services Pirate Bay Founder Launches Domain Anonymization Service

Mr. Deleted · Apr 20, 2017

Former Pirate Bay spokesperson and co-founder Peter Sunde has launched a domain name registration anonymization service called Njalla, offering to protect customer data and privacy by owning the domain on behalf of the customer.

Njalla takes it name from a traditional storage hut elevated by poles to keep its contents safe from animals. The company is not itself a domain registrar, and does not offer ownership by proxy as other domain privacy services do, but rather fully owns domains on behalf of its customers, who have complete control over them through the Njalla services agreement. The agreement also allows customers to transfer domain name ownership to themselves or another third party at no extra charge.

- http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/pirate-bay-co-founder-launches-domain-anonymization-service

* It's not the same as WHOIS Privacy services offered by most registrars.

Mr. Deleted · Apr 20, 2017

Would any of you go through this type of service? It is more expensive than most others like NameSilo which I currently use and they have free privacy, but for some names, it might actually be good to have a 3rd party own the name.

hamiltondomain · Apr 20, 2017

Mr. Deleted said:
Would any of you go through this type of service? It is more expensive than most others like NameSilo which I currently use and they have free privacy, but for some names, it might actually be good to have a 3rd party own the name.

Like them with TM issues

Mr. Deleted · Apr 21, 2017

hamiltondomain said:
Like them with TM issues

That is what I was thinking. Though I am not sure I have any that I am concerned about enough to transfer them here. Also, they are not a registrar, so I am not sure who they are registering them through.

rafass · Apr 21, 2017

What separates Njalla from traditional domain name registration services?[...]
When you purchase a domain name through Njalla, we own it for you. However, the agreement between us grants you full usage rights to the domain. [...]

Mr. Deleted said:
Would any of you go through this type of service?

No, never. thanks

frank-germany · Apr 21, 2017

Mr. Deleted said:
Would any of you go through this type of service? It is more expensive than most others like NameSilo which I currently use and they have free privacy, but for some names, it might actually be good to have a 3rd party own the name.

no

alcy · Apr 21, 2017

so what happens to your domain if they close shop one day? anything in agreement abotu that one?

Mr. Deleted · Apr 21, 2017

alcy said:
so what happens to your domain if they close shop one day? anything in agreement abotu that one?

I did not read that, but I do have a question about the legality of this. I one time asked a lawyer about something like this, and I lived in Ohio at the time, but he said that in Ohio you can not assign something to a 3rd party with a contract that says you are to get it back at the end of that time. In other words, if its really yours, you still own it, not a 3rd party. Even if you assign it to them for a period of time. So saying it is not, well that could be challenged in court, you still own the domain name.

My point is that while some will probably use this, it may not be as much of a workaround as you thought it was, and at the end of the day, you may end up with a cybersquatting judgment against you. This guy means well, but his experience is in the piracy industry, not in the trademarked domains niche, so if that is the real problem that someone is trying to work around, they may end up having some issues.

frank-germany · Apr 21, 2017

Mr. Deleted said:
I did not read that, but I do have a question about the legality of this. I one time asked a lawyer about something like this, and I lived in Ohio at the time, but he said that in Ohio you can not assign something to a 3rd party with a contract that says you are to get it back at the end of that time. In other words, if its really yours, you still own it, not a 3rd party. Even if you assign it to them for a period of time. So saying it is not, well that could be challenged in court, you still own the domain name.

My point is that while some will probably use this, it may not be as much of a workaround as you thought it was, and at the end of the day, you may end up with a cybersquatting judgment against you. This guy means well, but his experience is in the piracy industry, not in the trademarked domains niche, so if that is the real problem that someone is trying to work around, they may end up having some issues.

this guy will run into issues
and domain owners as well

Mr. Deleted · Apr 21, 2017

I think if anyone is that concerned, and they live in the Land of the Free, they should either physically move, or create a corporation overseas to own that asset.

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