ICANN51 update: New Multi-Steakholder model fully approved
Months of hard work between committee and subcommittee members of the ICANN at large teams have come to fruition at ICANN51 in Los Angeles. The much acclaimed “Multi-Steakholder Model” is now officially approved, by the ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehadé, who playfully posed with the resulting study’s brochure: “This is a moment of triumph, a moment […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Parasitic Capitalism? Ebola.com domain owner called a ‘Squatter’
Parasitic capitalism. This is the latest and greatest reference to the availability of the domain, Ebola.com, for $150,000, by the Foreign Policy – a publication that describes itself as “A Trusted Advisor for Global Leaders When the Stakes are Highest.” Describing Jon Schultz, owner of the domain name Ebola.com as a “squatter“, the article attempts […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gizmodo: Ebola.com owner is an “opportunistic piece of human garbage”
An article slash opinion piece in Gizmodo, announces the well-known by now fact that Ebola.com is being offered for sale by its owner, Jon Schultz, for $150,000 dollars. The article’s writer, Matt Novak, focuses on this sale as if it were a way to make money in times of fear. Alongside the Washington Post article […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Washington Post calls Ebola .com owner a ‘merchant of disease’
A quasi-promotional article in the Washington Post covers the domain Ebola.com, and refers to its owner, Jon Schultz as a “merchant of disease.” It’s not just that Schultz is seeking six figures for Ebola.com, a conservative amount by all means. According to the article, Jon Schultz’s other domains include BirdFlu.com (acquired for $20,000), H1N1.com and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dynamic attorney duo dabble in ICANN51 fashion fiesta!
ICANN might have reduced its spending for the opening night gala budget by a few million dollars, but the glitz and luxury is still present among its several thousand attendees. With ICANN51 taking place the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, at the fashionable West Side of Los Angeles, California, there are many opportunities to engage with […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer frontier: William Shatner tweets about NamesCon !
Can’t get more of an intergalactic promotion, than with a Tweet from Captain Kirk himself, aka William Shatner. The Canadian octogenarian actor – born in 1931 – boldly went where no man has gone before, tweeting the following: Addressing Jothan Frakes of NamesCon, the witty Star Trek fleet master welcomed ICANN51 participants as well. See […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bitcoin madness: Bit Film Fund casts ‘sorority’ hotties to attract crowdfunding
This is how effective marketing is done these days: Mention “Bitcoin” and other cryptocurrencies and you have a great starting point. Add some visuals of young, attractive actresses depicting hot sorority sisters, and you have a sure winner. 😀 BitFilmFund.com aims at using crowdfunding to finance its upcoming range of movies, and Bitcoin is how […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.“UDRP fee” reversed at GoDaddy – Here’s how it was done!
It is unfortunate that our very own Maxwell has received his first ever UDRP notice; the young Canadian entrepreneur recently moved to the UK to pursue exciting new career interests. In a nutshell, GoDaddy charged Maxwell a $50 dollar “administrative fee”, simply because of the UDRP. While GoDaddy does nothing other than lock a domain’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker hack aftermath: GoDaddy returns stolen domains to their owner
Several valuable numeric dot .com domains and an LLL .com have been returned to their legitimate owner, at GoDaddy. Following a report that asked for the non-disclosure of the domains involved, we verified that the theft of domains at GoDaddy has been reversed. The theft was linked to the recently exposed Moniker breach, from the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN51: Equal rights to female Cybersquatters a hot issue during conference
With ICANN51 underway in Los Angeles, California, the progressive state’s technocrats are pushing for gender equality on yet another field. Cybersquatting, a male dominated field, is about to expand its reach to include women – if the ICANN CEO’s proposal for a “Unigender Committee” is approved. “It is time to lift the existing gender inequality […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Court-appointed broker Rob O’Grease takes control of 50,000 kids’ domains
In a clear case of Registry abuse, a court in Virginia has appointed domain broker Rob O’Grease as the controller of a large domain portfolio. Rob O’Grease – pronounced “Oh-Gre-ACE-eh” – assumed ownership of more than 50,000 domains, many of them belonging to teenagers and kids. “The court said I could become the registrant and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Name Jargon : Pronounceable domains
Carrying on with another installation of the irreverent Domain Name Jargon series – the highly acclaimed thesaurus of terms and trivia related to domaining – all while we are heading towards the end of 2014. With Domain Name Jargon, we strive to help (re)define domaining without the need for silly analyses, in short concise posts […]
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