Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl
The purchase rewrites the domain record books — not that the crypto industry has ever been accused of restraint when it comes to spending. Image: Pixabay / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
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Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain
Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna’s Archive wasn’t notified until after takedown. Image: Thibault Penin / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica
The Shadow War on ‘Shadow Libraries’: Spotify’s Sealed Court Battle Against Anna’s Archive
Introduction In a clandestine legal maneuver, music streaming titan Spotify has successfully orchestrated the takedown of a major domain for Anna’s Archive, a self-styled ‘shadow library.’ The lawsuit, filed entirely under seal, caught the site’s operators completely off-guard, raising profound questions about due process and the escalating, secretive tactics in the digital copyright wars. This…
Meet the TV Writer Who Bought Up the Domain After Predicting Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover
In the high-stakes arena of political theater, where power is often indistinguishable from performance, a new breed of satirist has emerged from an unlikely quarter: the writers’ room. Toby Morton, a veteran of the caustic satire factory that is South Park, has been executing a prescient and subversive digital campaign, buying up the domain names…