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 NeuNews.com: Europe is considering a sweeping new law that would force Internet companies like Amazon.com and Facebook to obtain explicit consent from consumers about the use of their personal data, delete that data forever at the consumer�s request and face fines for failing to comply.

 DNJournal: Europe’s Domaining 2012 conference, coming up in Valencia, Spain April 26-28, is still three months away but show organizers have been hard at work for weeks now putting together an all-star speaker’s line-up. Here are some of the industry experts who will be on stage.

 Michael Gilmour: Michael Cyger recently interviewed me for his fantastic videoblog site domainsherpa.com. During the interview I discuss what it means to optimise domains, my thoughts on the industry and how domain owners can improve their revenue line.
I would like to thank Michael at DomainSherpa for the interview and wish him all the best in helpi…

 DNJournal: When I got an email from Chicago.com owner Josh Metnick with a subject line that said “Something amazing is happening!” I sat up and took notice. Josh is not a guy who is given to hyperbole. We got on the phone and he did indeed have an amazing story to tell – one that will be music to the ears of owners of top tier .com domains.

 DNJournal: Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Wednesday’s widespread protest by key Internet websites has killed the controversial SOPA bill, the two founders of one of the domain industry’s favorite charities have retired and named replacements (one a domain pioneer) and David Castello goes returns to his first love!

 DNJournal: DOMAINfest Global has added 3 expert speakers to the line up for the upcoming show in Santa Monica. Escrow.com has reached a major milestone – the $1 billion mark in secured sales and Screenshots.com offers a concise look at how the web’s key sites looked during Wednesday’s protest against SOPA/PIPA.

 DNJournal: Legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Seeing all of the news items about Ali’s birthday left me wondering how MuhammadAli.com was currently being used and also brought back fond memories of the day I got to go toe to toe with “the greatest of all time.”

 DNJournal: The deadline to apply for DOMAINfest Global’s popular PITCHfest Contest for online entrepreneurs (coming up Feb. 1) was set for today, but conference organizers decided to leave the window open a little longer. Elsewhere, time is running out to bid in a 1,2 & 3 Letter .PRO domain auction that ends Tuesday night.

 DNJournal: In today’s Lowdown at DNJournal.com we have news from 4 different domain conferences; DOMAINfest Global, the next Southern California Domainers meetup, Domaining Europe and Traffic 2012. Plus, Lana Del Rey, the new music industry sensation with domain industry roots, appears on national TV tomorrow night.

 Michael Gilmour: Earlier today I was interviewed by Michael Cryger for Domainsherpa.com and he asked a number of questions that caused me to reflect on my domaining journey and in particular what it means to extract the maximum amount of revenue from your own domains.
The first thing that I would like to say about Domain revenue optimisation is that …