Comments on: The .CM Scam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:45:16 -0800 hourly 1 By: Barack Obama en de typmachine | peteraspeslagh.be // een eigen kijk op de wereld http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-2449918 Barack Obama en de typmachine | peteraspeslagh.be // een eigen kijk op de wereld Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:56:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-2449918 [...] domeinnamen wordt grof geld verdiend. Zo wist iemand de Kameroenese overheid ervan te overtuigen om de rechten op de .cm-extensie aan hem te verkopen. Alle niet geregistreerde .cm-domeinen zouden op die manier naar een reclamesite leiden, waarvan de [...] [...] domeinnamen wordt grof geld verdiend. Zo wist iemand de Kameroenese overheid ervan te overtuigen om de rechten op de .cm-extensie aan hem te verkopen. Alle niet geregistreerde .cm-domeinen zouden op die manier naar een reclamesite leiden, waarvan de [...]

]]> By: Why Use The Trademark Office - Turkmenistan is a Click Away! « PhilSpace http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-2407673 Why Use The Trademark Office - Turkmenistan is a Click Away! « PhilSpace Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:55:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-2407673 [...] yes I wasn’t quick enough to get in the the Micronesia (FM), Tuvalu (TV), or Cameroon (CM) scams concepts.  Or at least too ethical (which sounds so much better).  I’m sure the [...] [...] yes I wasn’t quick enough to get in the the Micronesia (FM), Tuvalu (TV), or Cameroon (CM) scams concepts.  Or at least too ethical (which sounds so much better).  I’m sure the [...]

]]> By: The Media Supermarket http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1396082 The Media Supermarket Fri, 25 May 2007 23:05:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1396082 <strong>The Owners of the Internet...</strong> Kevin Ham, the man behind many of these evil (and seriously cool) tactics, has also managed to remain anonymous in this undercover field of business ...... The Owners of the Internet…

Kevin Ham, the man behind many of these evil (and seriously cool) tactics, has also managed to remain anonymous in this undercover field of business

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]]> By: Venture Itch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1393106 Venture Itch Thu, 24 May 2007 05:24:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1393106 <strong>Lost treasures of Cameroon...</strong> Agoga.com would have been absolutely unremarkable website, if not for two minor details, it has about one million US visitors and it belongs to domain mogul Kevin Ham (The man who owns the Internet). How comes that boring website got attention of milli... Lost treasures of Cameroon…

Agoga.com would have been absolutely unremarkable website, if not for two minor details, it has about one million US visitors and it belongs to domain mogul Kevin Ham (The man who owns the Internet). How comes that boring website got attention of milli…

]]> By: Hagen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392408 Hagen Wed, 23 May 2007 22:17:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392408 Kamel, Thanks for confirming more "scams occurring in the extremely dirty domain name business", as Michael originally stated. Anyone else want to add anything. Organized crime? Wow, that is a new one, but now that I think about it, why wouldn't they have their fingers in ripping off brands like TM domain names. It's easier and cheaper than making a counterfeit Gucci bag, and you make more. Kamel, Thanks for confirming more “scams occurring in the extremely dirty domain name business”, as Michael originally stated. Anyone else want to add anything. Organized crime? Wow, that is a new one, but now that I think about it, why wouldn’t they have their fingers in ripping off brands like TM domain names. It’s easier and cheaper than making a counterfeit Gucci bag, and you make more.

]]> By: kamal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392396 kamal Wed, 23 May 2007 22:09:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392396 Since we're on the subject, am wondering why no one is making a big deal about Demand Media auctioning off trademark names followed by .TV (ie: NFL.TV) for high amounts? That's a scam. Making a deal with a country to monetize their assets isn't. Since we’re on the subject, am wondering why no one is making a big deal about Demand Media auctioning off trademark names followed by .TV (ie: NFL.TV) for high amounts?

That’s a scam. Making a deal with a country to monetize their assets isn’t.

]]> By: kamal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392378 kamal Wed, 23 May 2007 22:00:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392378 Michael, As a regular reader of TechCrunch, am surprised with your tone in this article and comments. Your readers are entitled to opinions, and since you've enabled comments, to air them. To respond to them in a personally aggressive manner only dilutes TechCrunch. Michael,

As a regular reader of TechCrunch, am surprised with your tone in this article and comments. Your readers are entitled to opinions, and since you’ve enabled comments, to air them.

To respond to them in a personally aggressive manner only dilutes TechCrunch.

]]> By: Hagen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392370 Hagen Wed, 23 May 2007 21:53:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392370 Adam, pass the popcorn please. Adam, pass the popcorn please.

]]> By: Hagen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392299 Hagen Wed, 23 May 2007 21:14:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392299 The more I look into the domain industry, the more I think Michael is just telling it like it is. This my be what the future Domain Conferences look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KghzMaaJPRE&mode=related&search= The more I look into the domain industry, the more I think Michael is just telling it like it is. This my be what the future Domain Conferences look like:

http://www.yout...ted&search=

]]> By: High End Web Names Blog » Domain Extension Typos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392271 High End Web Names Blog » Domain Extension Typos Wed, 23 May 2007 21:00:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392271 [...] and bloggers. For example, Michael Arrington has a post on his Techcrunch.com blog titled “The .CM Scam“: Business 2.0’s Paul Sloan has been digging into the .CM domain name scam. (…) [...] [...] and bloggers. For example, Michael Arrington has a post on his Techcrunch.com blog titled “The .CM Scam“: Business 2.0’s Paul Sloan has been digging into the .CM domain name scam. (…) [...]

]]> By: Жульничество с доменами из зоны .CM « Web 2.0 - Что нового? Новости интернет проектов http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392251 Жульничество с доменами из зоны .CM « Web 2.0 - Что нового? Новости интернет проектов Wed, 23 May 2007 20:50:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392251 [...] Источник: Techcrunch [...] [...] Источник: Techcrunch [...]

]]> By: Blue_Chi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392064 Blue_Chi Wed, 23 May 2007 19:05:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392064 A proposal was made by an undisclosed company to the Telecommunication Regulation Authority in Oman to have all unresolved traffic under the .om domain be redirected to a website created by that company called Search.om. The TRA made a public consultation announcement and has been collecting feedback. We do not know if they are going to go with the deal or not yet. I've written about it last month here http://blue-chi.blogspot.com/2007/04/searchom-proposal-to-tra.html A proposal was made by an undisclosed company to the Telecommunication Regulation Authority in Oman to have all unresolved traffic under the .om domain be redirected to a website created by that company called Search.om. The TRA made a public consultation announcement and has been collecting feedback. We do not know if they are going to go with the deal or not yet.

I’ve written about it last month here
http://blue-chi...sal-to-tra.html

]]> By: Franky http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392060 Franky Wed, 23 May 2007 19:02:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392060 No blog duel from me Adam.. I am predisposed to like Mike, but I just don't understand the vitriol and unfair malignment of an entire space .. the hate coming from his ivory tower. If we're dirty for trying to run white hat businesses in this space then so's he can be no better.. that's all. No blog duel from me Adam.. I am predisposed to like Mike, but I just don’t understand the vitriol and unfair malignment of an entire space .. the hate coming from his ivory tower. If we’re dirty for trying to run white hat businesses in this space then so’s he can be no better.. that’s all.

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1392001 Adam Wed, 23 May 2007 18:34:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1392001 Everybody grab your popcorn . It's a blog duel. Frank maybe Mike left pool because he had a guilty conscience about all the tm typo names pool was selling off (and monetizing before releasing I might add). I'm pretty sure while you were with Pool during its rise that they were one of the top companies involved in "clever scams in the dirty domain business". How many registrar accreditations do they have now anyway? How many registrar accreds does 1 company need ? You worked around the barriers just like any business person would . . . and now you point the finger and call the "industry" dirty ? CLASSIC Everybody grab your popcorn . It’s a blog duel.

Frank maybe Mike left pool because he had a guilty conscience about all the tm typo names pool was selling off (and monetizing before releasing I might add).

I’m pretty sure while you were with Pool during its rise that they were one of the top companies involved in “clever scams in the dirty domain business”.
How many registrar accreditations do they have now anyway? How many registrar accreds does 1 company need ? You worked around the barriers just like any business person would . . . and now you point the finger and call the “industry” dirty ? CLASSIC

]]> By:   The .COM Scam by Nate Ritter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391881   The .COM Scam by Nate Ritter Wed, 23 May 2007 17:40:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391881 [...] with what Michael Arrington of Techcrunch says, other than his overly-sensational post titles, but Arrington’s stance on the “.cm scam” issue is so far out there it makes me laugh and cry at the same [...] [...] with what Michael Arrington of Techcrunch says, other than his overly-sensational post titles, but Arrington’s stance on the “.cm scam” issue is so far out there it makes me laugh and cry at the same [...]

]]> By: Jonas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391860 Jonas Wed, 23 May 2007 17:29:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391860 Open DNS... try it. Open DNS… try it.

]]> By: steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391776 steve Wed, 23 May 2007 16:43:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391776 this is old new: aug 2006 http://blog.opendns.com/2006/08/09/cameroon-takes-o-out-of-com/ this is old new: aug 2006

http://blog.ope...s-o-out-of-com/

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391740 Steve Wed, 23 May 2007 16:27:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391740 What? Advertising is booming, the monetization of anything and everything is in. The names aren't registered, but wildcarded. As mentioned above, OpenDNS is an alternative. But that doesn't make it new. It's old news. Tell the public about relevant "domainer" topics such as Registerfly. What? Advertising is booming, the monetization of anything and everything is in. The names aren’t registered, but wildcarded.

As mentioned above, OpenDNS is an alternative. But that doesn’t make it new. It’s old news. Tell the public about relevant “domainer” topics such as Registerfly.

]]> By: Dan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391724 Dan Wed, 23 May 2007 16:17:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391724 I do see a problem here. The notion that all .cm traffic is wildcarded (treated equally) does not bear out. Try: disney.cm (goes to a domain sponsor page) verizon.cm (goes to a hit farm page) google.cm (goes to an end user advertiser page) microsoft.cm (goes to an altered agoga page) If the traffic was wildcarded as suggested shouldn't all domains in .cm resolves similarly? Since they do not one could opine that the differential treatment of the domain traffic is indicative of the targeting of famous brands and tms? I do see a problem here. The notion that all .cm traffic is wildcarded (treated equally) does not bear out.

Try:
disney.cm (goes to a domain sponsor page)
verizon.cm (goes to a hit farm page)
google.cm (goes to an end user advertiser page)
microsoft.cm (goes to an altered agoga page)

If the traffic was wildcarded as suggested shouldn’t all domains in .cm resolves similarly? Since they do not one could opine that the differential treatment of the domain traffic is indicative of the targeting of famous brands and tms?

]]> By: Scott Schiller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-1391661 Scott Schiller Wed, 23 May 2007 15:43:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391661 While this .cm business is seedy, it pales in comparison (IMO) to when a certain company "broke" DNS on the Internet - such that all normally-invalid DNS lookups would then resolve to something: A site with ads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitefinder While this .cm business is seedy, it pales in comparison (IMO) to when a certain company “broke” DNS on the Internet – such that all normally-invalid DNS lookups would then resolve to something: A site with ads.

http://en.wikip...wiki/Sitefinder

]]> By: Dach http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-1391626 Dach Wed, 23 May 2007 15:26:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391626 Mike, if you want to buy .cm domain, please let me know, I will help you Mike, if you want to buy .cm domain, please let me know, I will help you

]]> By: pallet jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-1391464 pallet jack Wed, 23 May 2007 14:00:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391464 yeah sounds like a good move to me; not a scame - just not completly ; legit :) - its the american way - yeah sounds like a good move to me; not a scame – just not completly ; legit :)

– its the american way -

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-1391396 Mike Wed, 23 May 2007 13:23:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391396 Were can you buy a ".cm" domain from? I cants seem to find any "for real" comapny that lets you buy them..!! cheers Were can you buy a “.cm” domain from? I cants seem to find any “for real” comapny that lets you buy them..!!

cheers

]]> By: Ozh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-1391357 Ozh Wed, 23 May 2007 12:56:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391357 BTW, the scam is pretty smart in theory but rather poorly done : while techcrunch.cm does redirect to the placeholder ads, techcrunch.cm/someurl only shows a 404 :) Nice thinking, then no brain in doing. BTW, the scam is pretty smart in theory but rather poorly done : while techcrunch.cm does redirect to the placeholder ads, techcrunch.cm/someurl only shows a 404 :)
Nice thinking, then no brain in doing.

]]> By: anty.at » Kamerun verdient Geld mit Type-in-Traffic http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-1391144 anty.at » Kamerun verdient Geld mit Type-in-Traffic Wed, 23 May 2007 10:39:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/22/the-cm-scam/#comment-1391144 [...] TechCrunch, Business 2.0, CNN [...] [...] TechCrunch, Business 2.0, CNN [...]

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