Kevin tweeted a link to this decision earlier today and it scared me. It really did. What’s so scary? This part of the UDRP decision: Complainant asserts that Respondent has failed to make an active use of the disputed domain name, constituting bad faith registration and use. Complainant submits a printout verifying its assertion that [...]
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Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft “member code”. Nominet’s structure means that its registrars are also “members” of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the “code” appears to be quite [...]
Afilias Acquires .Pro
Afilias has acquired .pro (RegistryPro) I assume they’ll move the registry backend to the Afilias system at some point, though managing that transition is going to be awkward. Here’s the release: DUBLIN, Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Afilias Limited, the ICANN-designated registry operator for the .INFO top level domain (TLD) and a global provider [...]
Fox Files UDRP Over XXX Domain
From the “told you so” and “some domainers are really really dumb” department .. Yes – foxstudios.xxx and asking a crazy high price for it As Kevin reports Fox have now filed a UDRP. Prediction – unless Fox’s complaint is submitted on toilet paper this will be a slam dunk win for them. Tip: Do [...]
Want a Short Domain? Check Out The .Pro Auction
I’d be the first to admit that I wasn’t exactly enamoured with .pro as an extension due to the registry rules. It seemed to have been setup to serve the US market solely and even then only a small subset of the US would even have been able to deal with the registration requirements. In [...]
Domains, DNS and Internet Policy & News Blogs?
I’m a creature of habit. I read articles from quite a wide range of sources, but a lot of the links are coming to me from the same people over and over again. So the question I have is this Which sites do you go to for news and opinion for the internet industry? ie. [...]
Is The Gabon Registry Offline?
It looks like the Gabon registry is having issues of some kind. While it’s not unheard of for a domain registry operator to have technical difficulties they’re usually “blips”. In the case of the .ga registry, however, it looks like the zone has been having serious issues since September of last year! Stéphane Bortzmeyer conducted [...]
New TLD Applications Are Now Being Accepted
Applications for newTLDs are now being accepted via the ICANN website here. Expect lots of coverage in the mainstream media about this in the next few days. You can also expect plenty of outrage from some quarters, upset from others and maybe a couple of legal battles for good measure. I posted a bit more [...]
ICANN To Release Updated gTLD Applicant Guidebook
ICANN’s CEO, Rod Beckstrom, has confirmed that ICANN will be releasing an updated version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook by January 12th. #ICANN- we are shooting to have an updated new gTLD Applicant Guidebook pubished by January 12, ’12 to reflect already approved changes — Rod Beckstrom (@RodBeckstrom) January 7, 2012 There has [...]
Irish Domain Registry Reports Growth
IEDR, the current registry operator of the .ie ccTLD, has reported overall growth of 12.9% in the name space during 2011. The renewal rate has also improved compared to the previous year. More details here.
Press Release: Blacknight Kicks Off The New Year With Big Domain Savings.
Shameless self-promotion type post below.. this pays the bills – sorry! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blacknight Kicks Off The New Year With Big Domain Savings. The largest registrar of .ie domains want to help you start the New Year with a huge January sale on hosting and domains. The New Year is the perfect time to [...]
XXX General Availability Starts Today
XXX will “go live” later this afternoon. How many domains will be registered by Christmas? Will they break the 1 million mark? Irish registrar Blacknight, which I founded and own, put out the following release earlier today, so this post is a self-promotion Blacknight Announce General Availability Launch of .XXX Irish registrar and hosting company [...]
Sedo CEO To Step Down
Sedo’s CEO Tim Schumacher has announced that he will be stepping aside. The announcement came this afternoon via his Twitter account: After 11 years, I will soon retire as CEO of Sedo and transition to the supervisory board. What a change for both me personally and Sedo So who will be taking the reins [...]
V.me Goes To Visa
Visa has acquired the domain v.me and is going to use it for a “digital wallet” and “global acceptance mark”. The service will be called v.me – obviously. Here’s the official release: The .ME Registry and Visa have announced www.v.me as the online destination for V.me by Visa, Visa’s digital wallet and global acceptance mark. [...]
Nominet Now Offers Registry Services
Well I guess it wasn’t really a secret that Nominet was going to be offering gTLD registry services.. However the new registry services site makes it very clear that they are “open for business” So far there have been rumours about Nominet’s involvement in a number of UK based applications including .london and a .wales, [...]
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