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Domains

Judge Orders Seizure of Domain Names to Protect Horseracing

September 22, 2008

The headline in the KYPost.com reads:
Ky. Seizes Domain Names Of Web Gambling Sites
The KYPost.com reports, “A Franklin County Circuit judge last week ordered the transfer of the domain names of 141 illegal Internet gambling sites to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in an effort to stop illegal and unregulated online gaming.”
The article quotes Gov. Steve Beshear [...]

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Bad Registrar! No Donut!

January 11, 2008

Network Solutions has been outed. In order to protect their customers from domain registry abuse, they’re committing domain registry abuse.
Basically, if you use NetSol’s WhoIs search to find out if a domain is available, and if you don’t register the domain that very instant, NetSol “reserves” (read: registers) the domain. It appears to be a [...]

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