The judgment could exceed $5 million, including legal fees. A U.S. District Judge has ordered (pdf) OnlineNic and its Whois privacy service Domain ID Shield to pay Meta Platforms (Facebook, NASDAQ: FB) over $3 million for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
3 things I’ve been thinking about
· UncategorizedOn Facebook, domain investing and charitable giving. Here are three things that have been on my mind. One is tangentially related to domains, one is about time spent domain investing, and the other is timely but not related to domains. 1. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Facebook registered more Meta domains than I thought
· UncategorizedCompany registered domains using a proxy service at its own domain name registrar. Last week I wrote about how Meta, nee Facebook, registered a relatively small number of domains for its rebrand. It turns out the company registered a lot more ... Continue Reading9 Comments
October’s top domain name stories: Meta, Tucows, EU and more
· UncategorizedThese are the stories that attracted the most eyeballs last month. 1. Yes, Facebook chose Meta for its new name and forwards Meta.com - Facebook is now Meta, a company with metaverse ambitions. Domainers have been registering meta domains in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The real reason to not rely on Facebook for your business
· ServicesIt has nothing to do with occasional downtime. I've seen lots of stories, tweets, and hot takes about yesterday's Facebook outage. They point to the outage as proof that your business should have a website rather than relying on Facebook. I ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Updates: Facebook vs. OnlineNic
· Domain RegistrarsOnlineNic is still operating and 35.com pushes back. OnlineNic said it was shutting down at the end of July due to an ongoing Facebook lawsuit. It's October, and the registrar is still operating. It's unclear whether the threat of shutting down ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
· Domain RegistrarsFacebook agrees to buy OnlineNic's owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name registrar ... Continue Reading9 Comments
OnlineNIC update: extends shutdown date, still hopes to be sold
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar opposes Temporary Restraining Order and hopes to find a way for an orderly transition. Domain name registrar OnlineNIC has extended its timeframe for shutting down, and hopes to avoid it completely by selling the business as a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
OnlineNIC says it’s shutting down because of Facebook lawsuit
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar tells court it is ceasing business next week. ICANN-accredited domain name registrar OnlineNIC says it's shutting down on July 26 after throwing in the towel in a lawsuit. [See update, including new shutdown date.] Facebook sued the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Facebook sues Web.com’s NVSC for cybersquatting
· Policy & LawSocial media company alleges that Web.com subsidiary owns 74 infringing domain names. Facebook has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against New Ventures Services Corp (NVSC) for alleged cybersquatting of its brands, including Facebook, Instagram and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
