Satanist wins domain UDRP on the basis of ‘religious freedom’
Is America becoming more tolerable in the digital world, including domain name disputes? A split decision by a three member panel appears to have dug deeper into the world of darkness in a UDRP case; the outcome was to order the domain to remain with the Respondent. “Americans need to understand that Satanism is a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Indian Supreme Court : You cannot block porn web sites in India
A decision was delivered by the Indian Supreme Court to reject and cancel an interim order, seeking the blocking of all porn sites in India. The Court’s decision was based on the “fundamental right to personal liberty to watch porn in the privacy of their room.” Chief Justice H.L. Dattu said that such orders cannot […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Registry claws back single letter domains 9 months after registration!
Domainers are up in arms, after two cases of registry claw-back, canceling domains 9 months after they were registered in one case. It started with a dot .markets domain, 8.markets, which was reclaimed two days later by the Markets Registry. The domain was reclaimed due to a Registry glitch that allowed single digit domains to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The new playing field : gTLDs with Sevan Derderian
Sevan Derderian works with the business development team of Uniregistry, as an experienced domain professional. A year and a half since the launch of the new gTLDs that have expanded the Internet name space by more than 6 million domains, there are still some skeptics out there. Sevan’s recent post addresses these concerns, stating: “Since […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Turkish Towels are fluffy and bounce off a UDRP against the dot .com
The Turkish Towel Company brought a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum, against the registrant of the domain TurkishTowels.com. With a long tradition in cotton and textile weaving, Turkey is a major exporter of linens, including towels. The term “Turkish towels” is thus descriptive, indicating a country of origin. Despite that, the mark THE TURKISH […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameJet : Back in domain auction business after hardware failure
NameJet is once again fully operational, after an outage that occurred yesterday. The domain auction venue announced that the issue was purely due to technical difficulties related to some type of hardware failure. No user data or accounts were breached. The full announcement from NameJet follows: Dear NameJet Customer, As of this morning, the NameJet […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who stole my life : Swindling a friend out of a domain name is just not cool
How do you gauge the worth of a friendship? By testing whether your friend can keep a secret, or a plan that you shared details of. Domainers have some great ideas, and industry entrepreneurs often hint about upcoming projects to their closest friends. Sometimes, that type of friendship is unveiled as non-existent, and walls come […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy SMS code numbers win multi-million dollar Lotto jackpot!
An incredible story of luck and fortune unfolded during the 4th of July weekend, as a domain investor won a state lottery jackpot. Gary Sbignew of Grand Rapids, Michigan, used the numbers provided in a two-way authentication SMS for GoDaddy for his selection of lotto numbers. “I played them in pairs, 28/14/12 and provided three […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Page Howe : Los Angeles residents should get a .LA domain
Domain investor Page Howe has been an early adopter of new gTLDs; a year after the Internet name space expanded to hundreds of new extensions, Howe is working on a different kind of brand. As the Chief Engagement Officer of dot .LA domain ccTLD that serves as a brand and locale indicator, Page is promoting […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .XYZ registrations dip below 800,000 domains “in the zone”
We’ve been following the performance of the .XYZ gTLD and post weekly reports on its numbers. The news is that dot .XYZ domains have now less than 800,000 registrations, dropping from 803,856 to a new total of 791,038 XYZ domains. The numbers represent the number active domains that exist in the zone file, and therefore […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Webmaster Radio : Attorney David Weslow interview on domain theft and China
Attorney David Weslow was recently interviewed on Webmaster Radio, by Cyber Law and Business Report expert Bennet Kelley. The discussion spanned almost an hour of covering the reasons behind an ongoing spike in domain theft and assorted cybercrime, pointing out the Chinese domain market as a factor. David Weslow mentioned on the subject of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN .WTF ? New web site on WHOIS privacy reform issues
ICANN is about to taste some of its own medicine, after opponents of a pending WHOIS privacy reform launched a protest web site. Operating from ICANN.WTF, the web site contains a letter addressing ICANN on the issue of privacy, mirroring the public letter drafted by civil rights groups. Naturally, the WHOIS info of ICANN.WTF is […]
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