“Domain squatters” have taken control of Kim DotCom’s expired #domain

The illustrious Kim Dotcom is still pondering his future after years of litigation, stemming from his MegaUpload project. It seems that one of Kim Dotcom’s precious domain assets, K.im, has changed hands. The domain is on the Island of Man ccTLD and it apparently expired and dropped; it’s what is commonly known as a “domain […]

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#Megaupload.com : #Domain changed hands in mysterious registrar transfer

Megaupload.com, the crown jewel of German entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom, has changed hands in a mysterious transfer. The domain was under the possession of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since six years ago. In a police raid that took place in 2012, US and New Zealand authorities seized millions of dollars in cash and other […]

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Kim Dotcom : Free music album download from Kim.com

If there’s one popular three letter .com domain right now, that’s Kim.com. Acquired by Kim Dotcom, the German prodigy wanted by the US government for allegedly orchestrating a massive digital piracy ring, the web site is now offering for free a full dance album to download. Don’t expect any Beethoven for that $0.00 price, however […]

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CBS 60 Minutes: Kim Dotcom, piracy and cufflink knock-offs

Kim Dotcom, the illustrious mega-millionaire behind the defunct Megaupload, was on the CBS show ‘60 Minutes‘ tonight. While the Kim Dotcom case brought forth by the FBI is still pending at the New Zealand courts, Megaupload recently relaunched as “Mega” in New Zealand, operating from the web site Mega.co which forwards to Mega.co.nz. In the […]

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ccTLD failure: Kim Dotcom’s Me.ga plan falls through

Kim Dotcom, the illustrious mega-pirate free on bail while pending extradition from New Zealand to the US, announced his plans to relaunch the Megaupload empire using the domain hack Me.ga, and apparently thought he had a concrete plan. The .GA ccTLD of the African country of Gabon offered Kim Dotcom the opportunity to use a […]

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Carpathia Hosting: The best web hosting provider – and here’s why!

Carpathia Hosting was relatively unknown outside of the web hosting community, despite its sizable footprint of several thousand web servers. After the Megaupload scandal erupted, it was revealed that the ten year old company is the host of the content shared formerly via Megaupload. This content is now locked in place and despite the nonchalant […]

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Kim Dotcom FREE on bail: Megaupload.com still seized by the Feds

Kim “Schmitz” Dotcom – the larger than life CEO of Megaupload – has been released on bail, after it was determined he’s not a flight risk. According to New Zealand publication Stuff.co.nz: In granting bail this morning, Judge Nevin Dawson said at the North Shore District Court that officials had investigated Dotcom’s potential access to […]

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Megaupload scandal: Which TLDs are owned by whom

The Megaupload scandal is still in its infancy, particularly after CEO Kim “Dotcom” Schmitz was denied bail in New Zealand. Fat boy Kim Dotcom is thus expected to face extradition to the US. While Megaupload.com is held hostage by the FBI and dozens of other domains owned by Kim Dotcom and his employees are in […]

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Megaupload trademark based on deception – Will it be canceled?

Megaupload – the company under siege by the FBI – applied for a trademark at the USPTO in 2008; the trademark was issued a year later. The illustrious Megaupload CEO, Kim Schmitz eventually changed his name to Kim Dotcom. However, neither of these names appear on the USPTO application for the “Megaupload” trademark. The application […]

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Sven Echternach of Megaupload was the buyer of Prince.com

The sale of Prince.com made a big splash in September of 2010, when it was announced that Andew Rosener of MediaOptions brokered the domain for $235,000. Sven Echternach, the director of business development for the Megaupload company bought the domain on behalf of the corporation. Sven’s name was virtually unknown until it was announced that […]

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Megaupload scandal: Fat boy Kim Dotcom owns Kim.com and dozens of unseized domains!

Kim Schmitz, the illustrious and larger than life CEO of Megaupload changed his name legally to Kim Dotcom and launched a multi-million digital empire. He also acquired the domain name Kim.com for an unspecified amount of money, rumored to have been in the upper $xx,xxx range. The 17 year old domain name Kim.com was handed […]

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