Domain Name Strategy
Scamming, Renewed
Josh Bourne ⬥ 7 October I received an email reminding me that the domain name truecostofcybersquatting.org had expired, and offering me the chance to renew it through a ...
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New Developments Between ICANN and the U.S. Government
Phil Lodico ⬥ 28 September Several outlets, such as the Economist and the Sydney Morning Herald are running articles on the upcoming expiration of the Joint Project Agreement ...
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Congressional Hearing Examines ICANN’s House of Cards
Phil Lodico ⬥ 24 September The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy held a hearing yesterday on the potential rollout of new TLDs and how ...
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Treating the Disease, Not the Symptoms
Phil Lodico ⬥ 17 September Network World recently ran an article about how “cyber-criminals are plundering domain-name registrars around the world” while registrars such as Go Daddy fight ...
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Crying Wolf
Phil Lodico ⬥ 16 September It is no surprise that brand owners have registered countless domain names that they don’t need. Over the past few years, ICANN approved ...
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Game, Set, Domain Name Match
Josh Bourne ⬥ 10 September The US Open championship is in full swing in New York City right now, with the finals just around the corner this weekend. ...
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Siding with the Swiss
Josh Bourne ⬥ 27 August Brandchannel’s lead story this week points out that “Switzerland, with less than 16,000 square miles of land mass and less than 8 million ...
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A Free Internet
Liz Sweezey ⬥ 26 August A few weeks ago, I joined Josh and the CADNA legislative team on the Hill to attend meetings with staffers from various Senators ...
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Lawless to Flawless
Josh Bourne ⬥ 24 August Last week I wrote a post about the lawlessness that pervades the Internet, focusing on the scamming and other illegal activities that take ...
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De-cluttering Your Wardrobe … and Your Domain Name Portfolio
FairWinds Partners ⬥ 21 August When I was a child my mother would come knocking on my bedroom door about once every two years holding a large empty ...
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R-E-S-P-E-K-T
Josh Bourne ⬥ 19 August This poster caught my eye recently for two reasons. First was the highlighted letter K, which drew attention to the intentional misspelling of ...
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FairWinds Partners – Changing the Game
Phil Lodico ⬥ 22 July Last Thursday marked FairWinds’ three-year anniversary. Since I was on vacation last week, I had some time to think about our business, the ...
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