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Chartis withdraws new gTLD application
And why that's good news for the DNS industryInsurance company Chartis is the latest company to withdrawal from a namesake new Internet extension (dot-chartis), claiming back $130,000 of its $185,000...
View ArticleNTIA letter to ICANN re: PIC spec
From: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Washington, D.C. 20230To:Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors Internet...
View Article"Brand Registry Group" letter to ICANN re: PIC spec
Position Paper: Comments on the revised TLD Registry AgreementExecutive summary The Brand Registry Group – in formation (BRG) makes the following requests in this paper: a) Extend the deadline for...
View ArticleCity of New York letter to ICANN re: PIC spec
From: MICHAEL A, CARDOZO Corporation CounselThe City of New York Law Department 100 Church Street New York, NY 10007KATHERINE WINNINGHAM Phone: (212) 788-0959 Fax: (212)571-4600kwinning@law.nyc.govTo:...
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DNS industry turns on ICANN over proposed contract changes
Last minute flood of angry responses to new gTLD comment periodThe domain name industry has responded angrily to an attempt by oversight organization ICANN to make last-minute changes to a contract...
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ICANN publishes gTLD contention sets
And sets the world asleepICANN has published"contention sets" for the 1,930 applications for new Internet extensions it has received - and left the Internet community wondering what the fuss was all...
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Internet registries raise gTLD stakes with open teleconference
Webinar turns tables on ICANNThe companies that run much of the domain name system are pushing a contractual dispute with overseeing organization ICANN public.In an unusual move, the Registry...
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Atallah responds to industry anger over ICANN contract changes
If you have a better solution to the issue, let's hear itAtallah: Surprised at the strong reaction to suggested contract changes.ICANN COO Akram Atallah has responded to a wave of angry responses from...
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Living in a talk-shop bubble
How the MAG is undermining the IGF's credibilityDespite increasing relevance in the uncertain post-WCIT world, the advisory group to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) remains incapable of fixing...
View ArticleNew York gTLD conference this time next week
A lot to discuss as the industry starts opening upThis time next week will be the first conference covering new gTLDs for some time - and it should be a good one.read more
View ArticleWhatBox? chooses auctioneer for dot-menu domains
Announcement marks start of a busy year and changing industryread more
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Did Warren Buffett shut down Heinz' gTLD program?
Dot-heinz and dot-ketchup ditched weeks after buyout by Berkshire HathawayBuffett: Spends $28 billion; saves $130,000 by ditching Heinz gTLD applications.Heinz has shelved its two new gTLD applications...
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Olympus joins brand TLD exodus
Camera maker follows Heinz and General MotorsCamera maker Olympus has become the latest household name to withdraw from the new gTLD process, pulling its only application for dot-olympus.Olympus joins...
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Verisign warns of "missing elements" in new gTLD plans
DNS security and stability report big on bark, light on biteOperator of the dot-com registry and the Internet's primary address book, Verisign, has warned that a plan to add hundreds of new Internet...
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Stumbling in the wrong direction
ICANN needs to get back to its technical mission before it does real damage to the InternetIt wasn't that long ago - in the days before new gTLDs took up every waking moment of its life - that the most...
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Questions continue over legality of new gTLD private auctions
Right of the Dot posts legal opinion decrying anti-trust suggestionsA fight over private auctions is disrupting efforts to resolve a large number of conflicting applications for new Internet...
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ICANN Beijing: Update on the ATRT
It's only the most important ICANN process you've never heard of"ICANN is reviewing itself to death. So it would be nice to know why the current review process doesn't work."There is a certain irony in...
View ArticleNew gTLD program waiting on the world's governments
"GAC advice" will ask for new policies for certain applicationsThe five-year process for adding over 1,000 new extensions to the Internet is currently waiting on a final set of recommendations from the...
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Living in a talk-shop bubble
How the MAG is undermining the IGF's credibilityDespite increasing relevance in the uncertain post-WCIT world, the advisory group to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) remains incapable of fixing...
View ArticleNew York gTLD conference this time next week
A lot to discuss as the industry starts opening upThis time next week will be the first conference covering new gTLDs for some time - and it should be a good one.read more
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