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Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy's fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film.... However over on the Facebook page for the film they've … [Read more...] about Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

Pirate Bay’s Domain Hopping Fails

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The Pirate Bay has been "hopping" from one domain extension to another over the last few months. At the moment the site is using a .gy domain name, which is Guyana The site had announced that it was switching to a .pe domain name (Peru), but the domain has already been suspended. The site had been using a .sx domain up until quite recently, but that too was pulled. It … [Read more...] about Pirate Bay’s Domain Hopping Fails

New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

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The Domain Name Association, which we mentioned in the past, has announced its membership fees According to a slide deck published on the organisation's site the membership fees range from $1000 / year to $50 thousand / year. The membership tiers are: Executive Member - $50 thousand / year Strategic Member - $20 thousand / year Supporting Member - $5 thousand / … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

Domaining Spain Day One

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Domaining Spain is taking place today and tomorrow in Valencia. Speakers from the four corners of the globe are addressing a predominately European audience on domains, domaining, new TLDs and related topics. The full agenda is here Related articles The Domains In Spain Fall Mainly On .. (blacknight.com) Domaining Spain heads to Valencia next month … [Read more...] about Domaining Spain Day One

New Domain Association Site Launched

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During the regional ICANN meeting in Amsterdam earlier this year there was a "side meeting" held by several companies in the domain name industry. The objective? To work on some form of strategy for marketing and education around the domain name industry and domains in general. The meeting was organised by Google's new TLD team, but there was a broad cross-section of both … [Read more...] about New Domain Association Site Launched

Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!

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Under.me launched a few months ago as an online underwear shop. It's backed by Bar Refaeli, the Israeli model, and offers a range of underwear for both men and women. It's a great domain and the site looks pretty slick. But they've obviously got a bit ahead of themselves in their marketing.. Over the last couple of days they've been promoting a new delivery service … [Read more...] about Under.me Promotes Deliver.me – But They Don’t Have The Domain!

Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution

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If you have a look at the new TLD applications you'll quickly see that there are quite a few in competition with each other. ICANN will be sorting out some form of "draw" to see who goes first and there's also going to be objections, string contention and government "advice". But one of the things that's been made clear for a very long time is that applicants would need … [Read more...] about Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution

Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name

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I guess this was inevitable. There are a bunch of domain and internet related companies out there that have totally forgettable and unoriginal names. At some point there's going to be confusion between two or more of them. But you'd also think that any sane company would do a small bit of due diligence to avoid these kind of conflicts when registering a limited company … [Read more...] about Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name