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Nominet Suspends Over 8,000 "Criminal" Domains As IP Complaints Double
November 15, 2016 @ 1:16 AMPolice claims of intellectual property infringement led to the number of .uk domains suspended doubling in 2016, according to Nominet. Statistics released today show that the .uk registry suspended 8,049 domains in the 12 months to October 31, compared to 3,889 in the year-ago period. It’s an almost tenfold increase on 2014, when just 948…
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.org Sticks With Afilias for Backend
November 14, 2016 @ 8:51 AMAfilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name. Public Interest Registry, the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after a competitive bidding process. Afilias has managed technical registry operations for .org since the domain’s management…
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.space Becomes The Choice of The First Ever Space Nation Asgardia
November 14, 2016 @ 4:18 AMA group of scientists launched the first ever space nation at a press conference in Paris earlier last month. Asgardia is the prototype of a free society in space. It aims to launch its first satellite in 2017 and be recognized by the UN. The official webpage of this trending space nation chose the new…
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GMO Offers Free Ssl With .shop Domains
November 14, 2016 @ 1:20 AMGMO Registry is to offer .shop domain registrants a free one-year SSL certificate with every purchase. The company said yesterday that the deal, made via sister certificate company GMO GlobalSign, should be in place by the end of the month. The certs on offer appear to be the of low-end “Domain Validation” variety. Nevertheless, GlobalSign…
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Domaining Europe Heading to Berlin Next Year
November 14, 2016 @ 12:04 AMNext year’s Domaining Europe conference will be held in Berlin, organizers announced today. The three-day event is slated to start May 14, 2016, at the Steigenberger Hotel, covering the usual mix of sales, development and legal issues. “This time we are going back to the roots,” organizer Dietmar Stefitz said in an email, “the majority…
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Verisign and Afilias in Open War Over $135M .web
November 11, 2016 @ 6:26 AMTwo of the industry’s oldest and biggest gTLD registries escalated their fight over the .web gTLD auction this week, trading blows in print and in public. Verisign, accused by Afilias of breaking the rules when it committed $130 million to secure .web for itself, has now turned the tables on its rival. It accuses Afilias…
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Parking Crew is Under DDOS Attack for The Past Week
November 10, 2016 @ 6:57 AMParking Crew, the popular domain name parking company, has been under DDOS Attack since last Friday. They managed to successfully filter the attack pretty quickly and parked pages were only affected for a couple of minutes. Click tracking was affected for a longer period of time but full compensation for downtime was applied to the…
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Worldclaim.biz Owner is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
November 10, 2016 @ 6:30 AMCompany tried to get domain name registered in 1999. The owner of WorldClaim.biz has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name WorldClaim.com. WorldClaim Global Claims Management filed a UDRP despite the domain name being registered well before it claims to have gained rights in the term WorldClaim. Furthermore,…
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New Policy Would Ban President Trump From ICANN Meetings (Probably)
November 9, 2016 @ 9:33 AMThose who sexually harass fellow community members could be banned from ICANN meetings under a policy proposed this week. The proposal greatly expands upon an earlier version, published for comment in May, which would have banned “unwelcome hostile or intimidating behavior”. It presents a long list of activities considered harassment, including: Sexually suggestive touching Grabbing,…
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Get Ready for Thoousands of New Two-letter Domains
November 9, 2016 @ 7:39 AMNew gTLD registry operators have been given the right to start selling two-letter domains that match country codes. Potentially thousands of names could start being released next year, resulting in a windfall for registries and possible opportunities for investors. Some governments, however, appear to be unhappy with the move and how ICANN’s board of directors…
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