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ICANN Asks FTC to Intervene in ‘Coercive’ .Sucks Pricing Scheme

A Canadian domain registry is under fire from ICANN due to its planned pricing structure for the new gTLD .sucks which recently received complaints from an industry advisory panel. Continue reading

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ICANN Suspends Brandon Gray Internet Services, Demands it Stop Sending Deceptive Marketing Materials

ICANN has suspended Brandon Gray Internet Services (DBA Namejuice), the company behind the Domain Registry of America, from registering names until Oct. 17, 2014. For the past 10 years, the company has been sending misleading letters to trick users into renewing their domains with the DROA instead of renewing with the company where they bought it from, usually for a much higher fee. Continue reading

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The Pirate Bay Switches to .AC ccTLD Following Domain Seizure, Pressure from Dutch Anti-Piracy Group

The Pirate Bay switched its domain this week, relocating to a new address on the .AC ccTLD, after pressure from Dutch anti-piracy agency Brein forced the domain registry of Sint Maarten to seize its .SX domain name. Continue reading

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