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Interesting Articles on Domain Names:
Internet Body Accepting Proposals for Domain Name Alternatives
(By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times, 8-5-2000)
Internet.com Says Its Domain Name Was 'Hijacked'
(by Reuters, New York Times, 6-6-2000)
In New Forum for Domain Name Disputes, Trademark Holders Dominate
(By JERI CLAUSING, New York Times, 5-19-2000)
ON LANGUAGE: Neten-Clature
(BY WILLIAM SAFIRE, New York Times Magazine, 4-9-2000)
Unusual hyphenated Internet addresses to be revoked
(by Ted Bridis, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, 1-7-2000)
$10 Million Bids Are Web Pranks
(by Reuters, New York Times, 1-6-2000)
Web Address Auctioned for $10 Million
(by Reuters, New York Times, 1-3-2000)
Etoy Battling eToys Over Domain Name
(by Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, 1-3-2000)
What's in a Cyber Name? $7.5 Million for the Right Address
(by Andrew Pollack, New York Times, 12-1-99)
Incubator pays $7.5 million for business.com domain name
(by Michael White, San Francisco Chronicle, 12-1-99)
The Trials, Tribulations Of Finding A Name
(by Shannon Henry, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, 12-1-99)
Internet Labels Lose Meaning in Rush for Popular Addresses
(by David F. Gallagher, New York Times, 11-29-99)
What's in a Domain
(Use of top level domain names— New York Times, 11-29-99)
Register.com signs up its 1M domain name
(by Reuters, Media Central, 9-2-99)
Staking Your Domain
(by Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle, 8-26-99)
Playing the Name Game
(by David Pescovitz, Industry Standard, 8-23-99)
Dukes of URLs (Domain Name Services)
(by David Pescovitz, Industry Standard, 8-23-99)
Laying Down the Law on Domain Names
(by David Pescovitz, Industry Standard, 8-23-99)
THE NEW ECONOMY: Unreal Estate
(By JOHN COOK, New York Times Magazine, 8-22-99)
Invasion of the Domain Snatchers
(by Michael Learmonth, San Jose Metro, August 19-25, 1999)
Tough Luck— Web Address Already Taken: 'Cybersquatters' sell names of companies
(by Charlie Goodyear & David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 8-17-99)
Drugs.com Fetches Nearly a Mil
(by Chris Gaither, Wired News, 8-9-99)
Bidding reaches $260,000 for domain name Drugs.com
(by Michael White, San Francisco Chronicle, 8-4-99)
U.S. Tells Network Solutions to Share Dot-Com Database
(by Nathaniel Wice, Time Digital, 7-27-99)
Registering a hit in Web names
(by Erica Garcia, Daily News, 7-19-99)
These generic names fetch premium prices online
(by David Streitfeld, Washington Post, reprinted in Seattle Times, 7-16-99)
On the block: addresses from $50 to $250,000
(by The Washington Post, reprinted in Seattle Times, 7-16-99)
Master of Your Domain (Everything you want to know about domain name registration)
(by Mike McLoughlin, Inc. Online, 7-7-99)
The Domain Game: Man makes $500,000 from Web address
(by Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News, 5-22-99)
New portals target special interests
(by Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, Seattle Times, 5-8-99)
Making a Mint on Wallstreet.com
(by Craig Bicknell, Wired News, 4-23-99)
AOL to Compete in Assigning Internet Domains
(by Jeri Clausing, New York Times, 4-22-99)
Domain Name List Is Dwindling
(by Declan McCullagh, Wired News, 4-14-99)
www.isyourdomainnamehere.com?
(List of 1760 words still not registered with .com— Wired News, 4-14-99)
New Rules May Challenge Internet Domain-Name Speculators
(by Jeri Clausing, New York Times, 4-5-99)
Cyberspace real-estate prices could cause future shock
(by Helen Jung, Seattle Times, 3-30-99)
Proposal on Internet Names Favors Corporate Interests
(by Jeri Clausing, New York Times, 2-19-99)
Speculators.com: gambling on domains
(by John Leggett, Tech Week, 9-7-98)
Tonga's Tech Tycoon Marin entrepreneur helps island nation get wired
(by Stan Bunger, San Francisco Chronicle, 9-3-98)
San Jose Man Hits Gold— $3.3 Million Web Name
Compaq pays big for Internet address

(by Julia Angwin, San Francisco Chronicle, 7-28-98)
The Great Domain Name Hunt
(by Peter H. Lewis, New York Times, 6-4-98)
Speculator in Vanity Domain Names Loses to Big-Name Business
(by Matt Richtel, New York Times, 4-26-98)
Court Rules Against 'Cyber-Pirate' For Buying, Selling Web Site Names
(by Julia Angwin & Bill Wallace, San Francisco Chronicle, 4-18-98)
Internet Use Is Doubling Every 100 Days:
Digital industries a driving economic force

(by Jon Swartz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4-16-98)
At Domain-Name Forum, Calls for Consensus
(By JERI CLAUSING, New York Times, 8-1-97)
Move Over ‘.com’! There's a Whole World of Good Domain Names
(by Jamie Murphy & Charles Hofacker, New York Times, 6-21-97)
Net Addresses Sold Like Real Estate:
Cybersquatters stake claim on famous names, seek sale

(by Julia Angwin, San Francisco Chronicle, 5-6-97)
Domain-Name Speculators Buy Up Web Real Estate and Toss the Dice
(by Jamie Murphy & Brian L. Massey, New York Times, 2-21-97)
Internet Panel Names 7 New Domains And Recommends Governing Bodies
(By JAMIE MURPHY & CHARLES F. HOFACKER, New York Times, 2-6-97)
What's In a Name? A Lot of Money If It's Your Domain
(by Matthew McAllester, Newsday, 2-6-97, $1 for full text)
7 New Top-Level Domains Are Planned for the Internet
(By JAMIE MURPHY, New York Times, 1-19-97)
Domain's the Name of the Game
(by Elizabeth Gardner, Web Week, 12-16-96)
Net realty for sale
(by Rose Aguilar, CNET News, 10-29-96, No longer online)
Battles Over Web Addresses Grow As the Internet Explodes
(By JAMIE MURPHY & BRIAN L. MASSEY, New York Times, 9-11-96)
What's in a Web name? Trouble, if it's 'snoopy.com'
(by Michael Cronk, Seattle Times, 8-20-96)
On Internet, Addresses Up for Grabs
(By AARON SUGARMAN, New York Times, 4-8-96)
INTERNET Q&A: What's a "domain name"?
(By JOHN C. FREED, New York Times, 1-19-96)
A Corporate Land Grab in Cyberspace
(By ASHLEY DUNN, New York Times, 1-17-96)
GRAPHIC: Growth of Domain Names From 1993-Sept. 1995
(By ASHLEY DUNN, New York Times, 1-17-96)

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