nominet fee
Domain scammers hit for $2.3m for UK sting
News Brad Norrish and Chesley Rafferty copied personal information from the Whois listings of Nominet, the dot-uk domain registrar. The pair were found guilty of "flagrant" disregard for Nominet's copyright and ordered to pay AU$1.3m in damages to the... [03 Jan 2006]
UK's 'worst' spammer banged up
News Francis-Macrae was arrested after threatening Nominet UK, the registry that controls the dot-uk domain. Nominet had warned businesses not to fall for the bogus invoices being sent by Francis-Macrae. He responded by phoning Nominet and threatening... [17 Nov 2005]
iTunes.co.uk owner will see Nominet in court
News Cohen said he decided to pursue the legal action as Nominet's appeal fee - £3,000 plus legal costs - was too prohibitive; adding he believes Nominet's system favours big business in domain name disputes. [16 Jun 2005]
iTunes 'cybersquatter' takes Apple name battle to High Court
News Cohen said he has been deterred from appealing directly to Nominet due to the cost - a £3,000 fee in addition to legal expenses - and feels the domain name registrar is biased in favour of large US corporations over small UK companies. [29 Mar 2005]
No sex.eu please, we're British
News You can't trademark the word 'sex' in the UK because it is so generic," said Dr Willie Black, chairman and founder of Nominet, which runs the dot-co.uk domain name, "but you probably could register it in somewhere like Poland, which would mean you... [21 Oct 2004]
Claim your domain now or lose it forever
News Those who confirm they wish to keep their domain name will be issued with a Nominet contract and certificate, but will not pay the registration fee for the first two years of the contract. Domain name registry Nominet is asking holders of dot-uk... [01 Jul 2002]
US body 'taxing' European domains
News Dr Willie Black, MD of Nominet, the registry which manages the dot-uk domain and Centr member, admitted he was frustrated by the deadlock. Nominet paid $100,000 in fees last year, a third of what Icann is demanding [08 Jan 2002]
$50,000 price tag on new 'dot-options'
News Leslie Cowley, operations director at UK country code registrar, Nominet, said, "It's far from clear how this will work. The decision to bring in the fee was taken at Icann's summit meeting in Yokohama, Japan over the weekend, after the... [18 Jul 2000]
Domain name price cut boosts record sales
News Nominet - the central registry for all UK domain names - yesterday cut its two-year registration fee from £20 to £5. UK domain name registrar Nominet's decision to cut registration fees for .co.UK Web addresses has triggered a massive surge in... [01 Sep 1999]
Nominet cuts .uk registration fees
News The fee for directly registering domain names with Nominet will remain unchanged at £80. The UK's national domain name registry, Nominet, is cutting the price of Web address registrations ending in .uk from £20 to £5 for two years. [31 Aug 1999]
'Free' web registrars slammed for misleading ads
News Every person who registers a .uk domain name is liable to pay the national registrar, Nominet, a minimum annual fee of at least £23.50. It claims some so-called 'free' registrars are overcharging customers for their Nominet fee and then keeping the... [19 Jul 1999]
