Judge calls for an end to lengthy domain name battle. United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema has said enough is enough in a domain name lawsuit filed by John Zuccarini. Zuccarini filed the lawsuit after a court appointed receiver failed to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Network Solutions and Register.com Slot .Co Second
· Domain RegistrarsBig registrars pushing .co as next best thing to .com. Last month Go Daddy created quite a buzz by briefly changed its default domain name search parameter to .co. Although Go Daddy and its competitors continue to offer .com first, two large retail ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Zuccarini Case Against NameJet, NetSol, et al Moved to Virginia
· Policy & LawCourt transfers lawsuit to Virginia. In a move that may have been expected by some observers, John Zuccarini's lawsuit against NameJet, Network Solutions, eNom, and VeriSign has been transferred to the Eastern District of Virginia. The case stems ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Demand Media S-1 Discloses Details of NameJet Deals with Tucows, Others
· Expired DomainsIPO filing discloses financial deals for expired domain names. Demand Media's S-1 filing last Friday revealed a bit about the company's expired domain deals, although it doesn't refer to its partners directly by name. NameJet has deals with Network ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Woops! Court Appointed Receiver Lets Zuccarini Domains Expire, Auctioned Off on NameJet
· Policy & LawDomains that were part of legal judgment are accidentally auctioned off. Congratulations Michael Berkens, you've just uncovered a big mess by accident. On May 25, Berkens wrote about the auctioning off of GovermentGrants.com on NameJet for $53,022. ... Continue Reading30 Comments
How Network Solutions Notifies Customers about Expiring Domain Names
· Expired DomainsRegistrar explains its expiration notification policy. A lot of times domain name registrars get the blame when their customers forget to renew domain names. "I didn't get the notice" is a common line. Of course, you can easily say the opposite. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
South African Airways Blames Service Providers for Domain Expiration
· Expired DomainsSAA plays the blame game. South African Airways (SAA) is blaming service providers for letting its domain name expire, causing a web site outtage. When the domain name expired, Network Solutions followed its standard practice of changing the DNS and ... Continue Reading10 Comments
As New Domain Registrations Fall, Domain Registrars Get Desperate
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrars seek new profit opportunities. Yesterday's news that new domain name registrations are down sharply and the total base of domains registered is stagnant is bad news for domain name registrars. For years, registrars have been able ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Network Solutions Displays Customers’ Whois Queries to the Public
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar displays customers' whois lookups for all to see. Here's an interesting new "feature" on Network Solutions' web site: a list of domain name whois searches performed by customers in the past day. That's right. Do a whois lookup on ... Continue Reading30 Comments
Network Solutions E-Commerce Servers Hacked
· Domain Registrars573,000 credit and debit accounts compromised. Network Solutions' web servers have been hacked, resulting in 573,000 compromised credit and debit accounts, writes Brian Krebs of Washington Post. The exposed data isn't that of domain registration ... Continue Reading7 Comments