Tag Archives: ICANN

Wed 20th August 2014
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ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group - ICANN has named the first four members of the  Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN’s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination Group to assure that best practices are brought from the larger global community. Once selected by the Public Experts Group, these Advisers will contribute research and advice, as well as bring perspectives on global best practices to enrich the discussion, all while ... read more ...
Tue 12th August 2014
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ICANN publishes updated new TLD Auction schedule - Delays now require all-party consent, so contention set resolution should accelerate. ICANN has published an updated “auction of last resort” schedule for new top level domain names. It’s harder for individual applicants to postpone these auctions now that the framework for handling name collisions is finalized. Postponements are now only possible if all parties in the contention set agree to the postponement. In that case, auctions can be postponed up to two ... read more ...
Thu 7th August 2014
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ICANN 51 site shows humorous twitter from satire Chehade account - Unfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all tweets with the hashtag #icann51. The conference is still a couple months away, so you won’t find many relevant tweets about the event. It’s also an unfiltered feed. Which is what makes it funny. There are a bunch ... read more ...
Sat 2nd August 2014
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ICANN 54 To Be Held In Dublin in Fall of 2015 & ICANN Board Members To Get $45K - The ICANN Board selected Dublin, Ireland as the location of the ICANN 2015 Public Meeting from 18-22 October 2015 This meeting with be ICANN 54. There are plenty of companies in the domain space that have offices in Dublin which offers some big tax advantage over countries like the US including; Afilias Rightside Registry Starting Dot Minds Machines Dot Global TLD Registry Ltd IEDR, the company that runs Ireland’s ccTLD. ICANN also passed a resolution which will raise the compensation to all voting ... read more ...
 
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.Mail Gets Added To .Home and .Corp As Strings Killed Off By Collision - According to a resolution of the ICANN Board the .Mail has joined .Home and .Corp as extension that will not be delegated as part of the collision report. .Mail was basically killed off as part of the “ICANN NAME COLLISION OCCURRENCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK” which is putting into place a plan which will start the process of freeing up domain names on the Collision list: “Registry Operators will implement a period of, at least, 90 days of continuous controlled interruption. ICANN will monitor and ... read more ...
 
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Fadi Chehadé Gets Two Year Extension & 12.5% Pay Raise From ICANN - The contract of President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé has been extended by ICANN for two more years. Chehadé’s base salary will increase by 12.5 percent. Faidi contract with ICANN now expires 30 June 2017. The Board resolution said, “The decision to increase Mr. Chehadé’s compensation was done with recognition and acknowledgment of the work done by the Compensation Committee with Towers Watson to ensure that the increase recommended is reasonable and in line with comparable ... read more ...
Wed 30th July 2014
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More from ICANN Court Filing: Not Only Are ccTLD’s Not Property But They Don’t Belong To The Country -                 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 Responds To Seizure Order of The .IR Registry, observant ccTLD’s Are Not Property -                   A couple of weeks ago we told you that the attorney for the victims of a terrorist attack got a federal court to order the seizure of the .IR domain registry which is the ccTLD for Iran to help satisfy a judgement the victims  held  against the republic of Iran. As first reported by webpronews.com,  (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) told a U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, that ccTLD (country code Top-Level Domains ) can’t be ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
Fri 18th July 2014
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ICANN Publishes “Five Things to Know About ICANN’s 2015 Budget” -                   In a blog post ICANN Published “Five things to Know About ICANN’s 2015 Budget” Typically ICANN just releases its draft budget and then lets the domain blogs and other during and through the comment period rip into the budget dissect the numbers. The Draft 2015 CAN Operation Plan and Budget is 80 pages. Here ICANN seems to be doing damage control in advance by releasing its own notes along with the budget Here is the post: “If you are wondering what the future ... read more ...
Thu 17th July 2014
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CEO of .In (India) Alleges 40% of ccTLD’s Left Out Of IANA Transition Coordination Group - According to a press release we received today from Dr Govin who is the CEO of the .IN ccTLD Registry which is the ccTLD for India is claiming that about 40% of all ccTLD’s are being left out of the IANA Transition Coordination Group as part of ICANN’s plan to move away from US oversight. Basically Dr. Govin says that 104 of the 259 ccTLD are not being representative in this process. Balazs Marto of .HU (Hungary) also signed the email: The USG has recently announced its intent to transition its ... read more ...
Wed 9th July 2014
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ICANN Selects Marrakesh, Morocco As The Site for ICANN 52 To Be Held In Feb 2015 -                 The ICANN Board has selected Marrakesh, Morocco as the site for ICANN 52 to be held February 8th-12th, 2015. In the Preliminary Report of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board released last night, This meeting will be in the Africa region This is an Organizational Administrative Function that does not require public comment. For more information about Marrakesh you can click here. ICANN 51 is being held in Los Angeles, from October 12th-16th, 2014. ... read more ...
 
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More 2-Character Domain Requested for .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND -                 ICANN has opened up another comment period for 12 more new gTLD which have applied to have the right to allocated 2 charter domain names. The new gTLD string are: .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND and the IDN XN–FJQ720A. “”To obtain community input on the proposed amendments to the Registry Agreements of several registry operators. The proposed Amendments are to implement a new registry service that would permit the ... read more ...
Mon 7th July 2014
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ICANN Updates New gTLD Collision Auction Schedule; Here Is The New 2014 Schedule -                 ICANN has published an updated schedule of the ICANN Last Resort Auction for those new gTLD  in Collision. ICANN will hold a Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings that had more than one application and which have not settled the contention through private auctions or otherwise. You might remember that ICANN proposed most recently to hold 20 Last resort auctions per month starting with June 2014. However June only saw one new gTLD Last Resort auction, none are scheduled ... read more ...
Fri 4th July 2014
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After 2 Years .Sex, .Porn & .Adult Become “Sensitive Strings” To The New gTLD Committee - After 2 year years The New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has decided that .Sex, .Porn and .Adult are Sensitive Strings according to the minutes of the new gTLD committee to ICANN which are dated July 1st. Interestingly before the application period closed it was wildly speculated by many including myself that the Government Advisory Council (GAC) would object to the strings such as .Sex giving level of opposition to .XXX and the years and number of battles that ICM the registry for .XXX faced to ... read more ...
Thu 26th June 2014
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As ICANN Meeting Ends “China Launches Campaign To Control The Internet” - Talk about a disturbing headline Chinatopix.com just published a post entitled “China Launches Campaign To Control The Internet” According to the story, China’s communist government intends to impose on the Internet the same “guiding principles” it currently uses to stifle online dissent within China.” The decision of the U.S.  to relinquish its oversight of ICANN, is seen by China as an opportunity to increase its influence over the Internet. Political analysts said China wants a “new ... read more ...
 
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Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released - The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board and any developments or other thoughts arising out of the meeting. Here it is: 1. Transition of US Stewardship of IANA and Strengthening ICANN Accountability The GAC is committed to engaging with the current processes dealing with transition of US Government ... read more ...
Tue 24th June 2014
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Victim’s Of Terrorists Holding a Billion Dollars+ In Judgements Seeks Seizure of .IR Registry By ICANN - According to a press release, A lawyer representing a “group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize the ccTLD domain registry of Iran, .Ir “The families, who hold unsatisfied American federal court judgments amounting to more than a billion dollars against the Iranian government seek to own all the “top-level domain” (TLD) names provided by the US to ... read more ...
 
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Over 800,000 domain names dangling due to 2013 RAA - Verification requirement ensnares hundreds of thousands of domain names. One of the requirements for domain name registrars under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement is that they must verify the contact details of registrants. Most registrars are fulfilling this requirement by sending an email to registrants asking them to click a link to confirm. Registrars must suspend domain names if owners don’t verify their information. We’ve had one-off examples of ... read more ...
Mon 23rd June 2014
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.Global Online Auction Signup Is Live; You Must Sign Up Even If You Pre-Bid With Namejet -                   The signup for the .Global online Live Domain Name is now active. If you want to participate remotely in the .Global Live domain name Auction which is being held during ICANN London, you need to go and sign up here. The auction will be held starting at around 12:30 PM EST; 5:30 PM London time. Even if you have pre-bid bid on NameJet.com for the .Global auction, you need to register at the online auction provider which is here: http://apps.ams1.auctionsolutions.com/registration/rotd/rotdprod001/bregister.php If ... read more ...
Sat 21st June 2014
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Namejet.com’s .Global Live Auction Closes Tommorow & 50% Of The Domains Have Bids - Namejet.com’s pre-bidding for the  Live ICANN .Global Auction ends tomorrow Sunday June 22nd at 11pm EST and as of publication 50% of the domain names have bids. The live auction will be held on Tuesday in London during the ICANN 50 meeting. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London, which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meeting will be held and is one of the recommended ICANN hotels for the meeting so many of you will be staying there as well. If your ... read more ...
Wed 18th June 2014
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.Global Event At ICANN Set For Jun 24th; Networking, Food, Drink, WorldCup & Live Auction - As we hinted at the other day, .Global is having an event at the 50th ICANN meeting in London next week Tuesday June 24th. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meeting will be held and is one of the recommended ICANN hotels for the meeting so many of you will be staying there are well If your going to be at ICANN you can register for the event by clicking here. Registration is limited to 350 people and with some ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2014
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Namejet & RightOfTheDot Team Up For .Global Auction Event During ICANN London - Namejet.com just announced it has teamed up with RightoftheDot.com to hold a Online/Live auction during the ICANN London Conference for over 90 premium .Global domain names We will have more on this in the next few days leading up to the auction but basically Namejet.com is going to handle the pre-bidding on the domains before the live auction, which will be held in London during the ICANN conference. Since Namejet.com has not sent this out its customers I wanted to post it here. As a matter of disclosure ... read more ...
 
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The Removed ICA Post on XYZ: My Thoughts, What Mr. Corwin Has To Say, & The Missing Emails - Ron Jackson wrote two stories at DnJournal.com, over the weekend covering a post written by Phil Corwin, that post was published on Circle ID and on the ICA website on Friday entitled ICANN is MIA on .XYZ, and its subsequent removal on Saturday from the ICA website. I highly suggest if you haven’t done so you should read Mr. Corwin’s post on CircleID.com (along with the comments) and Ron’s summary of the post he wrote on Friday and the story he wrote yesterday on the removal of the post from ... read more ...
Fri 13th June 2014
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Allowing Two Character New gTLD Domains - ICANN has just opened up a comment period on whether new gTLD strings should be allowed to register, sell and allocate two character new gTLD  domain names i.e (LL, NN, NL, LN) This exact comment period concerns those registries including Donuts that asked ICANN to allow these two charterer domains to be registered “In total, the requests concern 148 New gTLDs.” Of course this is the first request ICANN has gotten on  allowing registration (and thereby sale) of Two Character New gTLD Domains ... read more ...