Tag Archives: ICANN

Thu 30th April 2015
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Domeny branżowe zyskują coraz większą popularność -     W ostatnim czasie, według ICANN, przedsiębiorcy wykazują rosnące zainteresowanie domenami branżowymi. Ich lista jest bardzo długa i zawiera m.in. takie pozycje jak: .art, .bar, .club, .casino, .moda, .fitness, .ink, .marketing, .media, .pizza, .studio, .tattoo, .tech czy .xxx. Dlaczego warto je stosować? Wiele firm posiada podobne lub takie samy nazwy, dlatego wykorzystanie domeny branżowej ułatwia klientom dotarcie do odpowiedniego dostawcy. Pełnią one rolę podobną do drogowskazu. ... read more ...
Wed 29th April 2015
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ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request - The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the next round, and fix the problems that the Independent Review Proceeding (IRP) admitted were present in the Applicant Guidebook “The ICANN Board directs the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to ensure that the ongoing reviews of the New gTLD Program ... read more ...
Sat 11th April 2015
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ICANN Really .Sucks By Saying They Don't Regulate Content: Anyone Remember .XXX? - After collecting over 1/3 of a billion dollars in application fees, ICANN attempted to pass off the whole .Sucks issue to law enforcement this week, asking them for an opinion, which is very unlikely to come, of whether the .sucks roll-out violates US or Canadian federal law. ICANN is quoted as saying it was “concerned about the contentions of illicit actions” by Vox Populi but that it lacks the expertise or jurisdiction to evaluate them”. Really? Basically ICANN just “ratted out” one of ... read more ...
Thu 9th April 2015
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ICANN asks FTC and OCA to examination .Sucks - ICANN asks government agencies for feedback on .sucks plan. ICANN has sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Canada’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), asking them to consider if Vox Populi’s plans for the .sucks top level domain are violating any laws or regulations these agencies enforce. .Sucks registry Vox Populi has an interesting pricing model that charges some brand owners — including those that have tried to protect their brands in new domain names — a higher fee. The ... read more ...
Tue 7th April 2015
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ICANN Publishes Its Tax Return; Spends $46M In Salaries; $17M In Travel; Has $300M In Cash/Stocks - ICANN just published its tax return, Form 990, for the year ending June 30, 2014. ICANN Revenue decreased from the year earlier to $127 Million from $236 Million. However salaries compensation rose from $32 Million to $46 Million. Total expenses in 2014 were $124 Million against last years  $150 Million. ICANN ended its fiscal year with $193 Million in net assets up from $168 Million in the prior year. The CEO of ICANN made $842K in reportable compensation and another $56K  from “other compensation” Akram ... read more ...
Wed 1st April 2015
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March's Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire - A look back at March 2015 in the domain name business. Was March a slow news month? Looking over the top stories from last month, there wasn’t a lot of breaking, hard-hitting news. But there were some interesting domain name sales and other developments. Here’s a rundown of the top stories from last month: 1. 2 Things that could harm domain names – the value and importance of domain names is always under threat. 2. The most influential person in the domain name industry is… – this was ... read more ...
 
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IBM's Softlayer strike with ICANN crack notice - Notice appears to be triggered by customer complaint. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Everyones Internet, Ltd. dba SoftLayer, citing multiple contract infractions. Softlayer was acquired by IBM in 2013. According to the most recent .com registry report from November, Softlayer’s domain business is meaningful. It had about 90,000 .com registrations at the time. The breach appears to be triggered from a dispute about the domain name southaustralianweddings.com and maintaining registration ... read more ...
Mon 30th March 2015
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Chehadé : It was only a misunderstanding - ICANN CEO explains domain “hogging” comments made during the Davos Annual Meeting. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has responded (pdf) to a letter from Internet Commerce Association (ICA) regarding domain “hogging” comments he made in a Huffington Post interview. In a video interview with Huffington Post in January, Chehadé said: “The reality is, the more there are names, the less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Because if somebody took your name on dot-x, ... read more ...
Fri 27th March 2015
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IPC asks ICANN to hindrance argumentative .Sucks domain name hurl out - Calls it “predatory, exploitative and coercive” and points out bizarre contract with ICANN. The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is asking (pdf) ICANN to halt Vox Populi’s roll out of the .sucks top level domain name, calling the registry’s unique pricing “predatory, exploitative and coercive”. The group is upset that Vox Populi plans to charge $2,499 to trademark owners to register their domains while offering a much cheaper price to non-trademark holders. The registry has also ... read more ...
Wed 25th March 2015
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Co łączy Taylor Swift i Microsoft? Wykupione pornodomeny - Policjant brawurowo śpiewa utwór Taylor Swift. Zobacz nowy hit internetu [WIDEO] Rozszerzenia będą korzystne dla internautów – twierdzi ICANN, instytucja odpowiedzialna za przyznawanie nazw domen internetowych. Jak podkreślają specjaliści, sufiksy opisowe typu .healthcare, .travel, lub .deal ułatwiają szybsze wyszukiwanie i są skuteczniejsze od standardowych, takich jak .com, lub .org. Zasada ma mieć zastosowanie również w odniesieniu ... read more ...
Mon 23rd March 2015
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NAE.com Saved in UDRP But No RDNH Despite Domain Reg 6 Years Before TM - National Automotive Experts, L.L.C. just lost its bid to grab the three letter domain name NAE.com in a UDRP, from Vertical Axis Inc. who was represented as usually by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com The three member panel of Ho-Hyun Nahm,  Diane Thilly Cabell and Sandra J. Franklin easily found in favor of the Domain Holder concluding that the Complainant didn’t establish that they had an exclusive rights to the term NAE and that the domain was registered 6 years prior to the date the  that Complainant ... read more ...
 
Thu 19th March 2015
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ICANN bill offer shows new TLDs weaker than expected - As registrars predicted, 2015 forecast was too rosy. ICANN released its 2016 draft FY16 Operating Plan Budget for the fiscal year beginning this July, and it shows weaker-than-expected new top level domain name results in the current year. The group expects just $14.1 million in revenue from new TLDs for FY 2015 (which ends in June). That’s well below the budgeted $19.8 million. That $19.8 million number itself was a shadow of its original proposed forecast after ICANN slashed the number of new ... read more ...
Mon 9th March 2015
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.Com's biggest winners and losers - Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of transfers for a public registrar, while Moniker had the biggest net outflow. As bad as the number was for Moniker (23,847 lost to only 3,136 gained), it wasn’t as bad as its October outflow. Here are the top 5 winners*, measured by net transfers-in (transfer ... read more ...
Sat 28th February 2015
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The MPAA Would Like to Help ICANN set process in targeting Pirate Domains - In an article on Torrent Freak it seems that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is in bed with ICANN and is trying to use that relationship to shape certain policies. These policies center on the handling of domain names used by sites that infringe intellectual property. From the article: The MPAA is one of the ICANN partners shaping future policy for the domain name system. With Hollywood being the driving force behind the group the MPAA is particularly interested in making it harder ... read more ...
Wed 11th February 2015
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Here Is The GAC Advice to ICANN from The GAC Communique-Singapore -

Michael Berkens, Esq. is a owner and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also a co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. that sole around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in Dec 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com that is a consultant in a new gTLD space and a attorney of super reward domains. Michael was also one of a 5 Judges comparison for a a Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com competition this year.

Via: thedomains.com

 
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To The CEO Of ICANN Fadi Chehade: Do You Think Vodafone Is The Biggest Domain Hogger? - Two weeks ago we called out the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade, for some remarks he made in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com to wit: “The reality is, the more there are names (new gTLD’s),  less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Theregister.co.uk then followed up by reporting on the story which included my blog post At the ICANN meeting this week Fadi was asked about his remarks on Hogging domains and according to Domainincite.com Chehade was given ... read more ...
Sun 8th February 2015
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Former AFRINIC CEO Adiel Akplogan joins ICANN to Aid Global Outreach - ICANN has selected the  former  CEO of AFRINIC (Africa’s Regional Internet Registry) Adiel Akplogan as its vice president for technical engagement, a newly created role expected to deepen the organization’s efforts to improve its international presence and participation. Akplogan headed AFRINIC, from its creation in 2005. His role as AFRINIC CEO ended at the end of last month, and he is expected to start work at ICANN  on March 1st and will be  based in Montreal, Canada. Akplogan has been ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2015
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ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé's "Hogging" remarks - ICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. In a video interview with Huffington Post, Chehadé said: The reality is, the more there are names, the less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Because if somebody took your name on dot-x, you can go get another name on dot-y now.” ... read more ...
Sun 25th January 2015
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ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those "Hogging" Domains" - Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds” throws large domain investors under the bus and then backs up the bus and rolls over them again calling them Cybersquatters. In respond to a questions regarding “land grabs” in the new domain extension Fadi said: “The reality is, the more there are names ... read more ...
Tue 20th January 2015
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Backend Provider Open Registry Acquired For Up To $22.6 Million -

Michael Berkens, Esq. is a owner and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also a co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. that sole around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in Dec 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com that is a consultant in a new gTLD space and a attorney of super reward domains. Michael was also one of a 5 Judges comparison for a a Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com competition this year.

Via: thedomains.com

Wed 17th December 2014
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ICANN Believes They Had A Spear Phishing Attack in November - ICANN is looking into an attack on their systems that took place back in November, they have posted an announcement on their website and have said to stay tuned for further updates by checking back. An email also went out to those using the CZDS: In order to continue using CZDS, please visit http://czds.icann.org and follow the instructions there to request a new password. We suggest that you take appropriate steps to protect any other online accounts for which you might have used the same username ... read more ...
 
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ICANN hacked, section record complement among victims - Hackers phished ICANN employees to gain access to systems. ICANN revealed today that its systems were compromised by a phishing attack. The attack involved emails designed to look like they came from ICANN’s own domain name being sent to members of its staff. Email credentials of several ICANN staff members were obtained. It appears the biggest system to be accessed as a result of the security breach was The Centralized Zone Data System (CZDS). This system is a ... read more ...
Mon 8th December 2014
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US Dept of Commerce Strickling: No Firm Deadline To Give Up Control Over ICANN - The WallStreetJournal.com, according to a letter in the Journal today , Commerce Department official Lawrence Strickling dismissed the importance of U.S. oversight of ICANN and said that there is no firm deadline for the U.S. to give up oversight of ICANN. “In March the U.S. announced it would not renew its contract with ICANN next September. Mr. Strickling now says that’s not a firm deadline: “We will not complete the transition absent an accountability plan that has the support of the community.” In ... read more ...
Sat 6th December 2014
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ICANN Returns To Buenos Aires For Jun 2015 Meeting - ICANN has just announced they have selected Buenos Aires, Argentina for ICANN 53 which will be held in June 2015. ICANN 53 will be the  second Public Meeting ICANN meeting of 2015 and is to be held in Latin America/Caribbean region. Whereas, staff has completed a thorough review of all proposed and available venues in Latin America/Caribbean and finds the one in Buenos Aires, Argentina to be the most suitable. Resolved (2014.12.03.02), the Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), ... read more ...