __Domain Holdings __DomainNameSales.com __InternetTraffic.com __JuiceCow.com __ParkLogic.com __Protrada.com __Sedo.com   BEST DOMAIN BLOG (vote for one)   __DNJournal.com (Jackson) __Domaingang.com (Acro) __DomainIncite.com (Murphy) __DomainNameWire.com (Alleman) __DomainShane.com (Cultra) __DomainSherpa.com (Cyger) __ElliotsBlog.com (Silver) __HybridDomainer.com (Hackney) __MorganLinton.com (Linton) __TheDomains.com (Berkens) __TNTNames.com (Eccles) __WhizBangsBlog.com (Gilmour)   THE “WE GET IT” AWARD (vote for one)   __Afternic.com __Amazon.com __Brown Shoe Co. (Shoes.com) __Cat5 Commerce __Donuts.co __Facebook.com __London Olympics __L’Oreal __ParkingCrew.com __Peter Niederman __Quidsi (Soap.com, Diapers.com an Amazon Company) __Quinstreet.com __SalesForce.com __TABcom (formerly Pets United, LLC)   DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR (vote for one)   __Lance Block (Swells LLC) __Michael Cyger __Alan Dunn __Mathias Hennig (Sedo) __Roy Hooper __Bill Karamouzis __Morgan Linton __Fred Mercaldo (Geoplatforms) __MediaGuys.com __Braden Pollock __Protrada __Danny Pryor __Dan Warner __Tia Wood   BROKER OF THE YEAR (vote for one)   __Toby Clements __DomainAdvisors __Dave Evanson (Sedo.com) __Kevin Faler __Alan Hack __Evan Horowitz (Hunting Moon) __Vern Jurovich __Brian Kleiner (NameMedia.com) __Mike Mann __Bob Olea __Mike Robertson (DomainGuardians.com) __Andrew Rosener (Media Options) __Joe Uddeme (Domain Holdings)   SPONSOR OF THE YEAR (vote for one)   __Afternic.com __Domain Holdings __Dot CO __Escrow.com __Fabulous.com __GoDaddy __InternetTraffic.com __InterNet X __NameCheap __ParkLogic __Protrada __Sedo __Thought Convergence __Voodoo.com   DOMAINER OF THE YEAR (vote for one)   __Roy Barrett __Steve Cheatham __Michael Cyger __Larry Fischer __Michael Gilmour __Rob Grant __Ron Jackson __Corey Lamay __Donna Mahoney __Mike Mann __Braden Pollock __Frank Schilling __Elliot Silver __Paul Stahura __Adam Strong __David Wieland   DOMAIN HALL OF FAME (vote for TWO)   __Gary Chernoff __Nat Cohen __Phil Corwin __Paul Cotton __Larry Fischer __Chad Folkenning __Michael Gilmour __Rob Grant __Kevin Ham __Steve Jobs (dec’d) __Vern Juravich [sic] __Igal Lichtman __Morgan Linton __Mike Mann __Gregg McNair __Brian Null __Braden Pollock __Tim Schumacher __Elliot Silver __Adam Strong   No related posts.

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Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk Hit with Malware Warnings Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:29 AM PDT Users of Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk were greeted today with a Google malware warning when accessing the popular domain name parking and aftermarket site.  The warning details are below. DNN was able to see the warnings in some Chrome and Safari but not Firefox, and upon reloading later this morning the warning had disappeared on Safari. Other users we have spoken to are reporting similar experiences with the warnings still tehre.  See graphic below for more details of the malware. [Update] A Sedo spokesperson has provided DNN witht he following comment: Sedo has been made aware that visitors attempting to access the Sedo.com or Sedo.co.uk websites using either the Firefox or Chrome web browsers have been receiving security alerts preventing entry. While the Sedo website is still accessible without warning on both Internet Explorer and Safari, we immediately began investigating the root cause of these warnings to ensure there was in fact no risk to our users or visitors to the site. At this time we can report that no threats have been detected and our technical teams are currently working with Google and others to ensure these false warnings are immediately removed.                                   Related posts: Oversee.net partners with Team Cymru to combat malware Millions of Network Solutions Parked Pages Were Serving Malware Google to Release “Chrome” Browser Early Firefox Extension to Block Parked Domains Sedo Two Letter Auction Ends Tomorrow

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Domain Name Wire for Domain - two domain lawsuits settled

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August 23, 2012
Two domain industry lawsuits settled
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I've never been party to a lawsuit, but I imagine it's
not much fun.

So it's good news that over the past month a couple of
the higher profile suits involving the domain name
industry have settled.

First, Monte Cahn settled his suit against Oversee.net.

Cahn founded Moniker, which he later sold to Seevast.
Seevast in turn sold it to Oversee.net. The later sale
included a bonus plan. After Cahn left Oversee.net
a few years later he argued he was due money under the plan.

The suit was rather nasty, so I'm sure both sides are happy
to put it to rest.

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The other suit was a cybersquatting complaint brought by a
heavyweight: Verizon.

The company sued Above.com for cybersquatting. The defendants
originally argued that some of the domains were its own
and some were clients, and that it shouldn't be responsible
for its clients. It later backtracked on its admission to having
cybersquatted.

The settlement agreement is mostly complete, and the two sides
have asked the court to hold off on all further activity.
The case was scheduled to go to court in October.

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Of course, there are lots of lawsuits involving domain names and the
industry.

But these two were closely watched by the industry: the first
because it involved a well known businessman and domain monetization
company and the second because it involves cybersquatting and
domain parking.



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* .Nxt conference is .gone

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* North Carolina food delivery service files UDRP against Takeout.com

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* ICANN terminates two domain name registrars

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These stories are just a sample of what you can read at DomainNameWire.com.
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Freshbooks becomes Cloud Accounting, forgets to buy domain? Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT Freshbooks just sent out an announcement from their CEO Mike McDerment to their clients – which include my own company (DomainCocoon). The company will become “Cloud Accounting” – there’s just one little snag. The domain CloudAccounting.com is already owned by an accountant in London. Of course he noticed the name change as well. So here’s the news: from this day forward, FreshBooks is Cloud Accounting. We’ve taken notice of what you are saying and we’re changing the way we talk about ourselves so it is more consistent with how you talk about FreshBooks. We’ve also taken notice of how your needs have changed. And while we have a culture of “show, not tell” at FreshBooks, I will share that our transition to “cloud” will deliver against some of your emerging needs and reinforce the “accounting” component of our evolution. Read the full announcement here on the Freshbooks blog. Do you think Freshbooks should have attempted to buy the domain name first? At the moment it appears to be just a tagline (it was “online invoicing” before), but even then, should they not try to do the domain name? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.   Related articles FreshBooks now hosting on the Cloud FreshBooks Chooses Hybrid Hosting From Rackspace Related posts: RIM Goes On Brand Protection Domain Buying Spree, Forgets A Few

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