As a result of the de-accreditation of registrar Best Registration Services, Inc. dba BestRegistrar.com ( BRS ), ICANN initiated a process to identify a gaining registrar to receive BRS’s gTLD names. In accordance with ICANN’s Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure (see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm) ), on 6 June 2008, ICANN initiated a Request for Statements of [...]

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Over the last few articles in this series we’ve been discussing what’s been going on in the industry and why PPC rates have fallen and domain valuations have dropped considerably. You can read the previous articles via the following links.
Part 1 – Domain Industry and Valuations (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080728452/MyBlog/Domain-Industry-and-Valuations-Part-1.html)
Part 2 – The domain bubble (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080818456/MyBlog/Part-2-The-domain-bubble.html)
Part 3 – [...]

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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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