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Yet Another RegisterFly Update

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According to a recent post on the ICANN blog Kevin Medina, head of RegisterFly, is being held in contempt of court: The Court held Registerfly and Kevin Medina personally to be in contempt of the Court’s earlier Preliminary Injunction Order. So the Court has has ordered Kevin Medina and RegisterFly to publish on its website, within 48 hours, a notice telling people about the … [Read more...] about Yet Another RegisterFly Update

GoDaddy To Buy Registerfly?

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Jay Westerdal suggests that GoDaddy maybe buying part of RegisterFly. Anyone who has been folllowing the domain industry in recent months would be aware of the RegisterFly meltdown, which has caused issues for thousands of registrants worldwide. There will be mixed feelings surrounding this type of acquisition, but it is surely preferable to the limbo that many of … [Read more...] about GoDaddy To Buy Registerfly?

Tralliance in Trouble – .travel could die

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It looks like 2007 is going to be an awkward year for the domain world. Earlier we had the collapse of RegisterFly, now we have the strong possibility of the .travel domain going bust. The .travel domain has always been an oddity. The idea behind it is fairly obvious, but when you combine the strict rules, price and length of the domain it becomes apparent why it has been … [Read more...] about Tralliance in Trouble – .travel could die

EU Domain Release Dates

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Unlike with .com domains .eu actually lets you know when a domain is due for release ie. when it will be available for registration again. For example: % % WHOIS xxxxxxxxxx Domain: xxxxxxxxxxx Status: SUSPENDED(QUARANTINE) Registered: Sat Apr 22 2006 Available: Sat Jun 9 2007 I've removed the actual domain name from the whois output as it belonged to a client, … [Read more...] about EU Domain Release Dates

.tv relaunch

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Demand Media and Verisign have joined forces to promote the .tv name space. The media company, which now owns both eNom and Bulk Register, will be joining forces with Verisign to promote the usage of the .tv namespace for multimedia and user generated content (alla web 2.0) The campaign will be kicking off towards the beginning of May. Further info … [Read more...] about .tv relaunch

More Adventures in .eu

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So you register a .eu domain OR you want to register a .eu domain that someone else already has.... Should be relatively simple to see when the domain in question is up for renewal, shouldn't it? Well you would think so, but you'd be wrong. Let's take this domain as an example: Domain: isquattedyour Status: REGISTERED Registered: Mon Apr 24 2006 So we know we … [Read more...] about More Adventures in .eu

EUrid Code of Conduct – Legislating The Obvious?

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I mentioned on my main blog some of the shenanigans at the EUrid session at ICANN in Lisbon. What I failed to mention was the much talked about code of conduct. (The temptation to make snide remarks about the choice of domain is strong, but I shall resist!) I would apologise for that oversight, however that would be hypocritical. I'm not sorry that I didn't mention it … [Read more...] about EUrid Code of Conduct – Legislating The Obvious?

RegisterFly Terminated by ICANN

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ICANN have announced that RegisterFly is being terminated. ICANN has issued a letter to RegisterFly [PDF, 902K] indicating that it will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. Under the terms of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), ICANN must provide 15 days written notice to RegisterFly of its intention to terminate. Effective … [Read more...] about RegisterFly Terminated by ICANN