Comments on: DNForum cracks down on trademarked domains

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:10:52 +0000

I am waiting for someone to create the “Gambling, Porn and Trademark Domain Forum and Marketplace”.

You probably won’t get alot of type-ins for that name – lol.

By: Editor

Editor — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:08:23 +0000

It does seem like it was done rather quickly and in haste. Makes me wonder if they were trying to make some deadline. Perhaps they are gearing up to be acquired?

By: Arno

Arno — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:33:40 +0000

Afternic’s selection procedure for name-culling
seems to be about as accurate as their domain
appraisal algorithms. I had a fashion name with ‘tween’ in it banned, as well as a financial
name with ‘mate’ in it also banned. Well done
Afternic. To make it even more hilarious, both
were amongst a group of names I deleted from
Afternic listing some time ago. Digging up the
graves to tell the corpses they were dead ?

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:39:09 +0000

Afternic made a few mistakes with their filtering, but overall I think it was OK. For example, they pulled “WeScore.com”, which is a soccer related domain.

It will be interesting to watch this over the next few months…

By: Stephen Douglas

Stephen Douglas — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:59:06 +0000

Yes, but will the listing services and other domain industry websites become “TM” regulators and censors that push the limits of fairness? Where do they draw the line? I had a domain name that had the word “las vegas” in it and it was banned initially by Afternic, until I appealed and they saw it was a real estate domain.

So what is the rating system these companies are going to use to censor domainers’ names? Is it just a software filter? A team of legal experts? The Christian Coalition?
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