Monthly Archives: December 2013

Fri 13th December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins - Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bitcoin (BTC) The domain name Conferences.com is owned by another top domain investor, Merlin Kauffman. Josh tells me that he has been in negotiations for about three years on acquiring an interest in the domain name The 20% sale for $50,000 places the valuation ... read more ...
 
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The Pirate Bay Switches to .AC ccTLD Following Domain Seizure, Pressure from … - by Nicole Henderson on December 13, 2013Add Your Comments The Pirate Bay switched its domain this week, relocating to a new address on the .AC ccTLD, after pressure from Dutch anti-piracy agency Brein forced the domain registry of Sint Maarten to seize its .SX domain name. Initially reported on Torrent Freak on Tuesday, The Pirate Bay users were unable to use the site in places where DNS entries were not cached, ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Adds 14 Domain Extensions At GoDaddy - Donuts, the global top level domain (gTLD) registrar which has operations and connections to Los Angeles, has rolled out fourteen of its domain extensions via GoDaddy. According to GoDaddy Thursday, it has begun accepting pre-registration on fourteen new domain name extensions, including .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY, .SINGLES, .CAMERA, .LIGHTING, .PLUMBING, .EQUIPMENT, .GRAPHICS and .HOLDINGS. The domains are part of a bit extension of GoDaddy in the new ... read more ...
 
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Livre blanc : tout savoir sur les nouvelles extensions de noms de domaine - Leur annonce avait fait grand bruit il y a deux ans. Leur arrivée se rapproche de plus en plus et certaines avaient même été annoncées au printemps dernier. Les nouveaux gTLDs, autrement dit les extensions de noms de domaine qui vont venir compléter la vingtaine déjà existante (.com, .net, .info…) et celles relatives à chaque pays, ne vont pas tarder à arriver. Plus de 1 800 candidatures restent en lice pour plus de 1 400 extensions différentes. Elles ne vont pas toutes arriver en ... read more ...
 
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Do we really need new net names? - Late last month the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took the radical step of approving nine new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs): .bike, .clothing, .guru, .camera, .lighting, .voyage, .holdings,  .equipment and .singles.  These gTLDs, while available to registered companies with the appropriate trade marks, will only be released to the public in January 2014.These are part of a list of over 1400 gTLDs that will be released by ICANN in the next few years at a rate of ... read more ...
 
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The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant - The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX  (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longer have the need for a domain name and thus make the confiscating or blocking of a domain completely futile. From the article: Currently under development is a BitTorrent-powered browser that will enable users to store and distribute The Pirate Bay and other ... read more ...
 
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Overstock.com Sues NoMoreRack.com For Trademark Infringement For Buying Keyword Ads Under Overstock - Overstock.com filed suit in the Federal Court for Utah for trademark infringement against NoMoreRack.com apparently over NoMoreRack.com’s use of the word Overstock in its ads and for buying keyword advertising under the term Overstock. Here are the relevant parts of the Complaint: “Overstock.com, Inc. files this Complaint for trademark infringement and unfair competition, and seeks a preliminary injunction, a permanent injunction, and damages against Defendant Nomorerack.com and alleges as follows: “Upon ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy.com Warns Customers That .Vg & .Tc Domains May Not Be Renewed & Will Be Costly - In any email Godaddy.com warns customers that they might not be able to renew .VG domain names or .TC domain names. If they are able to renew them they are not going to be cheap “We previously told you about a dispute at the .TC and .VG domain name registries.” “We have already suspended new .TC and .VG registrations because of complications at the registry, and we may have issues renewing your domain(s). ” “Also, effective immediately, the registries have increased the price of renewals: ... read more ...
 
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.Brand Registry Agreement Addendum Published for Public Comment - On December 6, 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a registry operator that operates a top-level domain (TLD) that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".brand TLD." Specification 13, otherwise known as the “.brand Addendum,” would be added to the standard Registry Agreement that was finalized and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors in July ... read more ...
 
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A small bit some-more about a Trademark Clearinghouse’s extended warning service - Answers to two questions about the TMCH extending alerts beyond 90 days. Yesterday I wrote about how the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is extending the amount of time it will alert trademark holders if someone registers domains that contain their mark. Originally set for just 90 days, now the TMCH will extend the service for as long as a mark is registered with the TMCH. (For more background, see my previous story.) Some readers brought up good questions, which I ... read more ...
 
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See 21 companies that bought domain names final week - A new TLD registry was among the domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are 21 that were purchased by “end users”. You can see previous end user sales reports here. duesseldorfkonzert.de 4,760 EUR- Web agency DKN GmbH Co KG. LEDLightBulbs.co.uk 4,000 GBP – CP Lighting Ltd in the United Kingdom. TECC.co.uk 750 GBP – The Electronic Cigarette Company in the United Kingdom bought ... read more ...
Thu 12th December 2013
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The Domain Masters Radio Show Returned Wednesday With a Controversial … - For nearly nine years the Domain Masters radio program could be heard at WebmasterRadio.fm every Wednesday evening. The groundbreaking show debuted in December 2004 with Monte Cahn as the host ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons Pledges Half of His Fortune to Charity - Huffington Post reports that Bob Parsons the founder of Go Daddy will give half of his fortune to charity. According to Forbes that net worth is $1.9 Billion. http://www.forbes.com/profile/bob-parsons/ From the article: Parsons and wife, Renee, recently joined the Giving Pledge –- a movement started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett four years ago –- which asks the world’s richest people to donate half of their wealth to charity. The Parsonses, along with six other affluent families, ... read more ...
 
 
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GoDaddy Opens Pre-Registration For 14 New Domain Name Extensions - Scottsdale, Arizona-based domain name registrar GoDaddy is extending out its inventory of domain name extensions, ahead of the ICANN's move to new global top level domain (gTLDs)The story you have requested is only available to paid members of the Techrockies.com web site. Stories newer than 15 daysare restricted to paid members only. Please login in order to access this members-only content, or become a member. ... read more ...
 
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Shopping For New Generic Top-Level Domains Made Simple By Easyspace - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has created a brand new website where customers can register their interest for free in the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).Glasgow, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 12 December 2013 -Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has created a brand new website where customers can register their interest for free in the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The website,http://www.easyspace.com/domain-names/new-gtldshas ... read more ...
 
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.ruhr: Das Ruhrgebiet geht online - Die Ruhr ist nicht nur eine Krankheit, sondern auch ein Fluss in Deutschland und Namensgeber des Ruhrgebiets. Jetzt bekommt sie eine eigene Top Level Domain (TLD): .ruhr. Der Ruhrpott, einst das industrielle Herz der Bundesrepublik, wird die erste Region Deutschlands sein, die eine eigene TDL erhält. Seit dieser Woche ist .ruhr online. Noch ist jedoch nur eine Domain freigeschaltet: nic.ruhr. Weiter Domains können ab Anfang 2014 bestellt werden. Kostenpunkt: 30 bis 60 Euro. Noch tiefer in die Tasche ... read more ...
 
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First Geographic NewgTLD, .RUHR, Now Delegated - Each week ICANN has been delegating more new generic top-level domains (newgTLDs) and it's been somewhat entertaining to watch the list of delegated strings to see what new TLDs will enter the domain name space starting sometime in early 2014 when they become generally available for people to register new domains under. I haven't written about the new strings as I did in the past largely because this is now getting rather routine and those who really care can just watch that list of designated ... read more ...
 
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Nouveau serveur de téléchargement - Vous l'aviez constaté, le téléchargement des fichiers hébergés par TLD était devenu particulièrement lent ces dernières semaines essentiellement en fin de journée. La bande passante du serveur était en effet complètement saturée du fait d'un nombre de téléchargements trop important à certaines heures. Un nouveau serveur de download a été mis en place cette semaine pour mettre fin à cette situation et un autre serveur supplémentaire sera activé dans les prochains jours afin d'améliorer ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse to offer ongoing claims notification services - 12 Dec, 2013 ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) has today announced that it will offer an ongoing claims service, where trademark holders (and/or their agents) will be notified of potential intellectual property infringement indefinitely, beyond the original 90 day period. Whenever a domain name in a new gTLD that exactly matches a term recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse, the trademark holder will receive ... read more ...
 
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Der Ruhrpott im Netz: .ruhr ist online - Sie ist als letzte der deutschen Regional-TLDs gestartet, jetzt ging sie als erste ins Netz: Seit dem 11.12.13 ist .ruhr online. Eine kleine TLD, etwas abseits des großen Hypes, dafür mit einer Vorregistrierphase verspricht regiodot-Geschäftsführerin Anja Elsing. .ruhr ist die erste deutsche Top Level Domain, die seit dem Start von .de in die Rootzone eingetragen wird. Nic.ruhr ist bereits online, die ersten Namen gibt es aber nicht vor Anfang nächsten Jahres. Voraussichtlicher ... read more ...
 
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Supercross 2014 profiles: TLD Red Bull Honda - Cole Seely – Now or Never Since Cole Seely is most likely moving up to a 450 in 2015, this upcoming season will probably be his final chance to earn a 250SX Championship. While Seely’s not a shoe-in for the title, nobody would be surprised if he was holding the lead after the season finale in Las Vegas. He’s won multiple 250SX races in the past, he’s healthy and the two people who bested him last year, Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac, have graduated to the 450 Class. Look for Seely to be stacking ... read more ...
 
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Shopping for New Generic Top-Level Domains Made Simple by Easyspace - New Easyspace website for generic Top-Level Domains "Customers should not be paying to register their interest in the new gTLDs at the moment unless they own the trademark for their brand." Glasgow, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 12 December 2013 Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has created ... read more ...
 
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Procédure de pré-enregistrement des noms de domaine avec les nouvelles gTLDs - Erreur : Aucun billet. Nom de domaine .tv est un blog sur l'actualité des noms de domaine - Propulsé par DotClear - hebergement sur serveur dedie Netissime Partenaires: Actualit People ... read more ...
 
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New Top Level Domains Becoming Available, Prepare For .Music, .Band, .Club - .music has been a point of discussion at Hypebot over the last couple of years regarding such topics as who will administer it and RIAA piracy concerns. I'm not clear on the progress of .music but it appears to still be in contention. Time To Start Tracking Your Preferred New Domain(s) What I do want to share is that some of the long awaited generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are already in a preregistration phase and others will be following at undeclared future dates. If you want to dig into ... read more ...