Domain News: Weekly Digest, December 11, 2025

• Texas A&M Among Universities Purchasing ‘.XXX’ Domains - KCEN-TV

  Texas A&M Among Universities Purchasing '.XXX' Domains KCEN-TV (KCEN) COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University is taking a proactive step to prevent pornographic websites from popping up that use the school's name. Texas A&M has purchased 15 ".XXX" domain names to keep the porn industry from associating itself with … and more »

• .xxx domains snapped up by colleges and businesses - CNET Asia

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  .xxx domains snapped up by colleges and businesses CNET Asia That seems to be the thinking employed by colleges that, according to the Associated Press, are grabbing .xxx domain names to keep them off the market and prevent the sullying of their collegiate reputations. The AP offers up the example of the … and more »

• Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks - TheDomains.com

  Businessweek's Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks TheDomains.com In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and their importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, …

• What’s the .rush? - Washington Post

  What's the .rush? Washington Post Mr. Leibowitz worries that the proliferation of names will increase the incidence of fraud; ICANN's error-riddled database of Web site and domain name owners, he testified, already makes it difficult to track down scammers. Businesses say that they … and more »

• Senator Wyden wants answers from DHS over domain name seizures - Ars Technica

  Senator Wyden wants answers from DHS over domain name seizures Ars Technica A year ago, it started invoking that law against sites marketing and trafficking in counterfeit goods, unauthorized sports streaming and unauthorized music—seizing more than 350 domain names in all. One of those sites caught in that crackdown (PDF) was … and more »

• MGM Resorts Domain Name Lawsuit Battle Heats Up - Poker News Daily

  MGM Resorts Domain Name Lawsuit Battle Heats Up Poker News Daily Earlier this month, MGM Resorts International filed a lawsuit against several entrepreneurs who have purchased domain names that pertain to different MGM properties, with attorneys for MGM stating that they were “cyber … and more »

• Bitronic Technologies is offering free domain names with hosting right now - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

  Bitronic Technologies is offering free domain names with hosting right now 7thSpace Interactive (press release) There are many reasons to buy a web domain. A person may want one to establish a website or blog, to stop others from taking a site name that's similar to one you already own, or to hold on to a web domain name and later sell it for more. … and more »

• Colleges, businesses snap up .xxx domains to thwart porn - DigitalJournal.com

  Colleges, businesses snap up .xxx domains to thwart porn DigitalJournal.com University of Michigan grabbed 21 .xxx website names associated with their name and other Universities such us University of Kansas,University of Indiana, Central Michigan University have reportedly spent thousands of dollars to buy domain names so … and more »

• Texas A&M buying .xxx sites to keep reputation clean - Bryan College Station Eagle

  Texas A&M buying .xxx sites to keep reputation clean Bryan College Station Eagle The dot-xxx domain names, in an effort to exercise greater control over pornography online, opened up to the public last week, and Texas A&M snapped up more than a dozen to deprive the porn industry from capitalizing on the Aggie brand. … and more »

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