Tag Archives: domain dunce

Fri 4th September 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Dunce Award: Blue Coat - Security firm should admit it screwed-up labeling .zip the shadiest top level domain. It’s been a while since I’ve handed out a prestigious Domain Dunce award, but this week’s “Shady TLDs” report from security firm Blue Coat is very deserving. Both Michael Berkens and Kevin Murphy covered the original report, which labeled .Zip the shadiest top level domain with 100% shady sites. There’s just one problem: .Zip is an unreleased top level domain name from Google. There’s only one second ... read more ...
Tue 27th December 2011
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2011 Domain Dunce: ICANN complains about hotel (and afterwards takes it back) - It’s the end of year, and that means it’s time for Domain Name Wire’s annual Domain Dunce awards. Let’s kick things off with a smelly situation. By all accounts the Hotel des Almadies, which housed attendees of ICANN’s meeting at its recent meeting in Dakar, Senegal earlier this year, was far from luxury. Attendees complained of rats, security concerns, air conditioning issues, and non-working showers. That prompted Barbara Ann Clay, ICANN’s Vice President ... read more ...
Mon 28th December 2009
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2009 Domain Dunce Award: Panelist Andrew F. Christie - “My scenario is where someone named James Wilson Marriott has jwmarriott.com…” That’s a great scenario. Clearly, what you describe would be a scummy, rotten, unlawful, and bad faith thing for him to do. He should be stopped from running those hotel ads. In fact, you describe the allegations in two ACPA cases in which a domain name was not transferred. Mr. Uzi Nissan did in fact run ads relating to foreign cars at his nissan.com domain name. He has been enjoined from advertising ... read more ...