As we previously reported, the State of Kentucky, specifically Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, has determined that domain names are gambling devices under the meaning of the laws of that state, and has recently ordered the seizure of 141 domain names (http://www.thedomains.com/wp-content/order-of-seizure-of-domain-names.pdf)as some of you may have heard. While you may lawfully marry your [...]

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Legal sales of .com.au domain names are on our doorstep. Where are the opportunities and what are the issues? Will we see sales like the $12M sex.com5 Vote(s)

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The EU Agency ENISA is investigating the use of Domain Name
System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and other advanced technologies for
improving the resilience of public communication networks.
Recently
a vulnerability of Domain Name System (DNS) caught a lot of media
attention. A flaw in the DNS threatened to bring chaos to the Internet
by poisoning the servers that translate domain names [...]

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Last night Moniker ran the first round domain auction featuring some of Rick Schwartz’s domain portfolio names. The auction was successful! 65 names were up for grabs and 47 of them sold for a total of about $99,000:
men.org [...]

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Elliot blogs about the 3 letter .com realm.http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/10/b-king-on-three-letter-com-sales/***FS*** There are only 15 Vote(s)

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