Tag Archives: ccTLDs

Fri 5th September 2014
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VeriSign’s Top Line Performance To Be Masked By Growth In ccTLDs - VeriSign is a provider of registry services for .com and .net domain names, with a market share of approximately 47% in 2013 in the Domain Name System market, according to our estimates. The company has a market capitalization of $7.15 billion and reported annual revenues of about $965 million last fiscal year. VeriSign competes with other domain registration service providers such as NeuStar and Afilias. For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign reported revenues of ... read more ...
Thu 28th August 2014
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India’s new .bharat domain name: What took it three years to go public? - by Peter Griffin   For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.   Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
 
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Dot Bharat domain name: Why did it take three years to be made public? - by Peter Griffin   For the absolute beginner, some background first. Please note that these are simplified, and in some cases, simplistic explanations, meant to give you an overview, not a deep technical understanding.   Every computer connected to the Internet—in fact every device connected to the Internet, including your smartphone, or your smart refrigerator—has a unique address, an IP or Internet Protocol address. This is a number, something like this: 1234.5.67.890 ... read more ...
Tue 12th August 2014
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What is in a name (plate)? - First there were plain Internet addresses, then came ccTLDs, then gTLDs and with one new domain-wave after another, personalization of tech-era's nick-names has only gathered more speed and ribbons in the recent past. But would you dress up to stand out? Interviews | by Pratima H MUMBAI, INDIA: Sentences like these are seldom heard in a group of boys. But indeed, it was a bloke, wide-eyed and anxiety-laden, who said ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2014
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Is ICANN’s .IR Response at Odds with the ACPA and ICE Domain Seizures? - An initial review of ICANN's response to litigation seeking it to turn over control of the ccTLDs of Iran, Syria and North Korea led to the conclusion that it had opened a "legal can of worms". A few more just wriggled out, and they threaten the basic assumption that underlies the U.S. statute governing cybersquatting and the practices engaged in by Federal officials seizing domain names engaged in intellectual property infringement. In a blog post, "Are Internet domain names "property"?", ... read more ...
Thu 31st July 2014
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ICANN fights legal bid to seize top level country domains - Syria, Iran and North Korea domains targeted. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has applied in a United States federal court to set aside civil judgments that direct it to seize the top-level domains of Iran, Syria and North Korea, ... read more ...
 
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Icann: Länderdomains sind kein Eigentum - Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) hat der Beschlagnahme von Länderdomains widersprochen. In den USA hatten Kläger vor Gericht erreicht, dass die Länderdomains - sogenannte Country Code Top-Level Domains oder ccTLDs - von Syrien (.sy), Iran (.ir) und Nordkorea (.kp) beschlagnahmt werden sollten. Solche Domains seien kein Eigentum, erklärte die Icann. Sie gehörten nicht den Ländern, denen sie zugewiesen worden seien und könnten somit auch nicht beschlagnahmt werden. Sollte ... read more ...
Wed 30th July 2014
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ICANN’s .IR Response Opens Legal Can of Worms - ICANN has filed its initial response to writs of attachment issued by U.S. Courts that seek to have ICANN transfer control of the country code top level domains (ccTLDs) of Iran, Syria and North Korea to plaintiffs in various legal actions. The lawsuits were brought under a U.S. law that permits victims of terrorism and their family survivors to seek the assets of governments that provided support or direction of the terrorist acts. As expected, ICANN vigorously opposed the court orders and ... read more ...
 
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More from ICANN Court Filing: Not Only Are ccTLD’s Not Property But They Don’t … -                 Earlier we wrote about ICANN filing several motions to quash a federal court ruling that ccTLD registries could be seized to satisfy judgements against the underling country saying ccTLD’s are not considered property and therefore it can’t be attached by plaintiffs. We read through some more of the 289 page memorandum ICANN filed  in support of the motions and ICANN is position is only are not the ccTLD registries not property but the ccTLD’s don’t even belong to ... read more ...
 
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ICANN fights legal moves to seize Iran, Syria and North Korea top-level web … -

The UK legalises CD ripping, in some circumstances

Via: v3.co.uk

 
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ICANN tells justice ccTLDs aren’t property, can’t be awarded to plaintiffs - Victims of terrorism want to be paid (in part) with country code top level domain names. ICANN has responded to the U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, arguing that ccTLDs (country Code top level domain names, e.g. .ca and .de) are not property and can’t be awarded to plaintiffs in a case involving terrorism. Plaintiffs in Jenny Rubin, et al vs. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al, say they are victims of terrorism from Iran, Syria and North Korea, and ... read more ...
Mon 30th June 2014
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About those .io domain names… - Few tech startups understand the origins of their clever domain names. David Meyer of Gigaom published a story this morning titled “The dark side of .io: How the U.K. is making web domain profits from a shady Cold War land deal.” The story explains the country code top level domain name nature of .io and the history of its people. Technically, .io is for British Indian Ocean Territory, and the money flows to the British government. The article is likely to be ... read more ...
Fri 27th June 2014
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Countries Scramble for Internet Sovereignty as Icann Shifts - By Rory Gallivan Some governments are urging the US to ensure they retain a role in allocating country-specific Internet address suffixes— like .de for Germany— when the US relinquishes its oversight of the body that assigns web addresses as early as next year. For some, it’s a question of ensuring that websites using Country Code Top Level Domains, or CCTLDs, have a link to the country.  Other governments are happy to sell control to all or part of their CCTLDs to ... read more ...
Mon 23rd June 2014
Sat 21st June 2014
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Inu stresses on CCTLDS at CDNSF meet - Dhaka:  Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu has emphasized on the development of Country Code Top Level Domains (CCTLDS) for each country at the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum (CDNSF) -2014 conference in London. The minister said it while presiding over the session on “Investment and Innovation in Domain Name System” on the first day of the two- day conference on Thursday at London Hilton Metropole Hotel. Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum-2014 conference was organized by Commonwealth ... read more ...
 
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Implementation of .bd domain stressed - Editor : Moazzem Hossain, Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana Road, GPO Box : 2526 Dhaka- 1000 and printed by him from City Publishing House Ltd., 1 RK Mission Road, Dhaka-1000. Telephone : PABX : 9553550 (Hunting), 9513814, 7172017 and 7172012  Fax : 880-2-9567049. E-mail: editor@thefinancialexpress-bd.com, tfe@bangla.net, fe@accesstel.net and fexpress68@gmail.com ... read more ...
Fri 25th April 2014
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Some 275 mln domain names registered worldwide - Some 275 million domain names had been registered at the end of 2013, of which 151 million (55%) were generic TLDs (gTLDs) and 124 million (45%) were country-code TLDs (ccTLDs), according to French domain registry Afnic. These volumes represented increases of 3.6 percent for gTLDs and 12.1 percent for ccTLDs, for an overall market growth estimated at 8.8 percent (including so-called ‘free’ ccTLDs which grew 21 percent in 2013). The market growth for gTLDs continued to follow ... read more ...
Thu 27th March 2014
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Cutts On How Google Views “Sister Sites” - [ Search] In the latest “Webmaster Help” video from Google, Matt Cutts takes on the following question: Is there any way Google identifies “sister” websites? For example, relationships between eBay.co.uk and eBay.com? Does linking from one to the other taken as paid or unnatural? And I’m strictly talking about good, genuine ccTLDs for businesses? “It is the case that we try to interpret as best we can the relationships there are on the web,” he says. “At the same ... read more ...
Wed 12th March 2014
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AGIP & CentralNic Signed a Memorandum of Understanding – ag-IP - AMMAN - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March 3, 2014 between CentralNic Ltd and Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP). According to a press release by AGIP, the Memorandum aims at enhancing cooperation in business opportunities related to providing assistance for country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) registries. Mr. Mahmoud Lattouf, executive director of TAG-Domains, and Mr. Benjamin Crawford, chief executive officer of CentralNic signed the Memorandum. This cooperation ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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.DE: Nummer 1 trotz Wachstumsknick - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 25.02.2014) Der große Knall am Jahresende ist ausgeblieben. Anders als für den Online-Handel ging für die Domain-Branche 2013 eher ruhig zu Ende. In Deutschland bleibt .DE mit rund 66 Prozent Marktanteil die beliebteste TLD, vor .COM mit 19 Prozent. Das geht aus Zahlen hervor, die die deutsche Registry für .DE-Domains, die DENIC eG, Anfang Januar vorgelegt hat. Insgesamt musste .DE im Dezember ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Where policy fora collide: country-code Top-Level Domains and the Trans … - [Cross posted from susanchalmers.com] To those familiar with the United States’ approach to intellectual property rights (“IP”) and trade policy, it will come as no surprise that the US is pressing other countries to give IP owners more in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”), that is, more powerful economic rights and more power to enforce them. Some, however, may be surprised by one way in which the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) is angling to satisfy this ... read more ...
Fri 31st January 2014
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ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains - Hudson, FL – ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has announced the availability of several new country-code top-level domains to its clients. The new ccTLDs will be an invaluable addition for webmasters seeking to increase their exposure in international markets and broaden the link diversity of their site portfolios. Among the new ccTLDs are Austria(.at), Portugal(.pt), Macedonia(.mk), Lithuania(.lt), Hungary(.hu), Poland(.pl), Switzerland(.ch), Greece(.gr), Belgium(.bg), ... read more ...
Wed 29th January 2014
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ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains - It’s more important than ever that companies maximize their SEO potential when doing business internationally. - Daniel Page Hudson, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2014 ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has announced the availability of several new country-code top-level domains to its clients. The new ccTLDs ... read more ...
Sun 12th January 2014
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What Is The Difference Between New gTLDs and Repurposed ccTLDs? - There are many people in the domain investment space who are either opposed to the new gTLDs or are certain that the new gTLDs will fail. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this at all. Should some new domain names happen to be successful, there might be a missed opportunity, but everyone is entitled to their opinion and should invest accordingly, especially given the illiquid nature of domain investing.. One thing I personally don’t understand is how some people who are adamantly ... read more ...
Thu 2nd January 2014
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Nigeria Internet Registration Association Offers Free ccTLDs to Encourage .ng … - by Nicole Henderson on January 2, 2014Add Your Comments The Nigeria Internet Registration Association, the body that manages the .ng country code TLD, has announced plans to give out 100,000 free domain names to Nigerians in 2014. According to a report by ThisDay, the initiative is in celebration of Nigeria’s centenary and hopes to promote the use of .ng domains among its citizens. NiRA president, Mary Uduma, ... read more ...