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 Dominik Mueller: ICANN is asking for comments from the public on its post-expiration domain name recovery practices. These policies regulate to what extent and how it should be possible for domain owners to recover their domain names after the expiration date. The public comment period was opened August 20 and ends September 10, 2009. Make sure to Co…

 Dominik Mueller: Kevin Wilson, ICANN’s Chief Financial Officer, made a post on ICANN’s blog yesterday saying the organization would provide more thorough financial information from now on. This is something that has long been asked for by the domain community, considering that ICANN is a not-for-profit organization that should protect the…

 Dominik Mueller: In an attempt to find out more about the practice of domain name front running, Internet security expert Benjamin Edelman conducted a domain front running study on behalf of ICANN. Front running is a term that was first coined in the world of finance, where it is used to refer to an illegal practice of Copyright (C) 2003-2009 Dominik…

 Dominik Mueller: Well, that is what an ignorant wannabe domain buyer wrote after he lost an auction at SnapNames. Here comes the story:
Apparently, the individual came across an appealing domain name which he saw was about to delete. He then did some research (including the reading of old articles from 2005) to find out he should go Copyright (C) 200…

 Dominik Mueller: WebMediaBrands (NASDAQ: WEBM) has sold Internet.com to QuinStreet Inc. for $18 million in an all-cash deal. The sale is not just for the domain name but also includes the website behind it and all of its assets. WebMediaBrands still owns the popular MediaBistro.com, JustTechJobs.com and Graphics.com, which it will continue to operate…

 Dominik Mueller: Dot Eco LLC is an organization campaigning for the .ECO top-level domain and it has the support of former presidential candidate Al Gore.
Al Gore has supported several environmental causes over the years, he has been part of an Oscar-winning documentary about climate change and he has received the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he apparently…

 Dominik Mueller: TechCrunch reports today that when Amazon acquired Zappos in July for more than $900 million, it also bought intangible assets including various domain names.
One of these acquired domain names is Clothes.com. According to Amazon’s SEC filing, Zappos had bought Clothes.com for $4.9 million from Idealab in May 2008. The domain i…

 Dominik Mueller: The domain SecondLienLoan.com will be sold at auction on Bido today!
Second Lien Loan (or last-out participation) is a form of loan with a security interest in the assets of a company that are second in ranking behind a traditional senior credit facility. A lien is a form of security interest granted over an item of Copyright (C) 200…

 Dominik Mueller: The New York Times has published an interactive graph visualizing data from the latest American Time Use Study, which asked thousands of Americans to recall how they usually spend the 24 hours of a day. The graphic is cool, because the data can be broken down by gender, age, race, employment status and education inter Copyright (C) 2…

 Dominik Mueller: Sedo is now the exclusive broker of the Jets.com domain name, according to a company press release. As already reported by TheDomains.com, Jets.com has been put on the market after the company that owns it had been acquired. Apparently, the domain has not been part of that deal. It’s hard for me to figure out Copyright (C) 2003…