CreditReport.com.au was the highest selling domain name in August,2012.CreditReport.com.au was sold through NetFleet.com.au for $31,763 .

Here are the top 15 ccTLD sales in August,2012 :

1. CreditReport.com.au   $31,763
2. MSG.me  $25,000
3. Agri.eu   $20,790
4. Runway.ca  $19,000
5. Metformina.it  $18,625
6. Forever.co.uk  $16,000
7. Rocket.co  $16,000
8. AutoMoney.co.uk  $15,700
9. 21.de   $15,120
10. JobsDirection.co.uk   $14,915
11. Panzerspiele.de   $12,600
12. Casinò.eu  $12,300
13. Edible.ca  $10,500
14. Hypnobirthing.de   $10,000
15. Litige.fr  $9,375

Abstract: In the summer of 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security began “Operation In Our Sites,” an enforcement sweep targeted towards websites allegedly dealing in counterfeit goods and copyright-infringing files. The operation targeted the websites by proceeding in rem against their respective domain names. For websites targeted for copyright infringement, ICE Agents used recently-expanded copyright forfeiture remedies passed under the 2008 PRO-IP Act, providing no adversarial hearing prior to the websites being removed, and only a probable cause standard of proof.

This Paper examines three specific harms resulting from Operation In Our Sites, and three ways in which the enforcement sweep could be changed to better balance the interests of intellectual property enforcement and free expression. By removing content from the Internet before being fully adjudicated as infringing, the civil forfeiture remedy works a prior restraint of speech. To avoid this, this Paper urges Congress and the courts to institute the same procedural First Amendment protections in place in the area of obscenity to copyright infringement. Secondly, the alleged infringement here appears to be conducted by third parties posting material on the websites. By keeping website owners out of the dispute process, this remedy disrupts the cooperative spirit sought to be instilled by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s inclusion of statutory safe-harbors for online service providers. To reinstate this cooperative spirit, agents should be required to attempt in personam contact against the website owners before proceeding against the websites in rem. Finally, by targeting website domain names instead of actual content servers, Operation In Our Sites has not effectively disrupted the activities of the targeted websites. In fact, many websites have grown in popularity since this enforcement sweep began. Due to the dubious efficacy of targeting domain names, this remedy should be reserved for situations where there exists some other extrinsic reason to believe that the enforcement tactic will work.

To download and read this paper by Andrew Sellars in full, go to:
ssrn.com/abstract=1835604

Bra.com is the highest reported domain name sale in August,2012.The domain name was sold through Sedo for $165,000 .

You can see the list of top 20 reported domain name sales in August,2012 after the jump :

1. Bra.com    $165,000
2. Paddle.com   $120,000
3. TeachingJobs.com   $89,250
4. TMG.com   $80,000
5. Biba.com   $70,602
6. Shadow.com  $67,500
7. CED.com   $60,000
8. Curio.com   $60,000
9. Work.org   $55,000
10.Vicarious.com   $50,450
11. MaidService.com   $49,500
12. SportsConnections.com   $45,000
13. GarageDoorRepair.com   $44,000
14. CoolPlanet.com  $40,000
15. 動画.com  $35,069
16. Indotogel.com   $33,000
17. CreditReport.com.au   $31,763
18. Elysium.com   $30,000
19. JPMM.com  $29,000
20. ComputerRepairs.com   $25,655