U.S. patent applications 12/202919 (pdf) and 12/202956 (pdf) describe a method of using information collected during the domain name registration process to help generate — and cross-sell — business cards for the registrant.
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Domain Name Wire » News » Domain Name Whois Accuracy: It's Not …
The 77% number is derived by noting that only 23% of the domain records studied met the most stringent requirements for accuracy: a deliverable address, the owner’s name linked to that address, and the registrant confirmed ownership and …
WARNING: Stolen Domain C79.com Attention Adam etc.
Hi guys as you know we do our best as a community to catch theives and get names recovered for the rightful owners. The value of the name dictates to what level we/owner takes it but the point is stopping the theif and recovery no matter the name in return protecting everyone else from frther damage
Domain Name Wire » News » Australian Gripe Site Back Up After …
Shortly after registering the domain name , the registrant received a notice from .au administrator auDA informing it that it needed to provide evidence of its eligibility to register the domain name (i.e., some sort of connection to the …
NIC DO to Launch Second Level Domains – DomainPulse.com – The Beat …
For domains where there are two or more of the same character string registered at the third level, the registrant who has registered the domain name for the longest period will automatically gain the second level registrations. …
.FR Domains to be Available to French Living Abroad in 2010
.FR domain names will be available to French expatriates living outside of France in the first quarter of 2010 among a number of changes as part of the AFNIC 2010 Action Plan. It is intended the change will take place in March 2010, any French national whose normal place of residence is abroad will be able to register a .FR domain name. AFNIC will be maintaining the present process for registration and verification of individuals: there will be no new technical tests on entry of the data, in order to minimise the burden of checking domain name holders’ geographical location AFNIC will check eligibility with the registrars managing the domain name: the administrative contact person must have a presence on French territory these eligibility checks will be triggered by complaints from outside, as well as in the course of random checking
Three Registrars Lose ICANN Accreditation
On Wednesday, 25 November 2009, ICANN terminated its accreditation agreement with three registrars – Hosting365 Inc., OOO “Russian Registrar” and R.B. Data Net LTD for failure to comply with the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA).
US Court Says False Whois is ‘Material Falsification’
A court in the US has determined “that using whois privacy on domains can be considered ‘material falsification’.” Domain Name News says that “the ruling doesn’t make use of whois privacy illegal. However coupling the use of privacy services with an allegation of intentional spamming and you’ve got the cards stacked against you.” In another report, Marketing Pilgrim makes similar points, and adds that “Simply using a domain privacy service doesn’t make you a criminal, but the ruling appears to suggest that the use of such a service-especially in the use of sending spam emails-could be interpreted as trying to evade identification.” For more information, see: Whois Privacy Is ‘Material Falsification’ www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/whois-privacy-material-falsification/6474 Use a Domain Privacy Service?
1 and 2 letter .de names to be released
Sedo: This just in: Sedo is hosting a Pre-Auction for 1, 2, and 3-character .de domains from now until Thursday, Oct. 22nd at 5PM BST. Pre-bidding is available for all letter and number combinations, or approximately 19,000 newly available domains in the market! To help you acquire the new .de domain of your choice, our Pre-Auction gives you the exclusive advantage to bid before DENIC, the official German .de registrar, opens the registration period to the public on Friday 23rd at 9 AM CET (Central European Time).
UK troubles – 123reg.co.uk phone needed
Hi all, A good friend of ours, is experiencing serious troubles with his account at 123reg.co.uk, he had few dozens of UK names including few typos (ok, not ethical but nothing of so strange in my opinion), it seems the registrar locked his account simply because he had such typos, is this legal in the UK for uk domains ?
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