I just finished reading DNJournal's year-in-review article, and the issue raised again and again is click fraud. Will click fraud destroy the domain name industry? For those newbies out there, click fraud refers to people or software purposely ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
George Foreman Gets a KO
· Policy & LawGeorge Foreman won rights to GeorgeForeman Enterprises.com, but it wasn't a TKO. The victory was just a KO because the previous registrant of the domain name didn't bother to respond to the UDRP. In its usual fashion, National Arbitration Forum ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Apple and iPhone.org – What does it mean?
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawApple may have acquired a domain name prior to product launch -- but I have my doubts. I have long been a critic of Apple for its poor domain name practices. It neglected to register any of the VideoiPod domains. It didn't register iPodNano.com ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is GoDaddy Typosquatting?
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawIs the world's biggest registrar typosquatting some of the world's biggest brands? Typosquatting refers to registering domain names similar to popular sites but with misspellings or missing/added characters. For example, typosquatting would be ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Pearl Jam wins domain name
· Policy & LawRock band Pearl Jam won the rights to PearlJams.com. As is usually the case with arbitration involving high profile companies and celebrities, National Arbitration Forum issued a press release announcing that it found in favor of the complainant. But ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Wired Magazine: .xxx worst tech moment of 2005
· Policy & LawWired Magazine just released an article "Worst Tech Moments 2005", and a domain name issue is in the top 10. Wired claims the US Commerce Department blocked passage of the .xxx domain name. (Although it is a bold claim that this was the reason for the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Think ICANN’s Whois requirements are tough?
· Policy & LawPeople who think they have to divulge too much information to ICANN in the Whois directory should consider what China requires of web site owners. China's government started shutting down web sites days before Christmas if the site owner failed to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy offers free Whois privacy
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawDomain registrar GoDaddy just announced a special offer for free domain name Whois privacy. To take advantage of the offer you must register or transfer 3 or more domains (no limit). Whois privacy services typically provide fat margins to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tim Anderson is half right
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedTim Anderson's recent opinion piece for ITWeek, titled "Domain Names are so last year", gets it half right. Anderson talks about UnifiedRoot, the latest company to offer an alternative web address system. He discusses how it's not worth registering a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.EU domains and the sunrise period
· Policy & LawWhen new domain extensions are introduced to the market there is typically a "sunrise period". During this period companies can claim to have rights to certain domains, usually because of trademark ownership. For example, Microsoft can claim rights to ... Continue Reading1 Comment