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Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
Talkback '.a registrar using its special status with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to secure misspelled domains temporarily for a few days'. That sounds easy enough to put an end to; what justification could there be for it anyway?
[June 5, 2006, 23:57]
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
News The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by high-end retailers Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, alleges that Dotster abused its status as a registrar by "checking out" hundreds of domain names that closely resemble the correct ones - and then keeping...
[June 5, 2006, 9:35]
Registrar stumps up anti-VeriSign fund
News Domain-name registrar Go Daddy for months has criticised VeriSign's currently suspended "Site Finder" service, which seized control of nonexistent .com and .net domains. Now Go Daddy is putting its money where its mouth is.
[March 3, 2004, 9:05]
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
Talkback Any registrar that "kites" more than 10% of the registered domains per month should have their "registrar" status pulled from them and put back on the market. This is a start but. ICANN and Verisign need to stop hiding behind the tree and start...
[June 23, 2006, 2:09]
Domain registrar quits under court action
News A UK domain registrar has quit the business after court action was brought against it for cold-calling customers and pretending to be associated with Nominet, the body that governs the .co.uk domain. Domain Registrar Services Ltd and its sister...
[October 20, 2003, 18:10]
Registrar named in massive cybersquatting suit
Talkback I've even received emails to buy back my expired domains, while under these "three day" periods they are held by the registrar without fee. Although I do not believe in a world full of lawsuits, this was long in the coming, and far from reaches...
[July 28, 2006, 0:35]
German registrar bans autopsy Web site
News A domain name registrar in Germany has deleted the registration for a gruesome US-based online photo gallery that featured stomach-wrenching images from autopsies and medical procedures. Computer Service Langenbach, which operates the Joker.com...
[February 12, 2003, 8:05]
VeriSign splits off domain registrar
News The new Network Solutions subsidiary will comprise the registrar business, which sells domain names directly to consumers and businesses, as well as Web and email services. It's back to the future for Network Solutions.
[January 6, 2003, 12:40]
A Leading Registrar Offers VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services to Avoid Fraudulent Domain Name Transfer
White Papers In 2003, Name.com was launched as a unique, independent, and fully ICANN-accredited domain registrar. Name.com has continued to build on this foundation by being recognized as an innovator and industry leader through offering compelling customer...
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
Domain registrar quits under court action
Talkback Well - just as i thought - back in Oct 2002 I was duped by this lot. They told me if i did not register with them they would be registering my companiy's name.they then said it would cost me £200 for 10 years - i have just checked and it had only...
[February 17, 2004, 15:08]
Google gains registrar status
News The ICANN has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. Google became a domain name registrar to learn more about the Internet's domain name system," a company representative said Tuesday.
[February 2, 2005, 8:35]
German registrar bans autopsy Web site
Talkback Thank GOD! about a year ago, a friend told me opf a simmilar site.but left out major details. I'd seen disturbing images of horrific ends to a persons existence. I saw a man hit by a subway.an open stomach full of styrafoam.and my cousin tells me...
[October 17, 2003, 23:00]
BT plans Internet registrar business
News BT will become one of only a handful of telecoms companies providing or planning to provide domain name registrar services. Primus Telecommunications of Australia, Talk.com in the US, and CCT Telecom Group in Hong Kong -- which is a part owner in...
[March 9, 2001, 7:08]
New registrar to assign '.com domain for mobiles'
Talkback I am slightly surprised no-one has recommend .wap as the tld.
[March 12, 2004, 11:06]
German registrar bans autopsy Web site
Talkback well s people mostly do they gto there just deserts i connected to mysql port 3306 using root, which they didnt password protect and i wiped there DB's clean.
[April 20, 2004, 19:44]
Stockpiling of .eu domains can't be stopped
News A registrar and reseller of .eu domain names has denied accusations that his business has operated unfairly by stockpiling over a thousand three-letter domain names and charging customers over a thousand pounds to buy each one.
[August 9, 2006, 13:55]
The GoDaddy saga continues...
Blog I've been trying to sort out an incident with registrar GoDaddy since last week. Since I found out that somebody used my name, with my altered work details, to register a dodgy site, I've been emailing and speaking on the phone with the registrar...
[July 3, 2008, 14:52]
Register.com wins injunction over domain names
News Domain name registrar Register.com won a preliminary injunction against a competitor for alleged "domain name slamming," or filching customers without their knowledge. District Court for the Southern District of New York called the alleged acts...
[December 31, 2002, 10:01]
Google blocked from asking Whois
News Domain name registrar Network Solutions has a message for Google: don't mess with our Whois. This is a public service that we're required to do, but it's been drastically abused" by spammers, said Champion Mitchell, chief executive of Network...
[January 28, 2004, 9:05]
Cybersquatting escalates in Asia
News Instances of cybersquatting are growing in Asia, fuelled largely by the availability of inexpensive internet domain names, according to an internet domain name registrar. In fact, IP Mirror currently acquires these site names from Chinese domain...
[October 8, 2007, 8:15]
