A detailed look at the whois history of domains won by SnapNames VP of Engineering Nelson Brady shows that he pointed at least one domain to SnapNames DNS servers by mistake, and let a good domain expire.
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Some gave me a hard time for not including more facts in my previous story that speculated on how the SnapNames scam was uncovered. I admit that my previous article was vague where clear facts would have sufficed. So let me set the record straight and dive into the minutia of whois histories that drove my initial conclusions.
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After the Wall Street Journal broke the name and other details about the new E-Reader from Barnes & Noble, I did some digging on the ownership history of Nook.com. It appears that the domain ownership was transferred on June 3, 2009 and it is probably not coincidence that a trademark for “Nook” was filed on June 4, 2009 by Fission Inc.
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I have become such a fan of DN blogs like Seven Mile, Domain Name Wire, and Elliot’s Blog that I’ve decided to throw my muckraking hat into the ring.
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