Braden Pollock joins ScienceFiction.com as traffic explodes

ScienceFiction.com tops 1 million monthly pageviews and reshuffles its ownership. Domain name investor Braden Pollock is now part owner of ScienceFiction.com, LLC , joining Patrick Ruddell in the online site that wants to be the “TechCrunch of science fiction”. I caught up with Ruddell today to understand what this means for his business and how the site is doing

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How Lamar Smith will respond to your SOPA complaint

The form response Lamar Smith sends to opponents of SOPA. As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in Lamar Smith’s district in Texas. His office is literally a couple miles from mine. Smith is the sponsor of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I wrote to him a week ago via his web site expressing how I didn’t like the SOPA bill because it reinforces the idea that America owns the internet.

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21,000 domains transfer out of Go Daddy in 1 day

It could be a coincidence or it could a collective cold shoulder for Go Daddy for its SOPA support–though the company actually reversed course yesterday.

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Lawmakers urge ICANN to delay new top-level domains

Remember last summer when ICANN approved a broad new policy fior top-level domains? Now some U.S. lawmakers want ICANN to put the move on hold.

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Internet Expands to 220 Million Domains: VeriSign

The Internet expanded by 2.3 percent in the third quarter over the second quarter, VeriSign reported in its latest report on domain registrations. There were 4.9 million more domains at the end of September than there had been in June, the report found.

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Company Profile for United Domains

United Domains is a domain name registrar located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With more than 10 years of expertise in domain name registration, United Domains offers more than 170 top-level domains worldwide.

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No jury trial over incentive plan in Monte Cahn v. Oversee.net

Judge says waver to jury trial in employment agreement is valid. The case of Monte Cahn v. Oversee.net, et al is scheduled to go to trial next month

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Tucows Adds 100-Plus new Domain Extensions to OpenSRS System

December 22, 2011 — Internet services wholesaler Tucows announced on Thursday, via a blog post, that it has added more than 100 country code domains to the OpenSRS reseller services division, covering nearly 80 countries.

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ICANN’s at-large committee debating recommendation to throttle new TLD release

Would throttling release of new TLDs benefit the internet? The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), which represents the interests of internet users, is the latest group to consider asking ICANN to do a phased release of its new TLD program. Although there’s still disagreement amongst the group, a third draft of a document titled “Updated ALAC advice on gTLDs” says that there are “deep concern about the possible harmful effect on Internet end-users of a single massive expansion of gTLDs;” Among the possible resolutions: Phase-in the introduction of new gTLDs gradually, releasing no more than 25 every three months and that each such release be comprised of at least 30% community, support-eligible, “geo-region” or IDN TLDs The draft notes that these numbers “may be considered arbitrary values which are subject to review and consensus.” If ALAC does finalize this communication, it will be one more group asking ICANN to be careful as it prepares to release hundreds of new TLDs. Although this may make sense, the question of how to batch new TLDs is still open to debate and could be just as contentious as the entire new gTLD process to date.

Missouri State University buys .XXX domains

MSU officials say they are trying to protect the university’s image SPRINGFIELD, Mo — Since its inception in early September of 2011, .XXX domains have caused quite a bit of buzz. There have already been more than 160,000 adult website registrations since.

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Lana Del Rey to Appear On Saturday Night Live in Her First American TV Appearance

The music career of Lana Del Rey continues to explode. Today it was announced that the sultry young singer, the eldest daughter of Rob and Pat Grant, will make her first American TV appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on January 14, 2012 in a show that will be hosted by Harry Potter!

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Major League Baseball and Current TV buy domain names

A look at end user domain name sales from the past week. My list of end user domain purchases for the week is a little bit shorter than usual, but contains big names including Major League Baseball. All sales were at Afternic unless otherwise noted.

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Hot New Nashville Singer/Songwriter Bree Brings David Castello Back to the Future

The Castello Brothers, who have both been professional musicians, have become rock stars in the domain business. Now, thanks to Bree, an exciting new singer/songwriter that David Castello is managing and playing drums behind, David could be on the verge of becoming a rock star in the music business too.

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Expanded Internet domains: Boon or bane?

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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Macy’s sues company trying to restore its legacy brands

Company tries to revive old brands such as Bullock’s and The Broadway. File this one under “did you think to ask a lawyer about this first?” Department store company Macy’s has filed a federal lawsuit ( pdf ) against a company that’s trying to bring back Macy’s legacy brands. The company, Strategic Marks, LLC, has filed trademark applications for some of Macy’s brands such as May Company and Robinson’s, and set up shop on the web at RetroDepartmentStores.com . According to the web site, the company plan to “bring back nine of the great department stores of the 20th century: Joseph Magnin, Bullock’s, May, Robinson’s May, Jordan Marsh, Filene’s, The Broadway, The Bon Marche, and Abraham & Strauss, and re-build and restore these well-loved brands.” It’s starting with an online store — complete with the actual logos these stores used in the past — and hopes to open physical stores as well.

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Cybersquatters pick up .xxx trademark domains

Companies that missed the chance to register their trademarked names as “.xxx,” a new Web domain, may find that others picked them up instead.

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