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ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, sent letters of termination to five domain name registrars for their failure to pay fees. Of the five registrars that have been terminated, only one actually has registered domain names currently under their management. It is reported that Maxim Internet currently …
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Back in February, Neustar proposed the sale of one and two character .biz domain names. The new domains were supposed to be up for vote at ICANNs April 23, 2009 meeting, but the vote was shelved when the meaning ran out of time. Neustar, the .biz Registry, has expressed its …
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After struggling to gain a foothold in the domain industry after launching their .biz TLD in 2001, NeuStar has launched a new marketing campaign “to increase competition in the marketplace and to raise awareness of the .biz brand,” said Tim Switzer, NeuStar vice president or registry services.
Despite being available …
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ICANN’s recent vote to allow companies to create their own custom TLDs has brand managers, analysts, and lawyers concerned. Many fear the new system will just create confusion and chaos. While the application process is supposed to be rigorous and the cost significant, lawyers say that will not curb cybersquatters. …
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ICANN voted this week to relax the rules for domain names. The new proposal, which passed in their vote, will allow for the registration of custom generic TLDs. For instance, eBay could be .ebay and New York City could be .nyc. In an effort to keep the cybersquatters at bay, …
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ICANN will vote later this week to open up the Internet naming convention by allowing more options. The proposal would allow companies to purchase domain names with their own custom domain extensions. So, instead of having to register a .com, a company could be .companyname. For instance, eBay could actually …
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ICANN has tapped Peter Thrush, a New Zealand lawyer, to head the organization after Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, leaves. Thrush’s law background, specifically contract law, made him a perfect candidate to move the organization towards the future.…
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ICANN announced that they plan to speed up the development of internationalized domain names. Currently, testing of the system is going on. Officials said the next step would be to develop new top-level domains in the characters of the local language. The immediate goal is to get those ccTLDs in …
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ICANN is considering a proposal that would get rid of the public whois database because of privacy concerns, specifically in the Canadian and European privacy laws. Trademark holders, copyright holders, and lobbyists are opposing a move to a private whois as they argue a public whois is necessary for to …
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Global Name Registry is charging for access to its whois database. While ICANN requires that Registries provide a public whois database, particularly for security and legal reasons, GNR won the right to create tiered levels of access to their whois database. Public searches of the database show little more than …
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ICANN voted this week to allow for more new generic top-level-domains (TLDs). The new TLDs, however, have not yet been named.…
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VeriSign announced that they would be increasing the domain fees that they charge Registrars for .com and .net domain registrations. The 7-10% fee increases will move .com’s to $6.42 and .net’s to $3.85. The fee increase is the first increase since ICANN implemented the fee structure in 1999.…
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ICANN appears to want the same type of immunity from national laws that international organizations such as the International Red Cross and International Olympic Committee have enjoyed. A recent report says that they should “explore the private international organization model”. The immunity would make ICANN immune from civil lawsuits, police …
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A recent denial-of-service attack on the Internet’s backbone that originated in the Asia-Pacific region has be foiled by a new level of security, Anycast. The attack, which lasted nearly 8 hours, only affected 2 of the 13 DNS servers and those two did not have Anycast installed on the. ICANN …
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Internationalized domain names are closer to becoming a reality after ICANN’s recent announcement that the organization has successfully completed their testing of the names. The tests were designed to find out if the use of encoded internationalized characters would “have any impact on the operations of the root name servers”.…
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ICANN has approved the new .asia domain to be overseen by the DotAsia Organization. .Asia will be a supplement to the various Asian national ccTLDs, including .cn (China) and .jp (Japan). DotAsia is the first gTLD (generic TLD) Domain Registry to have their headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.…
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A federal judge has ordered ICANN to delete a spam group’s domain name, spamhaus.com. ICANN claims that they can’t comply with the courts orders as they do not have the ability to delete names. Instead, the group says that this can only be done by the Registrars.…
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ICANN recently allowed VeriSign to increase the fee it charges for .com’s by 7%. The US Congress is deeming the hikes as unreasonable, claiming that the increase price is not going to increase safety or security for those registering the names.…
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ICANN has approved the creation of the new .tel domain, which will be managed by Telnic. The concept of the .tel TLD is for communicating with those behind a website, using various communications technologies such as VoIP, email, and SMS.…
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Companies within the adult industry are happy with ICANN for rejecting the .xxx TLD for adult related websites. Some claim that the ICM Registry, proposer of the new TLD, was “drive purely by the desire to make money”.…
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ICANN has voted against the proposal to create an .xxx TLD geared towards the adult industry. The plan has been the subject of controversy of the last few months with many conservative groups campaigning against the new TLD. ICANN’s decision was not unexpected.…
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The U.S. Senate renewed a call to work with ICANN to develop the .xxx TLD, claiming it would provide parents with “the ability to create a do not enter zone for their kids”. While the bill suggests the .xxx TLD, it does require the use of that TLD specifically.…
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ICANN and a Chinese Internet Registry are denying reports that China plans to devise its own TLD domains in order to circumvent ICANN’s control. The rumors stem from three Chinese character domain names that many interpret as Chinese TLDs, but are actually run on the .cn servers.…
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ICANN has been fielding comments after releasing their document that proposed giving VeriSign permanent control over the .com Registry and potentially creating big price increases for consumers. The revised settlement reigns in VeriSign’s control over the .com Registry, but giving them a 6-year term. It also set a baseline price …
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According to a U.S. Government study, more than 8% of domain names are supposedly registered with false information. According to the report, the info is blatantly and intentionally false, such as registering a phone number of 999-999-999. The study goes on to say that ICANN if failing at weeding out …
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