Torrentz.eu Domain Name Suspended Following UK Police Request
Following a request from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in the United Kingdom, the domain name Torrentz.eu has been suspended.
According to TorrentFreak.com, the website still operates at two other domain names (Torrentz.ch and Torrentz.me),at the time of writing this article. Moreover, the company is hoping to move the .EU domain name to another registrar.
The UK Police and copyright holders have been working together over the past few months in order to shut down websites that provide links to pirated content. In this case, the UK Police has sent out a request to the domain name’s registrar,asking the registrar to suspend Torrentz.eu.
This is a major hit for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unite, as Torrentz.eu is one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet and has millions of visitors every day. However, there’s a good chance that Torrentz will transfer to a new registrar as soon as posible or even get its domain name unsuspended.
The City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime announced a month ago that more than 2,500 domain names linked to counterfeit material have been suspended thus far.
Torrentz.eu Domain Name Suspended Following UK Police Request
Following a request from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in the United Kingdom, the domain name Torrentz.eu has been suspended.
According to TorrentFreak.com, the website still operates at two other domain names (Torrentz.ch and Torrentz.me),at the time of writing this article. Moreover, the company is hoping to move the .EU domain name to another registrar.
The UK Police and copyright holders have been working together over the past few months in order to shut down websites that provide links to pirated content. In this case, the UK Police has sent out a request to the domain name’s registrar,asking the registrar to suspend Torrentz.eu.
This is a major hit for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unite, as Torrentz.eu is one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet and has millions of visitors every day. However, there’s a good chance that Torrentz will transfer to a new registrar as soon as posible or even get its domain name unsuspended.
The City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime announced a month ago that more than 2,500 domain names linked to counterfeit material have been suspended thus far.
88 Malicious Domain Names Suspended in April
Group-IB ,an Internet security company filed in April 2014, 104 suspension notices to accredited domain name registrars. 88 domain names were suspended after the company filed the suspension notices.
Out of the 16 remaining domain names, two were not blocked as their administrators resolved the problem and 14 were unblocked after their owners addressed the violation through the standard procedure.This decision was made following an appeal from CERT-GIB.
63 percent of the malicious domain names are flaffed for malware ,while only 5 percent is managed by botnet controllers.
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Sedo’s TLD Registry Premium Auction Starts Today
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New Approaches To .RU/.РФ Domain Disputes
The Court for Intellectual Property Rights has approved a reference guide on issues arising during consideration of domain name disputes. This reference guide was prepared based on the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Board under the Court. Sergei Kopylov, the head of the legal department at the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ, is a member of the board.
The reference guide is to be used in courts during consideration of domain name disputes. The document clarifies many of the provisions and recommendations published in earlier documents. In particular, the guide states that a legal action for infringement of trademark rights is to be filed against the domain name administrator or the person who is actually using the domain name. This provides additional guarantees to registrars against being sued as co-defendants.
The new document also addresses the issue of brand name squatting – a wide-spread practice based on registering a similarly named brand. As stated in the document, the court can reject a respective request if there is evidence of brand name ownership abuse. Generally, when considering domain name disputes, courts are advised to use the UDRP principles in determining the administrators’ integrity.
“The fact that the Court for Intellectual Property Rights heeds to industry experts, reflecting their opinions in official documents, is very positive,” Sergei Kopylov said. “This contributes to the further systematization of judicial practice and the development of a uniform approach to all domain disputes, no matter what court reviews them.”
This announcement was sourced from:
cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=5755
