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  Language proposed for Verisign ' s .net registry contract that some say would give governments the ability to arbitrarily seize domains is already present in the company ' s .com contract.   As I reported earlier this month, the .net Registry Agreement is up for renewal and ICANN has opened up some largely uncontroversial proposed changes for public comment.   ICANN has received two comments so far, both of which refer to what one commenter called the   " outrageous and dangerous "   proposed changes to Verisign ' s .net Registry-Registrar Agreement.   The RRA is the contract all accredited registrars must agree to when they sign up to sell domains in a given TLD. For ICANN, it ' s a way to vicariously enforce policy on registrants via registrars via registries.   Unsimply put, the RA instructs Verisign to have an RRA with its registrars that tells them what rules their registrants have to agree to when they buy a   domain name .   The new ...

  A printing company, a cryptocurrency project, and a site that suggests AI tools bought   domain names .   Sedo released two weeks of domain sales data yesterday. In this first post, I research some of the sales to end users from the first week of sales.  You can view previous lists like this here.   FanWave .com $14,500   -   A coming soon page states,   " Bringing technology and innovation to an intimate space. "   Maybe something related to OnlyFans?   Mixam.fr $5,999   -   Mixam, a printing company, bought this domain and forwards it to mixam.co.uk.   Land.id $4,500   -   The owner of id.land, which is currently under development, bought this domain.   Suggest.ai   EURO     3,800   -   This site suggests AI software and tools.   EpicCash .com $3,635   -   Epic Cash is a cryptocurrency company.   Rido.io   EURO   3,200   -   Rido Protocol i...

  A marijuana company, an online ad seller, and a non-alcoholic pop-up bar bought   domain names .   Sedo had a decidedly   " smoky "   week of domain name sales, with four cannabis-related domains selling.   Here ' s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here.   Nimbus.co $15,000   -   Nimbus is an ad tech company. It forwards this domain to its site at adsbynimbus.com.   RateSecure.com $4,995   -   The website for Shai Media says it ' s   " A little internet consulting company. "   This could be for a client or in-house development.   Witchi.com $4,888   -   I can ' t wait to see what this is. It has a coming soon page that states   " Witch, please "   and appears to play on the word witch.   CannabisGärtner.de   EURO   4,200, SmokeCannabis .de   EURO   2,999, FindCannabis .de   EURO   2,499 ...