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Go Daddy Faces Boycott Threat From SOPA Opponents

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Some websites have threatened to move their domains from the registrar

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Two Sales That Rank Among the Year’s 20 Biggest Top This Week’s Domain Sales Chart

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:26:01 +0000

Two high end domain sales, one that soared all the way into the top ten for 2011 and another that reached the year’s top 20, lead DN Journal’s latest weekly domain sales chart. There is an interesting back story to the previously unreported $280,0000 sale of the domain in the #2 slot that we will tell you about.

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Two Sales That Rank Among the Year’s 20 Biggest Top This Week’s Domain Sales Chart

CU grabs .xxx domains, but not before brothel owner buys Colorado.xxx

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:20 +0000

The Colorado.xxx web address, purchased by a Las Vegas brothel owner before CU could grab it, redirects to this nudist website. (PAUL AIKEN)

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CU grabs .xxx domains, but not before brothel owner buys Colorado.xxx

Afilias Announces 2011 .Info Award Winners – Will Hand Out $18,000 in Prize Money

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:31:35 +0000

The operator of the .Info registry, Afilias, has announced the winners of its 2011 .Info Awards recognizing the best websites built on .info domains this year. The top 3 sites were selected by combining scores from a 7-person panel of judges with votes the public cast for their favorites.

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Afilias Announces 2011 .Info Award Winners – Will Hand Out $18,000 in Prize Money

Two Congressmen ask Commerce Department for delay to new TLDs

DomainNameWire — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:47:26 +0000

Representatives ask for a delay or pilot program launch.

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FTC asks ICANN to run pilot new TLD launch

DomainNameWire — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:16:59 +0000

FTC says adding just 22 new TLDs would be “aggressive”.

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Who’s master of. xxx domains?

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:23:59 +0000

The shake-up continues online over. xxx Internet domains, generally associated with explicit sexual content – porn.

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Expanded Internet domains: Boon or bane?

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:28:22 +0000

Opponents tell a House panel that expanding generic Top Level Domains threatens intellectual property and trademarks; supporters say it will increase competition, improve service and create jobs.

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Better Business Bureau thinks it should have first dibs on BBB.xxx

DomainNameWire — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:39:41 +0000

Group’s IP attorney miffed that it couldn’t get bbb.xxx under ICM Registry sunrise process. In planned testimony for today’s hearing about new TLDs in the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on new TLDs, Council of Better Business Bureaus IP attorney Anjali Hansen said her group should have had first dibs on the domain name BBB: Even more astounding was the fact that ICM Registry refused to accept CBBB’s registration of its most famous trademark “BBB” because ICM was allowed to reserve bbb.xxx as a premium name that it can later auction off to the highest bidder. We could not even defensively purchase our own trademark. Hmm. I’m sure the American Automobile Association would love first dibs on aaa.xxx as well.

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Tebowing.com – Registered Two Months Ago, Getting Millions of Visits, Now Worth Big Bucks?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:43:46 +0000

Tebowing has become a global sensation with people all over the world striking the prayerful pose that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has become known for. The domain name, Tebowing.com, was registered less than 60 days ago and the lucky new owner is now reaping the benefits from the Tebow craze.

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Tebowing.com – Registered Two Months Ago, Getting Millions of Visits, Now Worth Big Bucks?

Schools purchase .xxx domains

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:13:37 +0000

Post secondary schools are snapping up .xxx domains to keep them out of the hands of pornographers.

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WVU Buys .XXX Online Domains To Protect Trademarks

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:38:51 +0000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia University has ventured into the Internet world of adult-themed domains to protect its trademarks.

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Huffington Post Gets Sexsquatted

DomainNameWire — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:11:07 +0000

California man registers HuffingtonPost.xxx.

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Colleges, businesses snap up .xxx domains

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:20:20 +0000

Porn-oriented .xxx domains went on sale to the general public this week, and institutions and organizations are grabbing them in the hope of protecting their reputations and brands.

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Senate and House Hearings on New Top Level Domains Not Likely to Delay Launch

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:12:48 +0000

Yesterday, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held hearings on ICANN’s expansion of top level domains. Next week the House Energy and Commerce committee will also conduct their hearings on this same topic.

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Senate and House Hearings on New Top Level Domains Not Likely to Delay Launch