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Registered for Miami Casino Fight — Defensive Domains

Brand protection firm Mark Monitor registers defensive domains for Las Vegas Sands.

Casinos may be on their way to sunny Miami, and Las Vegas Sands corporation is going on the defensive when it comes to domain registrations.

The prior week Michael Berkens spotted that the firm had registered a number of domains related to casinos in Miami. Now the firm is going on the defensive, snapping up domains that may have been used by the group’s detractors.

Among the domains: SayNoToSands.com, SayNoToAdelson.com, TruthaboutSands.com, KeeptheSandsOut.com, KeeptheVenetianOut.com, and TruthAboutSheldonAdelson.com. Sheldon Adelson is CEO of Las Vegas Sands. All told I count over three dozen defensive domain registrations.

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