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ICANN has postponed their plans to create a separate TLD for the adult industry. The non-profit organization was supposed to vote on the issue of the new .xxx TLD, but postponed the vote in order to review more documentation. The plan has been filled with controversy from all sides.…
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ICANN announced plans for a “…new and productive public-private partnership” with VeriSign “…for the benefit of the Internet community.” This new deal actually allows VeriSign to increase domain prices, grants permanent control of the .com Registry to VeriSign, and allows VeriSign to expand their monopoly.…
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ICANN voted to approve the new .xxx TLD, managed by the ICM Registry, reversing their original decision. They are working with the Registry to finalize the details in hopes to have the TLD available by the end of the year.…
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ICANN recently announced that the organization decided to return the .iq TLD to an Iraqi Government body, the National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC). ICANN took over the domain after the warn in Iraq began, believing the country was too unstable to manage the ccTLD. Since then, the domain has …
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ICANN agreed to life the price caps on .net domain registrations in its renewal contract with VeriSign, the company who manages the TLD. The current price cap of $4.25 expires at the end of 2006 and after that, all restrictions expire.…
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VeriSign has been awarded a renewal contract to manage the .net domain extension for the next six years. Though ICANN made the deal official, the decision comes as no surprise.…
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ICANN and EnCirca, a Domain Name Registrar, are in a spat regarding the .pro TLD. ICANN accuses EnCirca, a registrar who primarily services trademark owners, of “exploiting a loophole in its rules to offer the tightly restricted .pro domains to nonprofessionals.” RegistryPro, the organization that manages the .pro extension is …
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Within ICANN’s recent announcement that renews VeriSign’s hold on the .net Registry was a domain name fee of $2 per year for all .jobs and .travel domain owners. ICANN fails to mention what this new fee money will be used for though. The fee comes on the heels of last …
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ICANN has approved the .eu extension, authorizing Vint Cerf, the organization’s President, to sign the agreement with EURid. ICANN and EURid negotiated for 6 months, finally coming to an agreement and finalizing the .eu address policies.…
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VeriSign, along with five other companies, are set to compete for the opportunity to manage the .net domain Registry. While VeriSign is the favorite, being the current Registry, the company will receive stiff competition as it tries to retain control. ICANN is expected to review the bids and announce the …
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After many years without ICANN specific fees, domain owners will now have to pony up an additional 75-cents per year for each .net domain they own. Many are worried that ICANN will up the fee in the future and that other domains, specifically the popular .com, will become fee targets …
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A new domain name fee proposed by ICANN will require .net owners to pay an additional 75-cent annual fee next year. The fee is expected to go to projects that the organization deems to have merit. While no other fees have been announced, it’s expected that other TLDs will soon …
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ICANN announced a unanimous vote to begin discussions for several new TLDs. Several companies have submitted applications (at a cost of $45,000 per application) to operate new TLD Registries. Preliminary approval was given to the .post and .travel TLDs. Other TLD applications include .cat, .xxx, and .mail. These would be …
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After their case against ICANN was dismissed in a federal district court, VeriSign is now taking their case to the California Superior court. The case against ICANN faults the organization for banning VeriSign’s new SiteFinder service through their Network Solutions division.…
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A federal judge dismissed VeriSign’s case against ICANN, which alleged that ICANN’s ban on VeriSign’s SiteFinder service a violation of U.S. antitrust law. The SiteFinder service redirects invalid .com’s to VeriSign’s specially designed page.…
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ICANN announced that it’s ready to start assigning domains and IP addresses using the newest version of Internet Protocol. The organization, which is in charge of allocating IP addresses, says that the newest version of Internet Protocol has been added to the Internet’s DNS root severs.…
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ICANN’s report prepared by a group of technical experts concluded that VeriSign’s SiteFinder service “ran afoul of community standards and caused harm to individual users and enterprises.” The report did state that the service did not have catastrophic effects on the Internet as a whole. VeriSign pulled the service last …
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ICANN has nearly doubled their budget for 2004-2005, which drew fears from many Registrars, who represent the bulk of ICANN’s income and now fear that fees will be raised. Not all Registrars agree though as some think that the increased budget could help out in the lawsuit against VeriSign and …
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ICANN has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit that was brought against the organization by VeriSign. The organization said in a legal brief that disagreeing with VeriSign is “neither an antitrust violation nor a breach of contract.” The main focus of the lawsuit is ICANN’s suspension of VeriSign’s …
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Ten organizations have submitted proposals to ICANN for the right to sell potential new TLDs. ICANN has not approved any new TLDs since 2000, but has several proposals including .cat, .mobi, .asia, .tel, and .post. ICANN is in the process of considering the new top-level domains, though there is no …
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ICANN has approved VeriSign’s new domain wait list service, allowing the Registrar a 12-month trial. The new Wait List Service allows users to pay to be put on a wait list for expiring domain names.…
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VeriSign has filed a lawsuit against ICANN for banning its new SiteFinder service. The suit specifically alleges “breach of contract and antitrust violations”. ICANN ordered VeriSign to take down the service after Network administrators said it was disruptive. VeriSign claims that there is no evidence that SiteFinder is a threat …
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The U.S. Government extended ICANN’s contract for another three years. The extension was expected, though previously the Memorandum of Understanding only allowed for extensions of one year at a time.…
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VeriSign’s subsidiary, Network Solutions, will soon profit from dropped names when the company’s new waiting list service goes live in October. The wait list allows customers to pay to for the rights to a domain name that will be expiring soon. ICANN plans for the wait list service to be …
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A number of domain Registrars have grouped together to file a lawsuit against ICANN in an effort to block VeriSign’s launch of their new domain wait list service. The lawsuit stems from the recent ruling by ICANN to allow VeriSign control over expired .com and .net domain names.…
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