Every month, Loic Damilaville publishes DNS News, a thorough and provocative look at domain names, with an emphasis on intellectual property issues. Why isn’t Loic better known? Because he writes in French. Some highlights from his latest newsletter.

DomainRookie, A blog about the Domainer industry is up for sale in the “thousands, not hundreds”

Since ICANN took over in 1998, we have experienced a net loss of top-level domains despite the publicized introduction of a few new ones.

As an indication that country-code top-level domains are becoming a viable after-market commodity, a new blog devoted to ccTLD domain name sales

An expensive corporate case of “just doesn’t get it.” AT+T spends $500 million on advertising

That quick little glance leaves you with a full knowledge of a company’s mission, goals, and philosophy. Except that it hardly ever does. A collection of links, some genuinely interesting, some genuinely funny.

A mini-tempest is brewing over a ham-fisted attempt by GoDaddy to prevent its customers from spamming — by charging them $199 (non-refundable) and/or closing their account

Max Ralli gives an interview about DomainsBot, its goals and accomplishments

Possibly the cheesiest domain name proposal ever put forward, and there’s a LOT of competition

DomainsBot Labs has released a study showing the huge value of nouns in domain names relative to other parts of speech.