Tag Archives: ICANN

Mon 5th October 2009
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Latest Top Level Domain Guidebook Allows .Com Prices to Skyrocket - New draft guidebook doesn’t adequately address concerns that VeriSign could hike .com registration prices. Over the weekend, ICANN released its latest New gTLD Applicant Guidebook with guidelines for the introduction of new top level domain names such as .eco and .shop. Unfortunately, the guidebook still holds a time bomb for owners of existing domain names, such as .com domains, that could force them to pay massive renewal fees for their domains. What the guidebook ... read more ...
 
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No Wildcarding for New Top Level Domain Names - ICANN says ‘no’ to wildcards. Registries that are awarded new top level domain names will be prohibited from wildcarding unregistered domains, based on the latest version of ICANN’s applicant guidebook. The new registration agreement reads: For domain names which are either not registered by a registrant, or the registrant has not supplied valid records such as NS records for listing in the DNS zone file, or their status does not allow them to be published in ... read more ...
Fri 2nd October 2009
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15%-25% of Domain Names are Registered with Masked Whois - Study examines use of privacy and proxy services. A new report (pdf) released by ICANN yesterday says that 15%-25% of all registered domain names use some sort of service to mask whois information. The study found that the majority of people masking whois use a proxy service, which means an entity actually registers the domain on the domain “owner’s” behalf, and then leases it to that owner. Only 15% use privacy services, which mask some of the whois information ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2009
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ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom To Appear On CNBC Thursday - The CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom is scheduled to appear on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” at around 1:15 to 2 PM EST. We will let you know what he had to say. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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The US Sets ICANN Free - The Joint Project Agreement (JPA), the agreement under which ICANN has operated under since its inception expires today with the United States. ICANN released the”Affirmation of Commitments” which replaces the JPA starting tomorrow. Basically the US is giving up sole and full control over ICANN and sharing it with “the world” We predicted this would happen late last year in our predictions for 2009. What does this mean for the domainer community? For one it give a huge boost to the .xxx extension ... read more ...
 
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Interview: Rod Beckstrom on Affirmation of Commitments - Domain Name Wire interviews ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. We have a new acronym to add to the domain name lexicon: AOC, for Affirmation of Commitments. Earlier today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally announced its new agreement to replace the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the U.S. Government. On the surface, the AOC (pdf) sounds like a wish list of everything a domain owner could want: explanations from ICANN about how it makes ... read more ...
Tue 29th September 2009
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Reporters Without Borders: Keep a ICANN Status Quo - Press freedom advocate opposed to ICANN governance changes. Reporters Without Borders, an organization that pushes for freedom of the press, is urging the U.S. government to keep the status quo of internet governance. In an article on its web site, it suggests not handing any control of ICANN over to other governments. No one underestimates the risks of maintaining an Internet governance system controlled by a single entity,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general ... read more ...
 
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Is Paris a Model for New Internet Governance? Let’s Hope Not. - Paris wants your domain name if it has Paris in it. As the U.S. cedes more control of ICANN to foreign governments, many people are worried about what happens when censoring countries like China get a role in internet policy oversight. Few people would ever think that countries like France would be a threat. But it appears that way, at least if the thinking of leaders in its capital are any indication. Earlier today Domain Name Wire wrote about three domain disputes ... read more ...
Mon 28th September 2009
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Yet Another Reason To Support The ICA: The Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Is Knocked Out (For Now) - According to the Internet Commerce Association (the ICA), the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proposal, will NOT be included in the third version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs to be released by ICANN in the first week of October. According to the ICA the disclosure came in the testimony of ICANN’s COO Doug Brent, at a hearing on “The Expansion of Top level Domains and Its Effect on Competition” held last week by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Wants to Trap WHOIS Abusers for Study - Group sends our RFP for whois abuse study. ICANN, through Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), is seeking proposals from qualified companies to study whois abuse. One of its proposed mechanisms for studying abuse is to set up a number of test domain names to see what happens to the whois data created for them. A similar study (pdf) was conducted in 2007, but only to research whois harvesting for spam. In the new study, GNSO will also check for postal/phone ... read more ...
Fri 25th September 2009
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The Real Truth About New Top Level Domains - Here’s what is really happening with new TLDs. I’ve written before about why I’m opposed to how ICANN is releasing new top level domain names, even though I stand to benefit financially from the release. But over the past couple months we’ve heard plenty of spin from everyone involved in the process. So I want to clear a few things up. I’m going to tell you what everyone is thinking, but may not want to come out and publicly say. New TLDs will be introduced ... read more ...
Thu 24th September 2009
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Economist: ICANN Will Be Set Free This Month - According to The Economist, deal between ICANN and U.S. government is imminent. The Economist is reporting that ICANN will likely be mostly set free this month, signing a four page “affirmation of commitments” with the U.S. government. The Joint Project Agreement, which currently governs some of the government’s relationship with ICANN, is due to expire at the end of this month. The new “affirmation of commitments” is due to go into effect the day before ... read more ...
Wed 23rd September 2009
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ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Responds to Congress - ICANN responds to Congress. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to Lamar Smith and Howard Coble’s letter and questions. A copy of Beckstrom’s response is available here. Here are some highlights: Implementation Recommendation Team proposals: “The Board has not yet formally considered the proposals from the IRT… “After this extensive consultation, ICANN is recommending the implementation of versions of the IRT’s recommendations, such as a post-delegation ... read more ...
Tue 22nd September 2009
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Testimony of Domain Name Hearings on Capitol Hill - A preview with links to testimony for Wednesday’s hearing. Wednesday morning, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on the expansion of top level domain names. Four witnesses will testify: Doug Brent, Chief Operating Officer of ICANN, Richard Heath President of International Trademark Association, Paul Stahura, Chief Executive Officer/President eNOM, Inc., and Steve DelBianco, Executive Director of NetChoice. Here’s a preview of their testimony: Doug ... read more ...
Mon 21st September 2009
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eNom and Tucows to ICANN: Hurry Up and Introduce New TLDs - Individuals and entities push ICANN to move forward with new top level domain names. Many organizations that seek to benefit from the introduction of new top level domain names — including eNom, Network Solutions, Tucows, and Minds + Machines — have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom asking him to implement the plan for new TLDs “without further delay”. The letter suggests that “special interests” are trying to slow down or stop the introduction ... read more ...
Thu 17th September 2009
 
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ICANN Shuts Down Red Register - ICANN terminates Red Register, Inc.’s accreditation. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has terminated Red Register, Inc.’s accreditation. According to a letter (pdf) sent by ICANN Director of Contractual Compliance Stacy Burnette, the registrar was violating many terms of its accreditation agreement. Among those: not paying its accreditation fees to ICANN, failure to maintain accurate contact information for the registrar, and failure to provide ... read more ...
 
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Update: Lamar Smith and Howard Coble Letter to ICANN - Details of letter sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. Yesterday DNW wrote about a letter that House Judiciary Committee members Lamar Smith and Howard Coble sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. This letter covers the roll out of new gTLDs and the expiration of ICANN’s joint project agreement with the U.S. Government. Domain Name Wire has obtained a copy of the letter (pdf) and its detailed questions of ICANN. The letter is dated September 15, and requests a response ... read more ...
Wed 16th September 2009
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Congressmen Quiz ICANN on New TLDs, Price Caps and Independence - Congressional pressure mounts on ICANN. Two republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have written a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, quizzing him on plans to introduce new TLDs and the expiration of ICANN’s Joint Project Agreement, reports NextGov. Lamar Smith and Howard Coble say they are worried that the rapid expansion of new top level domain names will have “serious negative consequences” for U.S. businesses and consumers. They also address a major ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2009
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.Sport Asks, Just What is a Top Level Domain? - .Sport questions the definition of “top level”. If the .Sport Policy Advisory Council has its way, Shaq won’t be able to get his hands on the .basketball TLD. In a letter to ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush and CEO Rod Beckstrom, the .Sport Policy Advisory Council suggests that a top level domain name should be the very top of a category, and anything less than that would diminish the importance of top level domain names. The letter states: …Thus, the ... read more ...
Mon 31st August 2009
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ICANN Seeking a Full-Time Lobbyist - ICANN posts job listing for VP of Government Affairs. When then-ICANN CEO Paul Twomey got grilled by Congress in June, I wondered how ICANN didn’t think to do a bit of lobbying before the hearing. ICANN spends a little money on lobbying, but not much. Now that it’s clear the organization can’t just run away from government control, the company is revving up its lobbying engine. First step: hire a Vice President of Government Affairs. According to the job ... read more ...
Sun 23rd August 2009
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ICANN Fails to Deal With Warehousing & Registrars Conduct In Its “Expired Domain Policy Review” - ICANN announced this week,  the opening of  the comment period for the “Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group”, seeking opinions certain matters from the registrant point of view, but failed to follow its own staff recommendation that it should address warehousing by registrars. What ICANN called for comments on this week were: “””Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names; Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration ... read more ...
Mon 17th August 2009
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How to Make .Eco a Success - Here’s some free consulting for .eco top level domain supporters. You may have recently read about a tiff between two groups competing to launch .eco, a domain name for companies to showcase their environmental friendliness. In one corner you’ve got Dot Eco, LLC, with support from Al Gore. In the other corner is Big Room. There’s also another company that has applied for a trademark to .eco, which could make things messier. Both sides have been trading jabs. ... read more ...
Wed 12th August 2009
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ICANN: Domain Tasting Down 99.7% - ICANN policy change leads to drastic drop in domain tasting. ICANN released a report (pdf) today that shows a 99.7% drop in domain tasting since adding new penalties to the practice. “Domain tasting” refers to registering a domain name and then returning it for a full refund during the first five days of registration. The data show that deletes during the grace period (which were primarily tasting prior to the changes) is down 99.7% from June 2008 to April 2009, ... read more ...
Tue 11th August 2009
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The Battle For .Eco & Just One Example Of The Nightmare ICANN Is Creating - I bet few domainers have an interest in the proposed .Eco domain, which is one of those new gTLD’s, that has more than one interested party wanting to own the extension. (.nyc is another propose new extension with expected multiple applicants ) .Eco its looking like its going to be a battle between two political heavyweights, former United States, VP Al Gore and former Russian ex-president Mikhail Gorbachev. Al Gore is supporting the Dot Eco LLC application, while Mr Gorbachev is linked to Big ... read more ...