Conan O'Brien and FOX - Tangled Webs

1/19/2010 7:25 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Conan O'Brien and FOX - Tangled Webs

Conan O'Brien has not united online with FOX ... at least according to FOX.

Conan O'Brien and FOX - Tangled Webs

Even though CONANONFOX.COM was registered under the name Twentieth Century Fox last week, FOX now says it had nothing to do with either the domain name or the corresponding Twitter account.

In fact, the registered owner has now been changed. According to register.com, which lists website registrations, the owner now shows up as Domains By Proxy, Inc.

For the record, Domains by Proxy, Inc., is a generic company designed to shield the identity of the real owner. And -- get this -- now when you go to CONANONFOX.COM, it links to FOXSHOP.COM. So who is the real owner?

Stay tuned ...

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PolarBear: 755 days ago

FIRST! to poop on........you!

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MAX IN PAINS: 755 days ago

on Radio Gahh! gahh!
Eagle1 to everyone...! Eagle1 to everyone!
This is Eagle-1!! Do you copy? Do you copy?

EVERY MOM told US to follow your dream & never never give it up....Someone who dreamed "all his life" to be a Tonigt show host & they told him yes, you will be it. then they told him don't even dream to be one eventhough you can be.
and actually, he did have abilities to do so & totally proved it continuously even 'till now. Now, they want to paid off his broken dlife time dream for just 40 millions? everyone knows even 60millions is cheap deal for Life time dream buy off. Do you sell your soul for just 40millions? Do you sell your mother's life for 40 millions then? That's not right at all. It is totally jerk & we should smash those who are mean money spirited dictatorship EXECS who scammed all the money from us & too many talents in pasts . Let REAL-STARWARS REALLY BEGIN!!
this is not an excercize! I reapeat!!..This is not a excercize!
MISSON--> DESTROY EMPIRE'S DEATH STAR!!
thanks, Eagle-1 communication end ....

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Jeff: 755 days ago

Domains By Proxy is a private registration service, a middle man so people can't see who owns it without a court order or something... All they did was turn on the private registration feature and now the real identity is hidden to the rest of us.

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bzokc: 755 days ago

Domains by proxy just means that someone set it to private registration. It does not mean the owner changed.

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The_Vector: 755 days ago

Domains By Proxy is a service that allows you to shield an owner from the public WHOIS services, that list site contacts. It is very VERY possible that Fox still owns the site but just doesn't want anyone to be able to confirm it. WHOIS.NET still shows that the registrant for that site is Intellectual Property Department (TCFFC).

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cochino: 755 days ago

whogivesacrap.org

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craig: 755 days ago

When will hear something I'm so sick of these, I'm not for anyone, I just want it over.

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Jess: 755 days ago

NBC trying to get back the money already?

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Pat: 755 days ago

. FIRST! to poop on........you!

Posted at 5:31PM on Jan 19th 2010 by PolarBear

lol

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Idiots: 755 days ago

Nope - definitely Fox. Actually, the user is wmf@fox.com.

Take a look: http://whois.domaintools.com/conanonfox.com

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MXWest: 755 days ago

Network Sol reporting Fox owns it:
(url: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/conanonfox.com )
Registrant:
Intellectual Property Department (TCFFC)
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, California 90213
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: CONANONFOX.COM
Created on: 12-Jan-10
Expires on: 12-Jan-11
Last Updated on: 12-Jan-10

Administrative Contact:
Film Co, Twentieth Century Fox wmf@fox.com
Intellectual Property Department (TCFFC)
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, California 90213
United States
+1.3103691000 Fax -- +1.11111111

Technical Contact:
Film Co, Twentieth Century Fox wmf@fox.com
Intellectual Property Department (TCFFC)
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, California 90213
United States
+1.3103691000 Fax -- +1.11111111

Domain servers in listed order:
NS05.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS06.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

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A.J.: 755 days ago

ConanOnFox.com now takes you to FoxShop.com rather than the Twitter page, so it seems like Fox DOES INDEED own it.

Plus I don't think someone could register the domain with Fox's info like that. Seems like Fox is denying it for some reason or doesn't know they really own it.

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Marc: 755 days ago

I'm guessing Fox doesn't use GoDaddy. Someone probably put phony registrant information that they copied from another Fox-owned domain.

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juniper: 755 days ago

conana m'in bear must own it

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David: 755 days ago

It's fake. When you go to the address now, it redirects to the Fox Shop, WITH an affiliate ID, meaning the person who registered it is just profiting off of the Fox affiliate program.

I wish this was real, but it clearly isn't.

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