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0:34
Public Comment: Meetings for the Next Decade Consultation Process Opens
» ICANN Announcements21 May 2010
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0:29
The Extent of DNS Services Being Blocked in China
» CircleIDThe most recent episode of The Ask Mr. DNS Podcast offers up some disturbing corroborating evidence as to the extent of DNS filtering and outright blocking occurring in China. VeriSign's Matt Larson and InfoBlox's Cricket Liu, who co-host the geeky yet engaging and extremely informative show, held a roundtable discussion including technical experts from dynamic name service providers (better known as "managed DNS" services) DynDNS, TZO, No-IP, and DotQuad, as well as Google and Comcast.
After recalling the recent episode where queries to Net Nod's instance of the i root were intercepted and tampered with resulting in incorrect responses being returned inside and outside of China for facebook.com and other websites, Larson posed the question whether others were having similar experiences. (NB: Net Nod's i-root server instance in Beijing is still shut down, as their CEO has apparently stated it is not possible to offer authoritative root service in China) Unfortunately, several of the managed DNS services providers answered affirmatively.
Listen to the segment (discussion starts at 21:23)
TZO's CTO, Eric McIntyre, stated how their dynamic DNS service devices they sell in partnership with equipment manufactures like Cisco and HP would not resolve in China due to blocking. Rather than block specific domains that may be hosting objectionable content, blocking is occurring in wholesale manner, making it impossible for TZO to offer DNS resolution services in China. DynDNS and No-IP acknowledged their services were blocked as well. DynDNS CEO Jeremy Hitchcock lamented that any domain should be globally reachable, but that this was not the case in China and that DynDNS had been blocked there for years. Interestingly, both McIntyre and Hitchcock said that other services they offer do work in China, highlighting China's focus on DNS resolution services.
Showing the growing scope and transborder implications of the problem, Google's Thomas Stromberg, developer of the supercool Namebench tool that allows a user to investigate DNS queries and responses, said he has seen spurious DNS query results in numerous locations. He noted that in Malaysia (where, as of 2007, the government has promised Internet companies it would not censor the Internet), he observed a secondary nameserver giving errant DNS responses for popular websites. The nameserver happened to be located in China.
All in all, the discussion provided much needed detail about the arbitrariness with which DNS filtering and blocking is implemented. Such openness and information from the technical community is crucial. Particularly as the pressure mounts in various camps to challenge countries in forums like the WTO for failure to meet their trade obligations.
Written by Brenden Kuerbis
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More under: Censorship, DNS, DNSSEC, Internet Governance, Policy & Regulation, Security, Web
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Save Money With Promo Codes
» ChefPatrick.comI love to save money whenever I can in regards to making purchases in general. This rings true with my domaining ventures as well. I think most consumers, myself included, want to feel like they got a good deal when they buy something. Granted sometimes we just can’t get around how much we might have [...]
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Take IP Address Management Seriously; Your Business Depends on It
» CircleIDLet's start by stating the obvious: All business communications depend on IP addresses. Without an IP address, you simply can't communicate over the network.
No IP address means no access to your email server, no access to your website, and no cell phone or VoIP access. So much for the new VoIP system installed last month.
What does that mean to you? The answer is simple. Efficient IP Address Management (IPAM) is critical to your business success. In essence: No IP, no network, no business.
In fact, studies show that even a couple of hours of downtime in one of these core services can cost thousands, or even millions of dollars in lost business revenue. Employees, customers, partners, and suppliers have to be able to connect, and so it is critical that IP Addresses are readily available and properly managed.
In today's marketplace "back to basics" is the core message with every business trying to do more with less. IT departments are looking for a consolidated view of the entire network to enhance operational efficiency, a smaller footprint within the IP network, and higher IT productivity through workflow delegation.
When it comes to IPAM, DNS and DHCP, these are definitely cornerstones for business continuity, but today's main challenge is managing the fast-growing number of IP addresses.
And, while you may have the basics in DNS and DHCP, it is clear that IPAM is more than a marriage of these two core network services. In doing more with less, organizations are now looking to attribute non-traditional data such as employee numbers, GL codes, project codes, or department codes to their IP addresses.
As VoIP, IPv6, Virtualization, and new IP-enabled devices like IP security cameras become increasingly common networks will only get harder to manage. Businesses have outgrown "band-aid" solutions and now require automated IPAM as an unintended consequence of network growth.
And, as networks grow, the risks associated with not knowing who is using a particular IP address, or the fact that there are more IP addresses connected to your network than your network discovery tools report, grow with them.
In reality, managing IP addresses using spreadsheets makes about as much sense as developing business documents using a typewriter. It may have been smart business at one time, but that time has passed.
So what is the alternative?
The IPAM Solution
Today's IPAM solutions not only eliminate the time-consuming management of IP addresses via spreadsheets, but also enable businesses to keep network-centric data and IP information synchronized at all times. Some even include important features such as high availability and failover capabilities as well as central management of Microsoft DNS and DHCP servers while simultaneously making it easy to model domains for the purpose of planning, tracking, and managing IP addresses and associated data.
When you also consider that some of these solutions also include such features as IP reconciliation, workflow delegation, and forced naming policies it becomes clear how IPAM can enable any enterprise to minimize its core network services footprint, reduce its operational costs and maximize its business continuity.
So, when you consider that your business runs on IP addresses, the message is clear. Take IP Address Management seriously; your business depends on it.
Written by Branko Miskov, Director of Product Management at BlueCat Networks
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More under: IP Addressing, IPv6
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22:23
The extent of DNS services being blocked in China
» IGP BlogThe most recent episode of The Ask Mr. DNS Podcast offers up some disturbing corroborating evidence as to the extent of DNS filtering and outright blocking occurring in China. VeriSign's Matt Larson and InfoBlox's Cricket Liu, who co-host the geeky yet engaging and extremely informative show, held a roundtable discussion including technical experts from dynamic name service providers (better known as "managed DNS" services) DynDNS, TZO, No-IP, and DotQuad, as well as Google and Comcast.After recalling the recent episode where queries to Net Nod's instance of the i root were intercepted and tampered with resulting in incorrect responses being returned inside and outside of China for facebook.com and other websites, Larson posed the question whether others were having similar experiences. (NB: Net Nod's i-root server instance in Beijing is still shut down, as their CEO has apparently stated it is not possible to offer authoritative root service in China) Unfortunately, several of the managed DNS services providers answered affirmatively.
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Internet Brands Inc. Sued Over Acquisition Earnout
» Domain Name WirePlaintiffs allege company withheld payments from 2008 acquisition.
Internet Brands, Inc., which owns Autos.com and Loan.com, has been sued (pdf) by two people who sold the web site ModelMayhem.com to it in 2008. Although Internet Brands has not yet responded to the suit, it’s a reminder of the challenges of selling domain names or web sites with “earnout” or residual terms on future revenue or traffic.
Donald and Tyler Waitt sold their popular Model Mayhem web site to Internet Brands in 2008. As part of the agreement, Internet Brands was to pay them a deferred amount based on 2009 traffic to the ModelMayhem.com web site. If the average monthly page views for 2009 were at least 350 million, the pair would be paid $800,000. The deferred payment scaled down from there so long as the site average 225 million page views per month. The page views were to be based on stats from Google Analytics, according to the suit.
Near the end of 2009 the plaintiffs allege that “Defendant unreasonably and without proper cause unilaterally changed the method of calculating page views”. Apparently Internet Brands is disputing some of the traffic being counted by Google Analytics.
What actually happened? We won’t know until we hear both sides of the story, and the case perhaps works its way through the courts. But it’s an example of an earnout provision clearly gone awry — and something to think about before entering into such an agreement.
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22:20
4Chan.org: Impact of Not Owning the .Com Domain Name
» Elliot's Blog
4Chan is a well known chat and image sharing website that is visited by close to ten million people each month. The website was started in 2003 by a New York City teen, and the site grew rapidly in popularity. A couple of weeks ago, it was announced on TechCrunch that the founder of 4Chan received $625,000 in funding for his new venture called Canvas Networks (canv.as).
What some of you may or may not be aware of up to this point is that 4Chan cannot be found by visiting 4Chan.com. 4Chan uses 4Chan.org, and likely as a result of confusion between the domain extension, over 70,000 people in March accidentally visited the .com, according to the Compete stats I found.
While this traffic leakage may be minimal compared to the site’s millions of visitors per month, I have heard that Compete stats don’t always give the most accurate picture of type-in traffic, so that number could actually be higher. 70,000+ visitors is a large football stadium full of people – the Louisiana Superdomain, Lambeau Field, Sun Life Stadium, or Gillette Stadium are examples of football stadiums close to that size.
Interestingly, a Whois search on DomainTools shows that 4Chan.org was created in February 0f 2004, although the Wikipedia article about the site says 4Chan was founded in October of 2003. 4Chan.com was first registered in December of 2003, and is owned by “OS Domain Holdings III, LLC.”
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21:59
النظر في مستقبل الاجتماعات الدولية لمؤسسة ICANN
» ICANN blogلقد حظت دائمًا اجتماعات ICANN وبنيتها ومحتواها وكل شيء آخر حولها بأهمية بالغة – وقد مثلت جميع الأشياء المتعلقة بهذه الاجتماعات موضوعًا للجدل منذ عقد أول اجتماع. ففي الواقع، يكون هناك العديد من الآراء حول جوانب الاجتماعات نتيجة لوجود أعضاء مختلفين من المجتمع – ولكن يوافق الجميع على شيء واحد: فهم جزء أساسي من عملية ICANN.
بمرور الوقت، تم عقد تشاورات مختلفة حول الطريقة التي ينبغي أن تتطور وتتغير الاجتماعات بها مع مرور الأزمان. وقد بدأت معظم هذه التشاورات باقتراح يُطلب من المجتمع التعليق عليه. أما هذه المرة، فنحن نعكس العملية من خلال البدء بتجميع آراء المجتمع ثم صياغة الاقتراحات وفقًا لهذه الآراء – فنحن نعتقد أن هذه العملية التي تقوم من القاع إلى القمة حقًا هي الطريقة الصحيحة للاستمرار.
وقد أعدت لجنة المشاركة العامة بالمجلس بالتعاون مع فريق عمل ICANN عملية تشاور ثلاثية المراحل لتستمر طوال عام 2010 تقريبًا. وستتوفر كل مرحلة من المراحل الثلاث لعملية التشاور باللغات الست للأمم المتحدة: العربية والصينية والإنجليزية والفرنسية والإسبانية والروسية.
بدخول ICANN في عقدها الثاني، يكون الوقت ملائمًا للنظر في الاجتماعات التي تعقدها ICANN كل عام من منظور شامل يبدأ من القاع إلى القمة حقًا من أجل ضمان خدمة اجتماعاتنا لك أن – المجتمع – على أفضل وجه بأفضل الطرق الممكنة من حيث فعالية التكلفة والتركيز على أصحاب المصالح.
هل تريد معرفة المزيد؟
لقد أقامت ICANN موقعًا مصغرًا خاصًا على الموقع www.icann.org لعملية التشاور هذه. ويمكنك العثور عليه على العنوان www.icann.org/ar/meetings2010.
سيتم إرسال طلب المشاركة في استطلاع الآراء إلى لوائح البريد الإلكتروني الخاصة بالمجتمع أيضًا إلى جانب الأفراد ممن قاموا بالتسجيل في اجتماعات ICANN القليلة الماضية.
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21:58
展望互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 国际会议的未来
» ICANN blog互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 会议、会议结构、内容以及任何其他内容自始至终都至关重要 ， 并且自举行第一次会议以来 ， 所有内容都成为了公众热议的话题。事实上 ， 因为有许多社群成员参加会议，所以关于会议的各个方面都有诸多意见 ， 但所有人都就一件事达成了共识 ： 即网民参与是互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 流程不可或缺的组成部分。
过去的一段时间里 ， 曾经举行了各种咨询活动来探讨会议应如何随时代同步发展和变革。这些咨询多数以一个提议开端 ， 然后让社群对该提议提出意见。而这一次我们转变了流程 ， 即先收集社群的观点 ， 然后再根据这些观点来构建提案。我们认为这是真正自下而上的全面流程，并且是继续发展的正确方法。
董事会公众参与委员会与互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 员工共同设计了三阶段咨询流程 （ 该流程将在 2010 日历年的其余时间内相继展开 ） 。该咨询流程的三个阶段都将使用六种联合国 (UN) 语言 （ 阿拉伯文、中文、英文、法文、西班牙文和俄文 ） 予以提供。
在互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 进入第二个十年之际 ， 我们应真正地自下而上全面地展望互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 每年举行的会议 ， 以确保我们的会议能够以符合利益主体需求的最有效适宜的方式来为您和社群服务。
想要了解更多内容？
互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 在 www.icann.org 上为此咨询活动建立了特殊的微型站点 ： www.icann.org/zh/meetings2010 。
参与本次调查的征询函将按照社群电子邮件列表发送 ， 同时会发送给注册了最近几次互联网名称与数字地址分配机构 (ICANN) 会议的个人。
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21:58
Взгляд в будущее международных конференций ICANN
» ICANN blogКонференции ICANN, их структура, содержание и все остальное, касающееся их, всегда было очень важно – и все, касающееся их, было предметом обсуждения, начиная с первой конференции. Фактически, существует столько мнений об аспектах заседаний, сколько членов в сообществе – но все они соглашаются со следующим: они являются важной частью процесса ICANN.
С течением времени проводились различные консультации, посвященные развитию и изменению этих конференций. Большинство из них начинались с предложения, которое просило прокомментировать сообщество. В этот раз мы меняем процесс, начиная со сбора мнений сообщества, а затем выдвигая предложения на основе этих мнений – мы полагаем, что это действительно восходящий процесс, которому необходимо следовать.
Правление Комитета участия общественности совместно с сотрудниками ICANN разработали трехэтапный консультационный процесс, который будет проводиться в течение большей части 2010 календарного года. Все три этапа консультации будут доступны на шести языках ООН: арабский, китайский, английский, французский, испанский и русский.
После наступления второго десятилетия наступает момент рассмотреть ежегодные конференции ICANN с глобальной перспективы для обеспечения того, что встречи оптимально удовлетворяют потребности сообщества наиболее рентабельно и в интересах заинтересованных лиц.
Необходимы дополнительные сведения?
Сотрудниками ICANN создан специальный микросайт по адресу www.icann.org для этой консультации. Он доступен по адресу www.icann.org/ru/meetings2010.
Приглашение на участие в опросе также будет отправлено по спискам адресов электронной почты сообщества и отдельным лицам, зарегистрировавшимся для участия в нескольких последних конференциях ICANN.
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21:57
Hacia el futuro de las reuniones internacionales de ICANN
» ICANN blogLas reuniones de ICANN, su estructura, contenido y todo lo que se relaciona con ellas siempre han sido muy importantes, a la vez que han sido tema de debate desde el momento en que se convocó la primera. De hecho, existen tantas opciones referidas a los aspectos de las reuniones como miembros de la comunidad. Pero todos coinciden en un punto: son una parte esencial del proceso de ICANN.
Con el transcurso del tiempo, se han realizado diversas consultas acerca del modo en que las reuniones deberían evolucionar y actualizarse. La mayoría de estas consultas han comenzado con una propuesta, y se le solicita a la comunidad que exprese su opinión sobre dicha propuesta. Esta vez estamos invirtiendo el proceso: en primer lugar, recabamos los puntos de vista de los miembros de la comunidad y, luego, elaboramos las propuestas en función de esas opiniones. Creemos que el presente es un proceso verdaderamente exhaustivo.
El Comité de participación pública de la Junta directiva, en colaboración con el personal de ICANN, ha diseñado un proceso de consulta de tres etapas que se llevará a cabo durante la mayor parte del año calendario 2010. Cada una de las tres etapas de la consulta estará disponible en los seis idiomas de la ONU: árabe, chino, inglés, francés, español y ruso.
A medida que ICANN ingresa en su segunda década, se presenta el momento propicio para observar, desde una perspectiva holística y realmente exhaustiva, las reuniones que realiza ICANN cada año, a fin de garantizar que dichas reuniones sirvan de forma óptima a la comunidad de las maneras más rentables y focalizadas en las partes interesadas.
¿Desea obtener más información?
ICANN ha establecido un micrositio especial en www.icann.org para esta consulta. Puede encontrarlo en www.icann.org/es/meetings2010.
Una solicitud para participar en la encuesta se enviará también a listas de correos electrónicos de los miembros de la comunidad, así como a las personas que se hayan registrado para algunas últimas reuniones de ICANN.
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21:55
Regard sur l’avenir des Réunions internationales de l’ICANN
» ICANN blogLes réunions de l’ICANN, leur structure, leur contenu et tous les aspects associés ont toujours été d’une grande importance et tous ces points ont fait l’objet de débats depuis la tenue de la première réunion. Il existe en effet autant d’opinions sur les aspects des réunions qu’il y a de membres de la communauté, mais un élément fait l’unanimité : elles représentent une partie essentielle du processus de l’ICANN.
Au fil des années, différentes consultations ont eu lieu au sujet de l’évolution et du changement des réunions dans le temps. Elles ont, pour la plupart, commencé par une proposition et l’invitation faite à la communauté de commenter cette dernière. Cette fois, nous inversons le processus, en commençant par la collecte des points de vue de la communauté puis en élaborant des propositions sur cette base. Nous pensons que ce processus réellement ascendant est le bon mode opératoire.
Le Comité de participation publique du Conseil, en collaboration avec le personnel de l’ICANN, a conçu un processus de consultation en trois étapes, qui se déroulera sur une grande partie de l’année 2010. Chacune de ces étapes sera disponible dans les six langues des Nations Unies : arabe, chinois, anglais, français, espagnol et russe.
Avec l’entrée de l’ICANN dans sa deuxième décennie, il est temps d’étudier les réunions annuelles de l’ICANN d’un point de vue global et ascendant, dans le but de garantir que ces réunions servent au mieux la communauté, et ce de la manière plus économique et centrée sur les parties prenantes possible.
Vous voulez en savoir plus?
L’ICANN a créé un microsite spécial sur www.icann.org dédié à cette consultation. Vous pouvez le trouver sur www.icann.org/fr/meetings2010.
Une invitation à participer au sondage sera envoyée aux listes de diffusion de la communauté ainsi qu’aux personnes inscrites aux dernières réunions de l’ICANN.
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21:12
The $200,000 Sale of MonaLisa.com That Almost Never Happened
» Elliot's BlogSedo just announced (via DNW) the successful brokerage sale of the domain name MonaLisa.com for $200,000. The domain name is currently registered to its Domain Transfer email, so I am fairly certain the deal is nearly completed.
If you have a look at the archives in DNForum, there’s a thread started by the “mysterious” Kuwaiti domain investor, elequa (also known as Thunayan Khalid Al-Ghanim of Future Media Architects). In the thread, Thunayan mentioned that he was bidding on the domain name at “NW,” a Dotster subsidiary, although he did not win. At that time, the domain name sold for around $15,000. Had Thunayan prevailed in the auction, the domain name would never have been resold, as his company does not sell any of its domain names.
Funny enough, someone who goes by the nickname “DomainGoon” (sarcastically) asked, “the real question is, how many years would take to make $15,000 back using that domain?” I guess the answer is 7 years, for more than 1,000% return on that $15,000 investment.
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PS: Thunayan – call me… I will be in your neck of the woods in 10 days.
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IP Can Support Biodiversity
» WIPO Press ReleasesOn the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) on May 22, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry underlined the Organization’s commitment to ensuring that the intellectual property system plays a positive role in safeguarding biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components and the sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
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MonaLisa.com Domain Name Sells for $200,000
» Domain Name WireMonaLisa.com domain name sells for $200,000.
The Mona Lisa has been sold!OK, so it’s actually MonaLisa.com.
According to Sedo’s market activity report, it has sold the domain name MonaLisa.com for $200,000:
The domain name is currently pending transfer and is in Sedo’s brokerage account. The seller is California-based NetCorp.
This is a big sale for Sedo, given the dearth of six-figure sales coming out of the brokerage recently. Of course, it is getting rights to sell the Sex.com domain name. Something tells me that one will attract some press.
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Meet the Faces Behind the Top 10 Domain Registrars
» Domain Name WireVeriSign interviews founders and CEOs of top domain name registrars.
Some domain name registrars have boisterous CEOs with their own blogs and video blogs. Others are a bit quieter. As part of its “25 Years of .Com” celebration, VeriSign has captured the stories behind 10 of the top domain name registrars, and it’s a good opportunity to hear from the quieter CEOs in the industry.VeriSigns “Meet the domain pioneers” features the CEOs or founders of ten domain name registrars. Among the video interviews are Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows, Bhavin Turakhia, Founder & CEO of Directi, and Jeff Kupietzky, CEO & President of Oversee.net.
Next week VeriSign is holding a gala event in San Francisco where it will honor the “.com 25″: “remarkable innovators, entrepreneurs and companies whose inspiring contributions were fundamental in shaping the Internet and, thereby, forever changing the way we think and act as individuals and as a society.”
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Breaking: Sedo to Sell Sex.com Domain Name
» Domain Name WireSettlement paves way for Sex.com domain name sale.
The managers of Escom, LLC, which owns the Sex.com domain name, have agreed to enter into an agreement with Sedo to sell the domain name. Terms of the brokerage agreement are confidential.
The agreement to retain Sedo to sell the domain name comes after a settlement between a number of the creditors to Escom. Originally, creditor DOM Partners pushed the Sex.com domain name into foreclosure and scheduled an auction to sell the domain name. The day before the auction was to take place, three entities controlled by Mike Mann made an involuntary bankruptcy filing against Escom to halt the auction.
The parties battled back in forth in bankruptcy court, but have reached a settlement. As part of the settlement, the parties agreed that “a sale of the Debtor’s assets, including its Internet domain name www.Sex.com (the “Domain Name”), as expeditiously as possible…is in the best interests of the Debtor, the estate, and its creditors.”
DOM Partners had originally opposed retaining Sedo to sell the domain name because it felt that its fees were too high. Sedo had been in talks with some of Escom’s investors previously to sell the domain, and Sedo filed a statement in the case suggesting that it would be the better company to sell the domain name than DOM’s original auctioneer.
The parties have asked the court to approve its settlement agreement.
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WIPO Launches On-line Forum on Access to Copyrighted Works by Visually Impaired
» WIPO Press ReleasesAn on-line forum to promote an exchange of ideas and to build consensus on international measures to improve access to copyright-protected works in formats suitable for visually impaired persons and others with print disabilities (VIPs) was launched by WIPO this week. The Forum, (www.visionip.org/forum), which will remain open at least until June 20, 2010, is designed to stimulate debate, enhance understanding, and broaden awareness of the question.
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The most expensive domains 10-16 May (2010)
» DomisferaSales made public domains more expensive, according Dnjournal , during the last week formalized correspond to the following domain names:
More expensive Domains Sold by Sold Capture.com 53.200 Sedo WHIB.com 48.600 Sedo IPS.com 37.505 GoDaddy Auctions HomeOwnersInsurance.net 32,000 SnapNames BoyTube.com 18,000 HuntingMoon VibrationPlate.com 16.120 Sedo ClinicalWaste.com 15,000 AfternicDLS Neue.de 12.400 Sedo Tahoo.com 11.701 NameJet M4.se 11.156 MissDomain 9292.com 11.100 NameJet GreenwichVillage.com 11,000 Moniker Hausbau.eu 10.540 Sedo DailyBargains.com 10.500 Sedo Patent.info 10.292 Sedo Bolted.com 10.200 Moniker Perfecta.com 10.200 NameJet YourCash.com 10.080 Sedo FacePaint.com 10,000 Sedo InsideJob.com 10,000 Sedo XAD.com 10,000 Sedo Else Castilian domains and / or. Is. Ar,. Co have been:
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Buy.com sells for $250 Million
» DomainNews
Rakuten,Japanese e-commerce company has recently announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the Buy.com portal for $250 million .
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DomainFest Fort Lauderdale extended auction results
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DomainFest Fort Lauderdale extendedn auction closed yesterday.Only eight domain names of 797 were sold .
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GHB.com sells for $29,000
» DomainNews
GHB.com domain name was recently sold through Sedo for $29,000 .Another three letter domain name,ISG.com,was also sold through Sedo for $23,000.
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SIDN and registrars working towards a new Registrars’ Advisory Council
» DomainNews
For some months now, a number of representatives of the .nl registrars – the agents through whom consumers register .nl domain names - have been working with SIDN to come up with proposals for a new Registrars’ Advisory Council (RAC).
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New gTLD Survey Shows That Many Intend to Apply, But That the Majority Are Undecided
» Brand Protection BlogIn a recent survey of MarkMonitor’s global corporate client base*, nearly 22% of respondents stated that their companies are intending to apply for a new gTLD.
Twenty-three percent stated that their companies did not intend to apply for a new gTLD, while more than 55% still did not know which route they would eventually take.
According to the survey results, of those planning to acquire a new gTLD, 69% said that they would be doing it for “defensive purposes only, to keep others from applying and with no immediate plans to use the new gTLD.”
When asked whether the introduction of new gTLDs would require increased efforts around the policing of brands on the Internet, a whopping 76% of respondents believed that it would.
These numbers can give some insight into how corporations are approaching new gTLDs, and clearly many have begun the process of working with the various stakeholder groups within their respective companies to identify whether or not a new gTLD makes sense.
However, a majority of the companies still have not yet decided what to do, which is worrisome, as the fourth draft guidebook is expected to be released in June of this year with a final version potentially released late this year or early next.
Given this relatively short timeline, companies should begin strategy development immediately. Every corporation will need to carefully assess the impacts, choose an offensive, defensive or combined strategy, and begin developing processes to execute that strategy.
For more information on new gTLDs, visit MarkMonitor’s dotBrand Resource Center.
* A total of 95 respondents participated in the survey
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Verisign Planning Blowout Party in San Francisco Wednesday to Celebrate .Com's 25th Anniversary
» Domain Name JournalThe .com extension turned 25 years old this year and as part of a year-long celebration to mark the anniversary of the world's most popular extension, Verisign will hold a special 25 Years of .Com Gala, hosted by comedian Dana Carvey, on Wednesday in San Francisco. Here is a preview of what will be happening there.
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The Latest Happenings at DomainTools
» DomainTools BlogDomainTools Whois Website Tool
We recently released a DomainTools Whois plugin for WordPress. The DomainTools Whois plugin will automatically link domain names in a WordPress page or blog post to the DomainTools Whois service. It also generates a pop-up containing a summary of Whois information that your visitors can see without leaving your site.
A few of the customizable features are:
* Control how often domain names on your site are converted to links
* Specify the target window that will load the requested Whois information
* Choose whether to display the Whois information for a domain name in a pop-up on your website or to directly link users to the DomainTools Whois serviceThis plugin can be downloaded from DomainTools or WordPress.
If you have produced a DomainTools gadget, widget, or extension you would like listed on the DomainTools website, please let us know! Send an email into our support team at MemberServices at Domaintools.com
DomainTools is Exhibiting at INTA
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The International Trademark Association‘s 132nd annual meeting is being held next week in Boston, May 23 – 26, where DomainTools will have an exhibit booth. The annual INTA meeting is a must-attend event for those interested in property, brand and trademark research and protection. The conference will have 90 exhibitors, including DomainTools, and over 8,000 confirmed attendees for this years event.
Last year, our inaugural year of exhibiting at INTA, we had the opportunity to meet many of our customers and speak with them about our services. Our research tools help domain investors and brand managers protect their property in trademark searching and monitoring and historical research. We look forward to discussing our tools with current users and sharing our services with new users.
Please stop by our Booth #640!
DomainTools has Moved Up! Literally.
DomainTools moved into newly remodeled office space on the first of May, right upstairs from our old offices. If you are ever in the greater Seattle area, please drop by and say hello!