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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Five
Years in State Prison Awaits Convicted Domain Thief
Daniel Goncalves - Who Wants to Be Next?
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The
best news
I have heard this week
has
to be word that a convicted domain thief
is going to jail for his crime.
26-year-old Daniel Goncalves will not be
doing his time in some minimum security lock up
either. After pleading guilty in a plea bargain
arrangement the New Jersey Division of
Criminal Justice will recommend that
Goncalves spend five years in state
prison and also pay hundreds of thousands
of dollars in restitution. Union County
Superior Court Judge Stuart L. Peim
scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 6,
2011. Had he not pled out, Goncalves might
have earned 15 years in the
slammer.
As
we told you in August
2009, Goncalves picked the wrong
people to steal from when he hijacked P2P.com
and
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two
other domains from industry pioneer Marc
Ostrofsky and his partners Albert
and Lesli Angel. Albert Angel
happens to be a noted attorney and
former U.S. Justice Department
prosecutor. Oops! |
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Albert
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These
were not the kind of people to let
anyone get away with stealing their
property. The Angels tracked the
thief for over a year and packaged an
enormous amount of data to help
prosecutors crack the case. Still,
despite Albert's law enforcement
background and Lesli's single-minded
devotion to gathering proof for the
authorities, seeing justice served did
not come easily. "There were times
I felt that people who have their hubcaps
stolen have more remedies than victims
of Internet domain theft!,"
Mrs. Angel said. "But I was determined
to bring this thief to justice,
and I am gratified by the outcome today.
Other victims of cybercrime should be on
alert that such theft will not
be tolerated in a world where
business is now conducted online.”
After
Goncalves hacked into the victim's GoDaddy
account to steal the domains, he sold
P2P.com to an unsuspecting buyer
on Ebay for over |
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$111,000.
He probably thought he was home free
after that - instead he will go to jail
and become a footnote in Internet history
- the first person known to have
been convicted for a domain name theft.
I'm hopeful he will not be the last. |
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One
other note today. Sedo is
hosting a free webinar
tomorrow (Wednesday, December
15, 2010) called
"Domain Names:
Strategic Insights for SEO."
The event will get underway at 2pm
U.S. Eastern Time. The
topics to be covered include:
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How
domains can improve your
search engine rankings
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Integrating
domains into your online
marketing strategy
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Domain
acquisition strategies
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Key
domain value indicators
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Success
stories
If
you would like to sit in on the
webinar, you can register here:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/605791616 |
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(Posted
Dec. 14,
2010)
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