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.gay Flunks Community Review for Second Time
October 9, 2015 @ 3:08 AMdotgay LLC has failed in its bid to eliminate its competitors for the new gTLD .gay for the second time. After an unprecedented re-run of its Community Priority Evaluation, the applicant scored just 10 out of the 16 available points. That’s exactly the same as it scored the first time around, exactly one year ago,…
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Company to Offer .sucks Domains at .com Prices
October 9, 2015 @ 2:43 AMA new company says it is going to sell .sucks domain names, which usually retail for around $250, for as little as $12 a year. This.sucks Inc, which says it is not affiliated with the registry, is even planning to give away 10,000 names for free. That’s a hell of a cost to cover –…
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Forbes.com Covers .film & 1st Domains; February.film & Septembersofshiraz.film
October 7, 2015 @ 10:23 AMForbes.com just covered the launch of the new gTLD .Film “So far, two new movies will be the first to debut the .film web extension: Osgood Perkins’ February starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton (www.February.film); and Wayne Blair’s Septembers of Shiraz starring Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody (www.Septembersofshiraz.film).” Yesterday, .film was officially launched…
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Minds + Machines to Go With an 8 Day Early Access Program for .law/.abogado
October 7, 2015 @ 8:41 AMMinds + Machines announced today for the first time, they will be running an Early Access Program (EAP) as part of the launch of .law and .abogado (spanish). The EAP period will run 8 days from 12-18 October. “During this EAP period an extra fee will be charged in addition to the standard annual charge…
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.club to Auction C.club & 24 Double Letter Domains
October 7, 2015 @ 7:10 AMAccording to a press release that is just out, C.Club and twenty-four 2-character .CLUB domain names are set to hit the auction block on October 29, 2015 in a series of five fast-moving auctions with each auction lasting three days. “This auction will be held on the Chinese EachNic.com platform, and marks the first time…
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Chehade Outlines Five Ways ICANN Could Die
October 7, 2015 @ 6:46 AMAarrgh! We’re all going to die!!!!1 ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade has outlined five ways in which the internet could fall to pieces if the IANA transition fails, and they all seem really horrible. Chehade presented the list at a telephone meeting of leaders of ICANN supporting organizations and advisory committees yesterday. I don’t know what…
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Tagheuer Loses URS Which Now Seems Limited to Domains Parked or Offered for Sale
October 7, 2015 @ 5:03 AMTagheuer has become the latest trademark holder to lose a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding on the domain name tagheuer.digital Ho-Hyun Nahm, as Examiner found in favor of the domain holder although the domain did not resolve finding: “Passive holding can be considered as an indication of bad faith. However, in case of the disputed…
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National Car Rental Naming Rights are for St. Louis Stadium
October 7, 2015 @ 4:03 AMCity hopes to keep NFL Rams in the city with new stadium. On Saturday I wrote about National Car Rental registering domain names related to naming rights for a sports stadium. I predicted that it was for St. Louis. St. Louis is working on a plan for a stadium to try to keep the National…
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Google Bolsters Google Domains, Switching to Domains.google?
October 6, 2015 @ 12:09 PMRegistrar is revving up with simple email connection, more domain options. Google announced today that it’s adding features to its domain name registrar Google Domains, plus expanding the number of domain names it offers. I suspect Google is also getting ready to change the domain name the service is hosted on. The company is making…
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.food Applies for Dot-brand Status, But You Can Help Stop It
October 6, 2015 @ 9:12 AMScripps Networks, the company that runs the Food Network television network, wants to make .food a dot-brand gTLD that only it can use. The company has applied to ICANN to have Specification 13 exemptions incorporated into its Registry Agreement. Spec 13 is an add-on to the RA that dot-brands use to exempt themselves from having…
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