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Exodus: 8% of .EU Domains Drop
Just over twelve months ago, .eu domains were made available to the public amid much fanfare. After all, this new domain extension represented the largest economy of the world. However, there were a few obstacles. First, there was the small problem that no one really knew what to do with .eu. The European Union is [...]
RegisterFly's Implosion Nears Its Bizarre End
In the world of domainers, it seems one name is on everyone’s lips. The RegisterFly debacle has all the aspects of a front-page scandal: sex, CEO spending excesses, a class action lawsuit and a $6,000 Chihuahua. The company, founded in 2000, was managed by John Naruszewicz and Kevin Medina. From the outside, things were going [...]
Google vs. Googles.EU
In a recent case before the Arbitration Center for .EU Disputes, Google failed to gain control of the disputed domain name Googles.EU. Google had instructed its Irish subsidiary to file the case, presumably to meet registry rules that require .EU domain owners to be located in the European Union. However, the Google trademark is owned [...]
Is ICANN The New USSR?
In an interview with The Register, former publicly elected ICANN board member Karl Auerbach alleges that ICANN resembles the now defunct Soviet Union: The organization, he says, has set up a Soviet-style pseudo democracy, insulates itself from Internet users, and resembles a central bureaucracy that is working on the latest five-year plan. Auerbach favors a [...]
Politicians Clash Over Domain Name
Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania (USA) is known as the Coal Region and the home to Yuengling, America's Oldest Brewery. But this month the county made the news because two of its candidates for the position of Controller clashed in a domain dispute. Democratic candidate Melinda Kantner filed a complaint with the election board alleging that [...]
.INFO and .ORG Wholesale Prices Will Also Increase
Following suit to the recently announced wholesale price increase for .com and .net domains, the wholesale fees for .info and .org domains are going up 2.5 percent in mid-October. The .info increase takes effect on Oct. 15, while .org prices will go up on Oct. 18. As for domain suffix popularity, .org and .info rank [...]
IRS to shut down IRS.com and other domains containing "IRS"?
There can be only one IRS. A few days ago, the US government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement reminded the public that its official website address is www.irs.gov – and not .com, .net or .org. And the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill ("Taxpayer Protection Act") clarifying that existing [...]