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By: Expodomain.com » Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years

Expodomain.com » Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:21:59 +0000

[...] Back in November of 2009, Daniel Goncalves was indicted on charges that he had stolen the domain name p2p.com from domain name investor Marc Ostrofsky and Albe and Leslie Angel. Â The details of the case and investigation were docmented in a story on DNN published in August 2009. [...]

By: Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years | Domain Name News (DNN)

Domain Name Thief Sentenced to 5 years | Domain Name News (DNN) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:27:43 +0000

[...] Ostrofsky and Albe and Leslie Angel. The case and details of the investigation were detailed in a story on DNN published in August 2009.Although there have been other notable cases of domain names being stolen, most notable being [...]

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:38:43 +0000

Any “property” on the Net should be protected by the registrar’s. Make things simple, you buy the domain name through them they should ensure it’s safety. If the only options is legal recourse, or no budget we should continue to “self” police. This article is a fine example of how we can still control the Internet. Great article thanks!

By: Invaders Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » First Arrest Made in Domain Theft

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:08:50 +0000

[...] shocked it’s taken so long for someone to get arrested for this. Over the years hundreds of stories of domain name theft have been reported, most famous among them [...]

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:01:13 +0000

Some of these stolen domain names are worth millions of Dollar$, and it is the personal “property” of the owner. For the police, prosecutors, & judges to not go after and bring these thieves to justice, is not only dereliction of duty, but it’s down right criminal, and reeks of utter ineptitude. These domains have actual monetary value, and should be treated as property. Theft should be investigated, and prosecuted accordingly, based on the monetary values involved. Think of this, if somebody went to the homes of these ignorant, lazy, and down right useless “public servants”, and looted their homes, stole their identity, maxed out their credit, emptied their bank accounts, & drove off in their cars, what would happen? All that theft probably doesn’t even come close to the value of certain domain names right? Monetarily its actually “less” of a crime then the ones they aren’t prosecuting. But I guarantee there would be an investigation, and arrests, probably on a damn FEDERAL level. Why should domains be any different. Another thing I am curious about. You know how “Godaddy” owns/sells domains I guess? If you had the money, I mean, what is involved with creating/opening your own domain name site? Or “Registrar”? is it called? I would think that way you would be almost completely protected. I agree with
*John August 5, 2009 @ 3:16 am EDT* about domains needing “deeds”. In lack of them though, would not my idea be as close to it as currently possible? Finally, what about buying domains for more then a year? Can it be done? Also do any domain companies (if not they SHOULD) have like…an automatic account renewal system, tied to you credit card? All in all something needs to be done. 10 years ago, maybe I could see this stuff going on, when the WWW was like the Wild Wild West. Untamed, full of unknowns, totally unregulated, etc, or automobiles at the turn of the century. Before traffic laws, and drivers license, etc But guess what. The internet is not new anymore, and like cars, it’s here to stay. And this domain problem needs to be regulated and protected and there is no excuse what-so-ever for theft going unchecked. It’s probably because the powers that be, don’t care because it’s not “their” money being lost, or business ruined. I bet if somebody stole IRS.com, or federalgovernment.com etc, it would be a different story though right? Then again, those are probably “.org or .gov” but you get my point. Maybe we all need to lobby for and demand stronger protective domain name legislation.

By: El primer arresto por robar dominios en internet

El primer arresto por robar dominios en internet — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:45:06 +0000

[...] el dominio aún no ha sido devuelto a sus dueños originales, Daniel Goncalves fue arrestado el pasado 30 de julio y sus ordenadores fueron confiscados. Aún no es claro hacia donde se moverá el caso y qué tipo [...]

By: Domain Thief Faces First Ever Criminal Prosecution | Local Search Topics | TMP Directional Marketing

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:24:09 +0000

[...] A law firm computer technician has been arrested in the first ever criminal case for domain name theft. Daniel Goncalves was arrested on July 30th for hacking into a domain investor’s lawyer’s email account and transferring domain ownership of the URL http://www.p2p.com to his Go Daddy account. This marks the first time anyone has ever been arrested for domain theft. Read more about this breaking story here. [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:36:44 +0000

Outstanding piece of reporting — well done!

By: First Ever Criminal Prosecution for Domain Name Theft Underway - Web Admin Chat

First Ever Criminal Prosecution for Domain Name Theft Underway - Web Admin Chat — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:43:47 +0000

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