U.S. Court Orders Seizure of “DVD Ripping” Software Domains, Servers and Funds: TorrentFreak
TorrentFreak is reporting “a New York federal court has granted the seizure of several domain names, bank funds and social media accounts belonging to DVD ripping software company DVDFab.”
The report continues that “Judge Broderick ruled in favour of AACS, the licensing outfit founder by Warner Bros, Disney, Microsoft, Intel and others.”
“In an effort to limit the availability of so-called DVD ripping software, AACS has sued the company behind the popular DVD ripping software DVDFab.”
TorrentFreak notes “the broad injunction is unique in its scope, ordering several domain registrars to disable all domains associated with the DVDFab group. This includes DVDFab.com, DVDFab.net, DVDidle.com, 3d-videoconverters.com, 3dBluRay-ripper.com, Blu-Ray-ripper.us, Blu-Ray-Software.us, BluRayripper.jp, BluRaysbs3d.com, BluRaysoft.jp, CopyBiuRay.us, DVDFab.jp, DVDFab9.com and DVDvideosoft.jp.”
“At the time of writing none of the above domains can be reached.”
The ruling is clearly aimed at disabling all aspects of DVFab’s business as their “hosting providers are also ordered to stop servicing the company, as are other online services including Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Whether AACS has asked for the closure of DVDFab’s social media accounts is unclear, as they remain active for now.”
“Adding to DVDFab’s troubles, Judge Broderick also ordered several banks and payment providers to freeze or stop processing the company’s funds. This includes PayPal, Amazon Payments, Visa and MasterCard.”
For more details on the injunction, see the original TorrentFreak article at torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-orders-seizure-dvdfab-domain-names-funds-140310.
Domain Name Dedicated to Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight Up For Sale on eBay
While everybody wants to know what happened to the missing MH370 flight, an eBay seller has taken advantage of the situation by trying to sell the domain name MH370.com on eBay.
Millions of people around the workd are seeking information on the Internet about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. Therefore, in an attempt to monetise the flow of traffic, an eBay user sought to profit from the trend and tried to sell the domain name MH370.com for $5,000.
According to whois records, the domain name was registered on March 7,2014.The domain name doesn’t resolve to a website at the time of writing this article.
94% of Registrars Satisfied with Eurid Services
Eurid, the company behind .EU extension, has disclosed the results of its annual survey on the quality of its services.
The survey revealed that 94% of .EU registrars feel they have a good relationship with Eurid.This figure has increased 7% from last year.
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .EU domain name .
Three More IDNs Delegated
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that three more IDNs were delegated .The three IDNs are from Public Interest Registry and all mean “organization” in English.
The three new IDNs are :
.संगठन TLD Delegation
Script: Devanagari
Puny code: xn--i1b6b1a6a2e
.机构 TLD Delegation
Script: Hans (traditional)
Puny code: xn--nqv7f
.组织机构 TLD Delegation
Script: Hans (traditional)
Puny code: xn--nqv7fs00ema
ICANN: Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com to EnCirca, Inc.
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com to EnCirca, Inc. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com.
The affected gTLD registries have processed the bulk transfers. Former registrant-customers of ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com should receive notices from EnCirca, Inc. advising of the transfer. Customer questions about the transfer should be directed to EnCirca, Inc. (for contact details see www.internic.net/registrars/registrar-455.html or visit their website directly here: www.encirca.com/). Additional information about these bulk transfers is provided below.
FAQs
Q. Why were these transfers authorized by ICANN ?
A. The Registrar Accreditation Agreement ( RAA ) of ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com was terminated, effective 20 January 2014.
As a result, ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com is no longer permitted to register or manage gTLD registrations. ICANN authorized bulk transfers pursuant to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy to ensure that the registrant-customers of this registrar would not be harmed by their registrar’s discontinued ability to manage the registrations.
Q. How was the gaining registrar selected?
A. ICANN followed its De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure (see www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/drt/dartp-11jul13-en.pdf [PDF, 129 KB]) to identify a gaining registrar for the gTLD names formerly managed by the de-accredited registrar. Through this process, EnCirca, Inc. was identified.
Q. Will EnCirca, Inc. attempt to contact the affected registrants? What should customers of this de-accredited registrar do now?
A. Former customers of ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com should receive a notice of the transfer and instructions for continued management of their names from EnCirca, Inc. Affected customers who do not receive notices from EnCirca, Inc. should contact EnCirca, Inc. by using the contact information provided at www.internic.net/registrars/registrar-455.html.
Q. Do registrants have to pay a fee for the bulk transfer?
A. No, there is no cost to registrants for the bulk transfer. Unlike a normal inter-registrar transfer, the registration terms will not be extended by a year. Accordingly, it is important to contact EnCirca, Inc. if your registration will expire soon in order to maintain your registration.
Q. What if affected registrants want to select a different registrar?
A. Registrants will continue to be able to transfer their registrations to other registrars under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (see www.icann.org/en/transfers/). Note that EnCirca, Inc. may deny transfers for the first 60 days following the bulk transfer, at its discretion. This 60-day period is permissible under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and is intended to help protect registrants. The registrant may need to renew names that will expire during the first 60 days following the transfer to EnCirca, Inc. by using the details provided above.
Q. How will ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com customers know if a message purportedly from EnCirca, Inc. is legitimate?
A. The message from EnCirca, Inc. should direct you to its website or refer you to other contact information provided above. For general advice about avoiding phishing email messages, you may also wish to refer to the materials prepared by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (see www.antiphishing.org/resources/overview/avoid-phishing-scams).
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10mar14-en.htm
