SEO, Buying, Selling and Developing Domains
Domain name registrations are big business. Any time a new top-level domain has debuted, prospectors and companies have lined up to snag premium names — which has driven prices up to the hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases. That’s precisely what happened when .XXX hit the web, and now porn industry giants have
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Porn industry sues ICANN and ICM Registry over .XXX domains
In case you haven’t been keeping up with it, the “.XXX” domain is getting closer and closer.
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.XXX Domains Selling Like Hotcakes to Companies That Don’t Even Want to Use Them
Arguments and antitrust lawsuit could be made against many top level domain names. Manwin Licensing, the company behind YouPorn, has sued .xxx registry ICM Registry for violating the Sherman Act (i.e. monopoly). If you read the complaint against ICM you could substitute other top level domains for .xxx and the suit would still make sense. Manwin says .xxx wasn’t put out to competitive bid, has no price caps, and ICM Registry gets presumptive renewal.
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Manwin’s Attack on .XXX is Really an Attack on New TLDs
# porn Yes, Colleges and Universities are snapping up .XXX Domains left and right. But no, they’re not aspiring to be future AVN award winners
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Colleges and Universities Are Going on a .XXX Domain Shopping Spree [Porn]
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL– – ICM Registry , the registry of the new .XXX top-level domain , today announced the opening of Landrush , an exclusive 17-day period for the adult entertainment community that …
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ICM Registry Opens Landrush Period for .XXX Domains
A ‘sunshine’ period designed to protect trademarks expires Oct. 28. Coinciding with the launch last week of the availability of .XXX domains for online adult entertainment companies, brands outside the porn industry have until Oct. 28 to reserve their registered trademarks in the .XXX registry.
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Retailers hoping to guard their names from online porn operators better get cracking
The primary benefit of direct federal trademark filings is entrepreneurs can save money in legal fees. The downside of self-filings is the absence of an ongoing relationship with legal counsel who can apprise entrepreneurs of changing regulations and issues that can affect the value of their prized federal trademark registrations. The new XXX domain serving the adult entertainment industry is …
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How to Prevent XXX Domains From Damaging Your Registered Trademarks
United Domains, international domain registrar, announces that it will be offering .XXX domains, including defensive registrations for trademarks and brands, as one of the first registrars accredited by the ICM Registry.Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 26, 2011 United Domains, international domain registrar, announces that it will be offering .XXX domains, including defensive registrations for …
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United Domains Will Offer New .XXX Domains, Announces Pricing
GoDaddy.com has rolled out prices for the first .XXX domain names, with adult content providers charged as much as 17 times the cost of a standard .com domain name.
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GoDaddy Charging Massive Premiums for .XXX Domains
As the world’s largest Internet registrar announced its rates for the XXX adult entertainment domain set to appear in December, reports began appearing of businesses complaining about being forced to buy domain names they have no desire to buy.
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Businesses fret over brand protection from new XXX domains
Users might have a hard time reaching Indian .xxx site. I was caught a bit off guard when reading Elliot’s story today about Masala.xxx launching
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Masala.xxx Didn’t Get the Memo About India and .XXX Domain Names
Most businesses preregistering .XXX domain names are not in the adult porn industry, but want to make sure no porn businesses use their name.
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Businesses Buy .XXX Porn Domains to Protect Trademarks
It’s easy to spot the adult entertainment industry from the road, and later this year, it’ll be clear where it is online when .XXX domains become active.
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Protect your business from .XXX domains
Adult companies account for only 20 percent of interest, reports Easyspace Four out of five businesses that have pre-registered .XXX domain names have no direct connection to the adult porn industry, one of the UK’s largest registrars has confirmed.
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Businesses buying .XXX porn domains to protect trademarks
Group to help set policy for new .xxx domain name. One of the interesting quirks about the new .xxx domain name is that it will help fund a group called International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). IFFOR will get $10 from every domain registration in order to initiate “a series of policies for responsible business practices and conduct within the .XXX online adult-entertainment community”. Today the group sent out a press release formally announcing the members of the IFFOR board as well as initial members of its Policy Council. Board members include: Stuart Lawley – CEO of ICM Registry, which is running .xxx Clyde Beattie – CEO of Yorkland Investment Corp Sebastien Bachollet, CEO of BBS Consulting and a member of the Board of Directors of ICANN Policy Council members include: Fred Cate – Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington and director of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Bob Corn-Revere, Partner at Davis Wright Tremain Nadine Strossen – Served as president of ACLU from 1991 through 2008 Five more Policy Council members will be announced within the next couple months.
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.XXX Formally Announces IFFOR Board
Group to help set policy for new .xxx domain name. One of the interesting quirks about the new .xxx domain name is that it will help fund a group called International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). IFFOR will get $10 from every domain registration in order to initiate “a series of policies for responsible business practices and conduct within the .XXX online adult-entertainment community”. Today the group sent out a press release formally announcing the members of the IFFOR board as well as initial members of its Policy Council
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.XXX Formally Announces IFFOR Board
BOSTON, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Domainmonster.com have today announced their pre-order pricing for all stages of the pending .XXX domain name launch. .XXX domains will start from $74.99 at the first come first served general availability …
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Domainmonster.com Disclose Pre-order Pricing for .XXX Domain Launch
Earlier today
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The delegation record for the new TLD can now also
Below the output of the dig query:
dig ns xxx. ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER< <- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22036 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;xxx. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: xxx. 300 IN NS a2.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS a0.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS b2.xxx.afilias-nst.org. xxx. 300 IN NS b0.xxx.afilias-nst.org. xxx. 300 IN NS c0.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS d0.xxx.afilias-nst.org.
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