Whois data seller quickly folds after facing lawsuit. Domain Name Commission (DNC), which manages New Zealand's .NZ namespace, has dropped a lawsuit it filed against Whois API after the parties quickly settled the matter. Domain Name Commissioner ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Appeals court affirms injunction against DomainTools
· Policy & LawDomainTools must take down .NZ Whois records while lawsuit proceeds. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of .NZ domain manager Domain Name Commission in a fight against DomainTools. Domain Name Commission ... Continue Reading6 Comments
.NZ domain manager sues Whois API
· Policy & LawCompany goes after another Whois record seller. Domain Name Commission (DNC), which manages New Zealand's .nz country code domain name, has sued Whois information provider Whois API. The company is also known as Whois XML API. The lawsuit is similar ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.NZ namespace gets suspension powers after Christchurch mosque shootings
· Policy & LawNew powers will help remove access to certain content. InternetNZ has enacted an interim policy change in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. The organization has granted Domain Name Commission (the operator of New Zealand's .NZ) the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DomainTools appeals injunction decision in .NZ case
· Policy & LawCyber security service wants injunction thrown out. Whois data and security service DomainTools has appealed a preliminary injunction brought against it by .NZ registry Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL). DNCL sued DomainTools in June 2018 over ... Continue Reading5 Comments
New Zealand’s .Nz namespace gets preliminary injuction against DomainTools
· Policy & LawJudge orders DomainTools to cease collecting and publishing .nz Whois records. Domain Name Commission (DNC), the organization that manages New Zealand's .nz domain name, has won a big victory against DomainTools. U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik ... Continue Reading7 Comments