domain | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:56:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png domain | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Fan buys Silent Hill domain after Konami failed to renew https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/fan-buys-silent-hill-domain-after-konami-failed-to-renew/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/fan-buys-silent-hill-domain-after-konami-failed-to-renew/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:04:21 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=552031 Konami isn't as much of a force in the video game world as it once was, with the publisher largely focusing on other business areas nowadays. With that in mind, it might not come as a surprise that the publisher let the domain lapse for the official Silent Hill website, and sure enough, a fan …

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Konami isn't as much of a force in the video game world as it once was, with the publisher largely focusing on other business areas nowadays. With that in mind, it might not come as a surprise that the publisher let the domain lapse for the official Silent Hill website, and sure enough, a fan has swiftly picked it up. 

Konami's official Silent Hill website, silenthill.com, has been taken over by a fan after Konami failed to renew the domain. Now, the website leads to a screenshot of a tweet from Silent Hill 2 art director, Masahiro Ito, in which expresses regret for designing Pyramid Head:.

As PCGamer points out, this is not the first time that this has happened. Konami didn't renew its registration for silenthill.com in December 2019. The domain was later spotted on sale for roughly $10,000 USD, but Konami was quick to pick it back up itself. This time around, Konami wasn't quick enough and now the domain sits in the hands of one fan.

Konami may want to re-purchase the domain again soon in the future though, as rumours have been swirling around a Silent Hill revival.

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KitGuru Says: As fun as this is to see, it won't last long. Eventually, Konami will reacquire the domain and set the official website back up, especially if there is a new game currently in development. 

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Expired domain to blame for Denuvo games being knocked offline https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/expired-domain-to-blame-for-denuvo-games-being-knocked-offline/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/expired-domain-to-blame-for-denuvo-games-being-knocked-offline/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:33:14 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=539165 Over the years, Denuvo has become a very prominent DRM provider, with many major Triple A releases using it each year. Usually, Denuvo makes headlines when games launch with performance troubles, but this time around, the DRM provider seemed to knock a bunch of games offline.  On Sunday, a Denuvo domain seemingly expired, and as …

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Over the years, Denuvo has become a very prominent DRM provider, with many major Triple A releases using it each year. Usually, Denuvo makes headlines when games launch with performance troubles, but this time around, the DRM provider seemed to knock a bunch of games offline. 

On Sunday, a Denuvo domain seemingly expired, and as a result, a number of games would not launch. This includes newer releases like Guardians of the Galaxy and Football Manager 2022, as well as older titles like Mortal Kombat 11 and Total War: Warhammer.

In a statement sent to PCGamer, Denuvo confirmed that it encountered an issue that resulted in downtime for a number of games due to an unreachable domain. The domain in question seems to be Denuvo's codefusion.technology domain, which is used specifically for game activations.

The fact that some of the games affected were single-player titles has also kicked up some additional controversy around online activation requirements for non-multiplayer games. At any rate though, the issue was fixed fairly quickly and Denuvo says that it is “working to implement further improvements to avoid such downtime in the future”.

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KitGuru Says: We've seen DRM solutions keep players from being able to play the games they own plenty of times in the past, but the issue is usually resolved pretty quickly. At a certain point though, these DRM methods do nothing but serve as a nuisance to owners of the game, as those pirating the game will never encounter an issue like this. 

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Pirate Bay founder to defend domain seizure https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirate-bay-founder-to-defend-domain-seizure/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirate-bay-founder-to-defend-domain-seizure/#comments Mon, 25 May 2015 11:11:24 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=250981 Although they are still often linked with news stories about The Pirate Bay, the original founders haven't had much to do with the site for many years now and certainly weren't involved (at least publicly) in its revamping and fall out earlier this year, but that doesn't mean they've forgotten about their mark on the …

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Although they are still often linked with news stories about The Pirate Bay, the original founders haven't had much to do with the site for many years now and certainly weren't involved (at least publicly) in its revamping and fall out earlier this year, but that doesn't mean they've forgotten about their mark on the internet's history. In-fact, one of the founders, Fredrik Neij is challenging a court's decision and by proxy, the Swedish government, over the seizure of the domains.

“The district court makes an erroneous assessment of how to look at a domain name. We believe it is an address assignment, not an estate,” Neij's lawyer, Jonas Nilsson said.

“The prosecution has alleged two things. One is that crimes have been committed via The Pirate Bay. Fredrik Neij really has no views on this. The second is that he is involved in The Pirate Bay operation.”

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Where this gets interesting – and why Neij's appeal actually has some importance to him personally – is that the ruling suggests Neij has control of the domain and that was part of the reasoning for its seizure. However back in 2009, Neij along with co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm was barred from having anything to do with the site. If he were found to be collaborating in any way, he would be fined just shy of $60,000 (£39,000).

So if the court believes he still has control, he could be liable. Neij wants to prove that that's no the case, partly to save his own skin, but also because it represents a slim chance that the iconic domains will remain accessible. As TorrentFreak points out, Neij is also set to get out of jail in just shy of a week, and he likely doesn't want any rulings to affect that.

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KitGuru Says: As much as I think the founders still like the idea of TPB, they're long gone from that site these days. It's surprising that the courts were able to link them with it at all at this point.

Image source: Wikimedia

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Popcorn Time goes down after domain suspension https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/popcorn-time-goes-down-after-domain-suspension/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/popcorn-time-goes-down-after-domain-suspension/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:00:09 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=216057 Popcorn Time, the ‘Netflix for pirates' has had one of its most used domains, time4popcorn.eu, suspended and as a result, the application has stopped working for many users. According to an email sent by EURid, the registry explained that the domain was pulled due to being registered with inaccurate contact details. “Upon verification of the …

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Popcorn Time, the ‘Netflix for pirates' has had one of its most used domains, time4popcorn.eu, suspended and as a result, the application has stopped working for many users. According to an email sent by EURid, the registry explained that the domain was pulled due to being registered with inaccurate contact details.

“Upon verification of the contact data for your .eu domain name, we have reason to believe that your contact data is inaccurate”, the email then goes on to ask the Popcorn Time team to show proof of identity. As a result of this, Popcorn Time's website is no longer loading, the same goes for the desktop and iPhone applications.

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The developers have quickly switched the site over to a new operating site but it will take a while to update the application:

“At the moment the desktop and iPhone versions aren’t working but in a few hours we’ll update the desktop version to the new domain and it should update automatically for most and will work. If for some reason some users didn’t get the automatic update, they’ll be able to re-download the app”.

The team behind Popcorn Time have claimed that the service will “never be taken down” and have said that the next update, beta 5.0, will make “this kind of scenario nearly impossible.”

It is currently not known why EURid believes that the contact information given for the domain was inaccurate but its likely that this was the result of a routine check. Further discussion can be found here http://www.top10domain.net/domain-register-top-registrar.

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KitGuru Says: Popcorn Time is an interesting idea and has managed to gain a lot of popularity since going live. As you can imagine, media companies are likely scrambling to stop the service. What do you guys think of Popcorn Time? If media companies released their own similar service, would you support it? 

Source: Torrent Freak

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Nintendo loses court case to acquire WiiU.com https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/nintendo-loses-court-case-to-acquire-wiiu-com/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/nintendo-loses-court-case-to-acquire-wiiu-com/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:37:21 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=140479 Well at least we now know why Nintendo's latest console release hasn't been selling well: Nintendo doesn't have a decent official URL. It tried, oh Nintendo tried, but the courts decided that it wasn't deserving of being given the site just like that. Now with its appeal denied, Nintendo will either have to leave it …

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Well at least we now know why Nintendo's latest console release hasn't been selling well: Nintendo doesn't have a decent official URL. It tried, oh Nintendo tried, but the courts decided that it wasn't deserving of being given the site just like that. Now with its appeal denied, Nintendo will either have to leave it be, or fork out a boatload of cash to get it.

Nintendo's initial claim – and a relatively just one you might expect – was one of cyber squatting, suggesting that the individual/organisation that bought up WiiU.com, did so just to force Nintendo to buy it from them. Of course, you might assume that Nintendo would do something as simple as buying up relevant URLs, before it announced the name of its console, but apparently it didn't get all of them.

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At the moment, WiiU.com simply displays sponsored adverts, many of them ironically, for Nintendo products.

That said, as Fusible points out, Sony doesn't own PlayStation4.com and Microsoft has had to file complaints for XboxOne.com and Xbox1.com itself. Nintendo also had to go through this same deal last generation with Wii.com, where it purportedly had to pay out an undisclosed sum for the domain. 

The question now remains, whether Microsoft will be successful in its attempts to regain the domains linked – at least by name – with its next-gen console. Judging by Nintendo's outcome, it may not be the one the software giant hopes for. 

KitGuru Says: This type of thing happens with all sorts of companies. At the turn of the century, some guy registered 21stcenturyfox.com, thinking the studio would change its name. It didn't, but it looks like now it might, so maybe that guy will get a payday someday soon after all. 

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Pirate Bay now on .GL domain name https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirate-bay-now-on-gl-domain-name/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirate-bay-now-on-gl-domain-name/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:22:48 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=131518 The PirateBay has been a permanent part of the internet for a long time now, but despite this, its domain hasn't been quite so stationary. We saw it go from PirateBay.org to PirateBay.se back in 2012 and now it's set to evolve into its next iteration: Piratebay.GL. This comes because Swedish authorities seemed likely to …

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The PirateBay has been a permanent part of the internet for a long time now, but despite this, its domain hasn't been quite so stationary. We saw it go from PirateBay.org to PirateBay.se back in 2012 and now it's set to evolve into its next iteration: Piratebay.GL.

This comes because Swedish authorities seemed likely to seize the domain and not one to tempt fate, TPB staff simply moved it over to an alternative. At the time of writing, the .se domain is still working, so in the wake of the move the Swedish officials may not bother, since it won't make much difference in the end.

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TPB took to the cloud last year to prevent server seizures

As TorrentFreak points out, while the move to the Greenland domain won't make much difference for Pirate Bay users, it will be a pain in the neck for those that filed DMCA takedown requests with Google, as they'll have to file them all over again for this new domain. Perhaps they'll file takedown requests, of their own original takedown requests in order to takedown the new takedown requests?

An interesting result of this domain change however, is that those whose ISPs have blocked TPB, may find some functionality returned to them. Can you access the torrent search site from your “blocked” connection?

KitGuru Says: It's beyond laughable when authorities go after The Pirate Bay these days. It'll continue to operate without problems, regardless of attempts to block its access. It's only by competing directly with it that companies will see its influence fall. Netflix and Spotify have probably done more to ‘harm' The Pirate Bay than any takedown or blocking attempts.

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Sex.com domain sells for $13 million https://www.kitguru.net/channel/carl/sex-com-domain-sells-for-13-million/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/carl/sex-com-domain-sells-for-13-million/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:52:03 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=20754 If someone offered you a domain name for $13 million you are likely to either laugh, or faint. But one of the nets most sought after names has just sold at auction for $13 million (£8.2 million). The domain name went on sale in July after the former owner went bankrupt. No one know who …

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If someone offered you a domain name for $13 million you are likely to either laugh, or faint. But one of the nets most sought after names has just sold at auction for $13 million (£8.2 million).

The domain name went on sale in July after the former owner went bankrupt. No one know who has bought the URL, but it was placed by Clover Holdings, a company registered on the Caribbean Island of St Vincent.

We all know that sex sells, and the sale of this domain will only be finalised once it wins approval from a california bankruptcy court that is currently overseeing the disposal of Escom assets.

Any excuse to post a picture of semi naked ladies, right?

“The proposed sale to buyer was the product of arms-length, good faith negotiations in which the debtor bargained for maximum possible purchase price for the assets,” Escom attorney Jeffrey Dulberg wrote to the court.

Sex.com has moved between owners a couple of times since it was first registered by Gary Kremen who was the founder of match.com in 1994 – an internet dating site.

The domain was actually sold for less this time around, as the last changover cost Escrom LLC $14 million.

KitGuru says: The google hits will be high and if the right site is in place, then the money will be rouped quickly enough.

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