Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Sun 3rd August 2014
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ICANN Tells US Court That ccTLDs Are Not "Property" – ag-IP - Home / ICANN Tells US Court That ccTLDs Are Not "Property" / WASHINGTON, DC - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has told a US federal court in the District of Columbia, that a country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) cannot be considered "property," and thus cannot be attached by plaintiffs in a lawsuit, who are trying to obtain the assets of countries that they argued have supported terrorism, a press release by the ... read more ...
Sat 2nd August 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in TR and tagged
Yerel alan adı uzantıları kimin? - ICANN'in açıklamasına göre, ülkelerin "internet alan adları" ülkelere veya bir başkasına ait değil. İran, Suriye ve Kuzey Kore'yi terörizm aktivitelerinin destekçisi olarak dava eden bir grup, ceza olarak ülkelerin ccTLD'lerinin (İnternet Ülke Alan Kodu, country-code Top Level Domain) ellerinden alınmasını istedi. İnternet üzerinde genel bir kontrol görevi bulunan "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" (ICANN) ise, bu işlemin mümkün olmadığını, ... read more ...
 
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.Mail Gets Added To .Home and .Corp As Strings Killed Off By Collision - According to a resolution of the ICANN Board the .Mail has joined .Home and .Corp as extension that will not be delegated as part of the collision report. .Mail was basically killed off as part of the “ICANN NAME COLLISION OCCURRENCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK” which is putting into place a plan which will start the process of freeing up domain names on the Collision list: “Registry Operators will implement a period of, at least, 90 days of continuous controlled interruption. ICANN will monitor and ... read more ...
 
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Nuove registrazioni di gTLD e Periodi Sunrise - Pianificare di registrare il proprio marchio come nome di dominio durante un Sunrise Period per poi scoprire che la registrazione figura in un elenco di Nomi Riservati?Ci sono una serie di motivi per cui un dominio che corrisponde al proprio marchio può figurare in una Reserved Names list. Prima di tutto se il dominio desiderato è oggetto di Name Collision, anche se questo non si verifica per tutti i registri. Infatti alcuni operatori stanno accettando idomini che sono stati oggetto di Name Collision ... read more ...
Fri 1st August 2014
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TLD Registry to Speak at Inaugural World Domain Day India - We are excited to announce that TLD Registry's CEO Arto Isokoski and CMO Simon Cousins will be highlighted guest speakers at India's inaugural World Domain Day. To be staged in Hyderabad, India on August 24th, Arto and Simon will build upon TLD Registry's already well-established résumé as the world's leading experts on Chinese domain names. Increasing numbers of bloggers, domain name investors, governments, enterprises and even new Chinese parents are realizing the immense value and ... read more ...
 
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"Requiescat in Pace" – the new .RIP Generic Top-Level Domain - What does "RIP" stand for? I thought "RIP" stood for "Rest In Peace". I thought it was an acronym used in English only and a TLD that would be understood by the next generation; because no one would ever register such a domain name ending in .RIP today. When you say "RIP", it makes you think of death… I have also said that such a TLD was something… typically American and that no other culture would consider buying such domain names because promoting death online is something a bit ... read more ...
 
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Are Internet domain names “property”? - An interesting lawsuit – Ben Haim et al. v Islamic Republic of Iran et al. – has been percolating through the federal system for the last few years, involving a group of plaintiffs who have received money judgments against the governments of Iran, Syria, and North Korea for injuries suffered in state-sponsored terror episodes.  To satisfy the judgments, the plaintiffs have been on a campaign to seize assets — bank accounts, real property, etc. — located in the US belonging to those governments ... read more ...
 
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Saisie de noms de domaines : l’ICANN met le holà - L’autorité gestionnaire du nommage sur Internet considère qu’une extension de premier niveau faisant référence à un pays – comme le .fr – ne peut faire l’objet d’une saisie. L’ICANN est formelle : désignées, dans la nomenclature du nommage Internet, par l’acronyme ccTLD (pour « country-code Top-Level Domain »), les extensions de noms de domaines rattachées à un pays ne peuvent pas faire l’objet de saisies judiciaires. L’organisme chargé de la gestion et ... read more ...
 
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Five key takeaways from ICANN 50 in London - The 50th Meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in London from June 22–26. This marked the first time that an ICANN meeting has been held in London, and also resulted in the largest attendance record for an ICANN meeting, with more than 3,300 individuals registered in attendance. Despite what could be characterized as organized chaos on the ground during the meeting, the following five topics and takeaways began to emerge for brand ... read more ...
 
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New Insurance Sales CRM Delivers Enterprise Level Functionality-Features At … - TLD CRM was developed specifically for small-mid size insurance sales companies. It's a web based turn key system that requires no customization or programming and includes all of the vital features a sales office needs ready to go. Coral Springs, FL (PRWEB) -There are lots of CRMs on the market today, and yet with so many CRMs available, it's hard to find one that meets the needs of a small business; and even harder if your small business is specialized. Salesforce is obviously ... read more ...
 
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Domain Prices Set Record As New TLDs Begin Trading, According To Sedo’s … - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... .Com Domains Reach an All-time Average High as Buy Now Sales Continue to ClimbBoston, Mass. – Sedo, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its First Half 2014 Domain Market Study, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. An infographic depicting findings from the study is available at http://bit.ly/1rMCO82. During the first six months of ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: ccTLD Bukanlah Barang Milik Badan/Lembaga -   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) belum lama ini telah menyatakan kepada Pengadilan Federal AS di District of Columbia, bahwa country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) tidak bisa dianggap sebagai sebuah benda kepemilikan (properti). Karena itu, ccTLD tidak bisa digugat dalam sebuah tuntutan hukum yang mencoba mengambil alihnya dari suatu negara yang dianggap mendukung terorisme. “Kami telah memberi pertimbangan kepada Pengadilan Federal AS agar melakukan peninjauan ... read more ...
 
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Many Moving Parts: Running a Registry - So you want to be a registry.Each of the 1,400 applicants for new top-level domains (TLDs) took on daunting, new responsibilities when they decided to invest in the next big Internet thing. But their multi-year application process – jumping through high hoops, adjusting to the untried and unknown, and enduring multiple rule changes – may seem like duck soup compared to the challenges of running a registry.The first thing to keep in mind is that it takes a village to raise a registry. New TLD ... read more ...
Thu 31st July 2014
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ICANN fights legal bid to seize top level country domains - Syria, Iran and North Korea domains targeted. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has applied in a United States federal court to set aside civil judgments that direct it to seize the top-level domains of Iran, Syria and North Korea, ... read more ...
 
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Internet’s Organizing Body: Nobody Actually Owns Country Codes, Not Even … - (frankieleon)Does anyone actually own the internet? That might be the existential crisis of our age. We know companies own and operate websites, that other companies own the software that let us look at those sites, and that still other companies own and operate the physical infrastructure that allows us access to those sites. And when we stop to think about it, we know that there are registrars and regulations and standards in place that make specific parts of web addresses — the bits after the ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Halbjahres-Domainreport 2014: 24 Prozent aller weltweit gehandelten Top … - Insgesamt wurden in den vergangenen sechs Monaten Internetadressen mit 161 unterschiedlichen Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) gehandelt. Mit der Einführung von bisher über 300 neuen Endungen wie beispielsweise ".bio", ".club". oder ".ruhr", beträgt der Anteil dieser TLDs auf dem Domainhandelsplatz 24 Prozent am Gesamtvolumen. Den bisher höchsten Preis bei einem öffentlichen Verkauf von Domains unter den neuen TLDs erlöste die Adresse "eat.club" mit 20.000 US-Dollar. Bei einem nicht öffentlichen Verkauf ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: Top-Level-Domains kann man nicht beschlagnahmen - Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) informiert in einer Pressemeldung über ihre Argumentation in einem Gerichtsverfahren. Terrorismusopfer fordern demnach im Rahmen eines Prozesses, die Länderdomains des Iran, Syriens und Nordkoreas zu beschlagnahmen, da diese Länder Terrorismus unterstützten. Die ICANN erklärte dem zuständigen US-Bundesbezirksgericht für den District of Columbia, die Domains .ir für Iran, .sy für Syrien und .kp für Nordkorea seien “Teil ... read more ...
 
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New ‘dot brand’ domains to increase customer loyalty - Written by Roland LaPlante, CMO of Affilias   Over the coming year, the Internet will experience its biggest makeover ever. More than 1,000 new top-level domains (TLDs) will join “heritage” domains such as .COM, .INFO, and .ORG. These new TLDs, covering brands, geography and generic concepts — like .DELMONTE, .VEGAS and .YACHTS — are designed to increase innovation on the Web. They will also open up massive opportunities for brands and retailers who want to make it easier and ... read more ...
 
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The wild west of gTLDs and trademarks - Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are a new and soon-to-be-huge feature of the internet. New websites using a wide variety of newly created domain names will soon be springing up like weeds. Owners of brands and trademarks need to be aware of the threats, and of their options and the tools that are available to protect their intellectual property on the web. This huge expansion of internet real estate also brings a new wave of speculators and cybersquatters. New gTLDs open up a ... read more ...
 
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Icann: Länderdomains sind kein Eigentum - Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) hat der Beschlagnahme von Länderdomains widersprochen. In den USA hatten Kläger vor Gericht erreicht, dass die Länderdomains - sogenannte Country Code Top-Level Domains oder ccTLDs - von Syrien (.sy), Iran (.ir) und Nordkorea (.kp) beschlagnahmt werden sollten. Solche Domains seien kein Eigentum, erklärte die Icann. Sie gehörten nicht den Ländern, denen sie zugewiesen worden seien und könnten somit auch nicht beschlagnahmt werden. Sollte ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Publishes 2014 First Half Domain Market Study: 35.9 Million In Sales - Sedo today announced the results of its First Half 2014 Domain Market Study, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. An infographic depicting findings from the study is available at http://bit.ly/1rMCO82. During the first six months of 2014, Sedo powered 16,216 transactions worth a total of $35.9 million in sales. Domain values increased year-over-year, with the mean average sales price up 17 percent to $2,214 and the median price rising 7% to $616. The ... read more ...
 
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Top Level Domain Names: A New Frontier - First, think back to October 2013—the federal government had just experienced a 16-day shutdown and the internet only had 22 generic Top-Level Domains ("gTLDs").  Of these 22 gTLDs, there were less than a handful of gTLDs which were unrestricted and available for use for any purpose: namely, .COM, .NET, .ORG and .INFO.  Each of these gTLDs was managed by a domain name registrar who maintained a registry of all of the domain names and who collected periodic fees for each domain name registration. Because ... read more ...
 
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.COM Domains Remain Strong as New gTLDs Command Significant Market … - Since the new gTLDs started to become available in January, Sedo reports that the highest public sale of a new gTLD domain on its marketplace was eat.club, which sold for $20,000. Despite the excitement around new gTLDs, .com still remains the most popular TLD on its marketplace, accounting for more than half (55 percent) of all sales. Sedo released its First Half 2014 Domain Market Study on Thursday, which looks at the trends in its marketplace. During the first half of 2014, Sedo was behind ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Raises Positive Guidance After Expected 2Q Results With Substantial … - Sluggish domain name registration business growth of VeriSign (VRSN, Market Perform) and impacts of new gTLDs on core registry business remained doubtful, drives us to downgrade VeriSign to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ rating with price target of $50. However we see multiple strengths of VeriSign including revenue growth, profit margins expansion, growth in stock price, net income growth and remarkable earnings per share growth. Irrespective of Verisign missed second quarter revenue ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Halbjahres-Domainreport 2014: 24 Prozent aller weltweit gehandelten Top … - Die Sedo GmbH, Betreiber der weltweit größten Online-Handelsplattform für Premium Domains, veröffentlicht heute ihren Domainreport für das erste Halbjahr 2014. Im Zeitraum Januar bis Juli 2014 wurden auf der Plattform Sedo.com insgesamt 16.216 Transaktionen im Gegenwert von rund 35,9 Mio. US-Dollar durchgeführt. Der Durchschnittspreis für alle Verkäufe lag bei 2.214 US-Dollar (2013: 1.893 US-Dollar) und der Median-Preis bei 616 US-Dollar (2013: 577 US-Dollar). Dies entspricht einem Anstieg ... read more ...