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Nominet Announces Board Election Results

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Nominet has announced the results of their recent board election. This year there were two seats open for non-executive directors who are elected by Nominet members. James Bladel from GoDaddy and David Thornton have both been elected to the board. For Thornton this will be his second term, whereas for Bladel this will be his first term. As usual the turnout for the election … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Board Election Results

Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million

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Centralnic's merger with KeyDrive SA, parent company to Key Systems, was officially announced this morning. The deal will see Centralnic acquire KeyDrive's entire share capital for a total of $36.5 35.8 million. KeyDrive is the parent company of Key Systems, RRP Proxy and Moniker, as well as corporate registrar Brand Shelter. While the companies, with the exception of … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million

New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission Sues DomainTools for Privacy Violation

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The New Zealand Domain Name Commission is taking legal action in Seattle against DomainTools.   DomainTools, according to the filing, is in breach of the whois terms of use and by collecting and storing the whois data of .nz domains. The filing goes into a lot of detail about how the New Zealand country code operator has developed its whois policy over the years … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission Sues DomainTools for Privacy Violation

Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon

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NamesCon Europe (formerly known as Domaining Europe) was recently held in Valencia, Spain. Next year's event, however, will be in Lisbon, Portugal. The exact dates and venue for the domain event have not been announced, though it's meant to be held in June. The event organisers are already selling "early bird" tickets for the event, though for some odd reason they're … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon

Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion

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Web.com, which is a listed company, has announced that it is to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC. The deal is reported to be worth approximately $2 Billion USD. The company will have the ability to seek alternative offers: Web.com may solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties during a "go-shop" period from the date of the agreement … [Read more...] about Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion

Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam

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An Australian company has been €1.24 million (AU$1.95 million) for duping businesses out of over AU$2.3 million via a domain slamming scam. The case was taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who claim that the company in question had sent out over 300 thousand fake renewal notices to Australian businesses. For those of us who have been in the … [Read more...] about Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam

ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral

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As I predicted ICANN is pursuing its case against EPAG. They're now not only appealing the case to a higher court in Germany, but are also trying to get the entire thing referred to the European Court of Justice. In an announcement late last night ICANN made it very clear what their intentions are. While they're pursuing the appeal in the higher court in the German region, … [Read more...] about ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral