Tag Archives: ICANN

Thu 7th May 2009
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Demand Media to ICANN: Hurry Up - Company one of few to suggest IRT timeline is OK. Demand Media has been transparent about its desire to launch new top level domain names and to move the process along quickly. So it doesn’t come as any surprise that it wants ICANN to push forward through recommendations from the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) in a swift fashion. Most began started their comments to IRT by complaining about a short (about 1 week) comment period for IRT’s drastic ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2009
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1 and 2 Character .Biz Domain Names Face Delays - NeuStar asks for prompt approval of plan to release one and two character .biz domain names. .Biz registry NeuStar has sent a letter to ICANN expressing its disappointment that the ICANN board delayed approving the release of one and two character .biz domain names (pdf). According to the letter, the ICANN board was supposed to vote on NeuStar’s proposal at its April 23 meeting but time ran out before a vote was held. NeuStar wants to request proposals from parties ... read more ...
Mon 27th April 2009
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Intellectual Property Group Suggests Protections for New Domains - Implementation Recommendation Team suggests drastic changes to existing protections for IP holders. The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), formed by ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency, has released its preliminary report (pdf) of suggested safeguards for trademark holders in light of the introduction of new top level domain names. The closed door and controversial group suggested a number of drastic changed from current trademark policy for domain ... read more ...
Thu 23rd April 2009
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ICA Asks ICANN Ombudsman for Investigation - Internet Commerce Associations requests investigation of Implementation Recommendation Team. Internet Commerce Association Counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter to ICANN’s ombudsman requesting an investigation of Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT). IRT was set up at ICANN’s Mexico meeting to suggest implementation procedures for new top level domain names. It primarily represents trademark interests. According to the letter, IRT is acting merely as ... read more ...
Tue 14th April 2009
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Like To Play Poker?: Did Demand Media Give A “Tell” In Their Comments To ICANN - If you play poker or watch it on TV, your probably family with the term of a “Tell”.  If your not, this is basically something you do, a motion, a habit, something you say or do, that gives away what kind of hand you have. Its called a “tell”. Demand Media had some very interesting comments to ICANN regarding the new gTLD extensions. “We cannot see the benefits of limiting cross ownership of registries and registrars.” Demand Media (Demand) owns enom.com a registrar and seems to want ... read more ...
 
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Resounding Opposition to New Top Level Domains - Most constituents opposed to new TLDs; propose major overhaul. The comment period for the second draft of ICANN’s new top level domain name applicant guidebook concluded yesterday. Most commentors suggested ways to fix the process and rules, but these same commentors are opposed to any adoption of new top level domains. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find more than one comment in favor of new TLDs from an organization other than those trying to launch new ... read more ...
Mon 13th April 2009
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It’s D-Day for ICANN Comments - Want to speak your mind? Today’s the day. If you have an opinion (and you should) about the second draft of ICANN’s plans to inundate the web with more top level domain names, today is the deadline to submit comments. As was the case last time, major corporations are waiting until the last day to submit comments. So far the trend seems to be that companies are saying “we submitted comments last time, you did nothing about them, so please refer to our previous ... read more ...
 
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New York: Deciding Between Domain Names and Trash Service - City points out an obvious reason why it may not want its own top level domain name. In comments (pdf) to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), New York City Senior Counsel Katherine Winningham says application fees for new top level domain names are too high: “Based on the current economic situation and its impact on governmental entities, [New York City] again wishes to voice its concern that the application, operational, and dispute resolution ... read more ...
Fri 10th April 2009
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Tim Berners-Lee’s Thoughts on New Top Level Domain Names - Inventor of world wide web opposed to introduction of new TLDs. In 2004, prior to the approval and release of the .mobi top level domain name, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper explaining the dangers of the introduction of new top level domain names. George Kirikos recently discovered the paper and summarized it in comments to ICANN for its new top level domain proposal. Kirikos’ summary and comments are below, but you can also read Berners-Lee’s entire paper here. (The ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Terminates Parava Domain Name Registrar - Parava Networks and DropLimited.com get the boot. It’s all over for Parava Networks, a domain name registrar that manages valuable domain names such as Marc Ostrofsky’s MutualFunds.com. Yesterday ICANN sent a termination notice (pdf) to Parava, notifying the registrar that it is losing its accreditation. Parava received a breach notice in February for failing to pay its fees, not escrowing whois data, and not taking steps to correct invalid whois information. Parava’s ... read more ...
Thu 9th April 2009
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Olympics to ICANN: We’ll Sue You - International Olympic Committee threatens legal action against ICANN over new TLDs. In a sternly worded letter to ICANN (here), International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it reserves the right to “take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal.” IOC is concerned about the time and expense of protecting its brand as ICANN rolls out new top level domain names, such as .web. That IOC ... read more ...
Mon 30th March 2009
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Threatdown: GAC Wants Second Level Place Names Protected - Another reason you need to pay attention to the new top level domain process at ICANN. I think it’s time to start a “Threatdown” for domain owners, a la Stephen Colbert. The threats to domain name owners in the new top level domain process at ICANN are far scarier than Colbert’s perennial threat: bears. Today’s threat is the protection of city and other place names at the second level. We’re not talking about top level domains such as .nyc. We’re ... read more ...
Sun 22nd March 2009
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Catching Up With The ICA & Important ICANN Issues They Are Working On To Protect Your Domains - On a quite Sunday, you should spent a few minutes and check 2 posts this week by the Internet Commerence Association (ICA). As a frequent reader to this blog, you should know due to the roll out of the new gTLD’s there is a ton of activity going on with ICANN and many parties are weighing in. You should also know that because all registries what to be treated the same under ICANN rules, any rules and regulations ICANN imposes for the new gTLD operators will wind up being the rules and regs that ... read more ...
Wed 18th March 2009
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Is Your Domain Name Ownership Information Safe? - ICANN starts auditing registrars for data escrow compliance. Last month ICANN sent a breach notice to domain registrar Parava Networks. Among several serious breaches, one of Parava’s faults was not escrowing its registrant data. ICANN’s Registrant Data Escrow (RDE) program requires domain registrars to escrow customer information with a third party provider. If the registrar fails or loses its accreditation, ICANN can tap the escrow data to ensure the safe ... read more ...
Tue 17th March 2009
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Study: Reform ICANN Before Privatizing It - Study suggests some sort of accountability required before ICANN is set free. A new study, to be formally released Wednesday, suggests that ICANN must be reformed before its ties with the U.S. Department of Commerce are severed. The Joint Project Agreement between ICANN and the Department of Commerce concludes in August. The study was authored by think tank Technology Policy Institute (TPI) and was co-authored by TPI’s Thomas Lenard and Lawrence White, a Professor ... read more ...
Wed 11th March 2009
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Internet Commerce Association Has Busy Agenda - Domainer’s group has busy schedule fighting for domain owners’ rights. Over the past month Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has stepped up efforts to inform the domain community about its activities. Current issues and updates are available on the home page of its web site. Here’s a quick summary: Representing domainers in Mexico City – ICA Counsel Philip Corwin made remarks on behalf of domainers during a discussion of new top level domains. The video ... read more ...
Tue 10th March 2009
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New Rules Considered for Domain Name Registrars - GNSO approves motion for changes to registrar accreditation agreement. At the Mexico City ICANN meeting, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) approved a motion to adopt changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) including new amendments. These changes are now open for public comment, after which the ICANN board of directors will vote on the changes. These changes will have major effect on domain registrars that have found ways to slip through ... read more ...
Fri 6th March 2009
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Community and Geo Rules Should be Nixed from New TLDs - ICANN’s guidelines for community sponsors and location names should be removed from new TLD process. I’ve read the second version of the new TLD applicant guidebook from ICANN from cover to cover, and there’s one (OK, more than that) thing I still don’t understand: why are their special guidelines for “community” based TLDs and locations such as cities and states? If you represent a limited “community” you get special treatment. If you want to launch ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Shouldn’t Regulate Morality - ICANN should strike moral objections from new TLD process. The new top level domain process includes a mechanism for TLD applications to be rejected on morality and public order grounds. This should be eliminated. ICANN doesn’t exist to determine what is and isn’t moral. In fact, I suspect it would rather not deal with the issue of morality and public order, but some of its international constituents want it to. So what’s an objection based on morality or ... read more ...
Thu 5th March 2009
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Even The Pope Doesn’t Like The New gTLD’s: Tells ICANN To Say NO To Religious Extensions - The new domain extensions problem have reached a new “high” as The Pope has called on ICANN to keep religion out of the domain name system. The Vatican warned ICANN of the “perils” of allowing new internet domains such as “.catholic, .anglican, .orthodox, .hindu, .islam, .muslim, and .buddhist”. ICANN, could find itself having to decide who gets to represent an entire religion on the internet, His Holiness pointed out, in a letter from Monsignor Carlo Maria Polvani. Religion-themed domains ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Releases Two “Whitewash” Reports to Defend the Positions on new gTLDs - Reports argue new gTLDs should move forward with no price caps. I’ve been duped. When ICANN announced it was commissioning a report on the effect of price caps on new TLDs, I assumed it would seek an unbiased report. Instead, ICANN used domain owner’s money to hire an economist to defend its views. ICANN released two “studies” by University of Chicago economist Dennis Carlton: Preliminary Report of Dennis Carlton Regarding Impact of New gTLDs on Consumer ... read more ...
Mon 2nd March 2009
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Yet Another Hurdle for New Top Level Domains - Getting your TLD approved by ICANN doesn’t mean it will go online. Section 1.2.3 of ICANN’s Applicant Guidebook for new TLDs points out a stark reality for new TLDs: they may not work. Worse, they may work in some places and systems and not others: All applicants should be aware that approval acceptance of their applications by ICANN and entering into a registry agreement with ICANN does not guarantee that the new gTLD will immediately function throughout the ... read more ...
Fri 27th February 2009
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ICANN’s Registry Continuity Plan Has a Big Hole - Guidelines for new registries doesn’t make sense; but therein lies a business opportunity. If you want to apply for a new top level domain from ICANN, you need to provide lots of financial documentation about your ability to run the TLD. ICANN is mum on how much money you need on the balance sheet, but that’s not all. The new TLD guidebook states that your company must provide: documentary evidence of ability to fund ongoing basic registry operations for registrants ... read more ...
Thu 26th February 2009
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How to Survive in Mexico City - Your unofficial guide to staying safe en route to ICANN’s meeting. Do as I say. I’ve written before about the dangerous situation in Mexico. But I realize a lot of people in the industry are still heading down to Mexico City next week for the ICANN meeting. So I reached out to former co-workers who travel to Mexico City to get their tips on staying safe. The attitude ranged from “stay the heck out” to “just be smart and you’ll stay safe”. I’ve compiled ... read more ...
Wed 25th February 2009
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ICANN to Study Price Caps on Domain Registrations - As part of new TLD process, ICANN commissions study on pricing restrictions for registries. After receiving a number of comments about lack of pricing limits in new TLD registry agreements, Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has commissioned a study to determine if price caps should be implemented. A number of domain owners were concerned that the first draft registry agreement for new top level domains did not have price caps, and that existing ... read more ...