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• CADNA Steps up Assault on Domain Name Owners

  Published: July 24, 2007, 2:41 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  the launch of its national campaign against Internet fraud. A non-profit organization based in Washington D.C., CADNA is leading the way in confronting cybersquatting — the fraudulent abuse of domain name registration that threatens the future viability of Internet commerce. The group’s membership includes multinationals like AIG,

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• Top Domain Name News Stories of July 2007

  Published: July 30, 2007, 9:42 am

  Tags: Domain Sales, Policy Amp Law, Domain Registrars, Domain Services

  Here’s a look at the top 5 domain name news stories of July. Following are the five most viewed news stories at DomainNameWire.com for the month of July, ranked in order of views. #1: New Domain Name Renewal Scam Hits Inboxes - yet another domain renewal scam is making its rounds. After publishing this story, the credit card processor that

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• GoDaddy, VeriSign Lobby Capitol Hill

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:12 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law, Domain Registrars

  Domain name companies spend hundreds of thousands lobbying politicians. Domain name companies such as .com/.net registry VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and registrar GoDaddy are spending hundreds of thousands each year lobbying in Washington. An AP story published today disclosed that VeriSign spent $570,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the U.S.

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• Are GoDaddy and Afilias The Right Combination to Run .us?

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:26 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law, Domain Registrars

  National Telecommunications & Information Administration, which controls the contract for .us. There’s no doubt that .us hasn’t caught on like other ccTLDs. Although people can debate the reasons all day, few would disagree that putting some marketing power behind .us would be good. But is Alliance Registry the right group to

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• Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:12 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law, Domain Services

  Google Adwords placement reports are purposely vague about ads on parked domain names, but why? I just finished reviewing a Google Adwords “placement” report. This new report was introduced a few months ago to let advertisers see which pages their contextually targeted ads are showing up on and how they are performing. It can be very

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• $200,000 Sofa.com Domain Name Stolen by Employee

  Published: August 6, 2007, 6:21 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  $200k sale of Sofa.com in 2005 was unauthorized by employer. The Sheboygan Press is reporting that at Sheboygan man was charged with selling his employer's domain name for $200,000 and using corporate credit cards to finance international trips with a stripper girlfriend, according to complaint filed today in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The

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• New York Domain Name Bill to Become Law

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  to another person. For example, John registers the name of a right wing politician that is pro-life. A leftist organization approaches John wanting to buy the domain to use as an outlet to attack the politician for his political views. The proposed law would forbid this. 2. It flies in the face of established internet governance. If New York

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• VeriSign: 138M Domains Registered, New Registration Hits Record

  Published: August 29, 2007, 4:16 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  Latest Domain Name Industry Brief from VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) shows continue growth in domain names. VeriSign has released its quarterly report on domain names and says there are now 138M registered domains across all top level domains (TLDs) — that’s 31% more than this time last year. The number of registrations in Q2 2007 hit an

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• Three Questions for CADNA

  Published: September 5, 2007, 7:35 am

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  I know a lot of people (and lawyers) who would like to figure out how to measure losses from diverted sales. How did you come up with this number. So there you have it. Three simple questions. I think it’s reasonable to ask people to back up their numbers and talk about their members’ activities as it relates to what they’re

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• Is Hulu.com Confusingly Similar to LuLu.com?

  Published: September 7, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  is what trademark law is all about,” he told MediaGuardian.co.uk. “But the big problem is that neither of us know where our businesses are going in the future. “The odds are we’ll both end doing something other than what we started out to do. “It is highly likely that in five years time, 80% of our

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• Apple Doesn’t Own iPodTouch.com

  Published: September 6, 2007, 10:54 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  to product launches. For example, they didn’t own any version of iPodVideo.com when that product was released two years ago. (I wouldn’t visit iPodVideo.com if you have kids in the room, by the way.) They also failed to register iTunes.co.uk, which resulted in a lengthly domain dispute. And the company is rumored to have paid

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• EURid Suspends 10,000 .eu Domain Names

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:46 am

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  Sobrie told Out-Law magazine. “We know she sells these names to people for serious prices. This is a phenomenon we don’t like at all, but there is nothing illegal about this.” Many people in the industry blame .eu for its poor handling of the .eu sunrise period and initial launch. Because .eu is a country code

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• Internet Commerce Association Publishes Member Code of Conduct

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:10 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  service has complied with a lawful request for contact information. Lawful Content: A registrant's usage of domain names shall follow applicable laws and regulations and a registrant shall not use domain names for unlawful purposes. A registrant shall avoid registering a domain name which suggests the availability of content or the provision of

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• GoDaddy May Have to Stop ‘60 Day’ Transfer Policy

  Published: September 22, 2007, 8:59 am

  Tags: Policy Amp Law, Domain Registrars

  hear about GoDaddy’s policy. The new ICANN advisory, which is in its public comment period for the next 30 days, states: 1. Registrars are prohibited from denying a domain name transfer request based on non-payment of fees for pending or future registration periods during the Auto-Renew Grace Period 2. A registrant change to Whois

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• .NYC on the Horizon?

  Published: September 29, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Policy Amp Law

  resources. For example, when searching for a school, begin at www.schools.nyc. Economic Development - Additional, short, descriptive, and easy to remember domain names will be available to those seeking to start small businesses, especially among the young and immigrant communities. Domain name revenue will remain in the city. The

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