Tucows discusses Network Solutions "customer protection measure" and front running. It's been a few days since news first broke about Network Solutions' new practice of reserving any domain searched for on its site. A lot of industry observers have ... Continue Reading18 Comments
Editorial: Where Network Solutions Went Wrong
· Policy & LawIf Network Solutions had good intentions, then it had a very poor implementation. Yesterday was media-frenzy day in the domain world. Thanks to a thread on DomainState and article at Domain Name News, major media outlets picked up on the story of how ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Network Solutions Faces PR Nightmare Over Domain FrontRunning
· Policy & LawDomain registrar locks domains searched on its site. [Update: see Editorial: Where Network Solutions Went Wrong] Network Solutions has implemented a program that locks users from registering domains with other registrars. According to the company, ... Continue Reading22 Comments
David Beats Goliath, Dori Media International Loses Battle for Domain
· Policy & LawDori Media International called out for Reverse Domain Hijacking by WIPO arbitrator. Fred McCaw was a bit late to the domain market. Getting started in 1999, he realized all of the good english-language domains were registered. So he registered ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Reverse Cybersquatting in Las Vegas
· Policy & LawCosmopolitan Resort & Casino goes after owner of CosmopolitanResort.com. Las Vegas has always been a high stakes town. A recent lawsuit suggests it's also high stakes for domain names. In an obvious case of "reverse cybersquatting", a new resort ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Gmail Hack Leads to Domain Theft
· Policy & LawGmail flaw leads to theft of domain name; GoDaddy steps in to return domain. A "cracker"* used a deficiency in Gmail to steal a domain name this month. The theft was of DavidAirey.com, a popular graphic designer's personal site that attracts a couple ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Politicians Getting Savvy About Domain Names
· Policy & LawObama, Clinton use domain names in political battle. Politicans' ineptness with domain names can be downright hilarious. But apparently presidential candidates are getting a bit more savvy this election season. ABC news and Wired have discovered a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Article: Domain Parking “Parasitic”
· Policy & LawArticle calls parked domains parasitic, but doesn't explore the alternative. In a recent article at Times Online, Jonathan Weber says that parked pages, by their definition, are parasitic: If you type in "debts.com" for example, you get a site ... Continue Reading6 Comments
iREIT Leaves Internet Commerce Association
· Policy & LawCompany that helped found organization pulls out amid legal battles. iREIT, owner of hundreds of thousands of domain names, has left the Internet Commerce Association, according to DNJournal's latest newsletter. iREIT effectively founded the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Any Wonder Why Domainers Get a Bad Name?
· Policy & LawLook no further than a Rocky Mountain News article to understand why. What happens when a cybersquatter claims he's a domainer, and then tries to differentiate himself from a cybersquatter? It gives domainers (i.e., domain investors) a bad name. An ... Continue Reading11 Comments