While the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing was warming up on the other side of the globe the "Cuarta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe" (4th ministerial conference on information society of Latin America and Caribbean) was taking place in Montevideo. The "Montevideo Declaration" (PDF) runs to 4 pages, but there's an … [Read more...] about Latin American Countries Reject .Amazon & .Patagonia
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European Hotel Association Files Objections Against .Hotel Applications
HOTREC, the European association of hotels, restaurants and cafes has filed four community objections with the ICC. They're concerned about several of the "closed generic" applications for .hotel and derivatives of the string. With that in mind they've filed against the following: Application # 1-1016-75482 for HOTELS by Booking.com B.V. Application # 1-1249-36568 for … [Read more...] about European Hotel Association Files Objections Against .Hotel Applications
A New Domain For Canada
CIRA's CEO, Byron Holland, made an important announcement today aimed at all Canadian internet users. CIRA currently runs .ca, but feels that maybe it's not quite Canadian enough... At present the .eh ccTLD is not assigned, though I'm not sure what the process would be for getting it assigned to Canada Meanwhile ICANN's CEO has found a cure for herpes You'd never … [Read more...] about A New Domain For Canada
ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System
ICANN's Compliance team put the new WHOIS inaccuracy reporting system live earlier today. (Oddly enough Google alerts picked up on the new page!). The new system should make reporting issues easier for all parties involved ie. reporters, ICANN and the affected registrars. They're also including generic information on how registrants may update their own domain … [Read more...] about ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System
More DotConnectAfrica Fun And Games
If you've been following the ICANN new TLD program over the last couple of years you'll probably be aware of some of the applications and the applicants. However in the case of the competing bids for the .africa string the competitors, or at least one of them, has brought more "colour" to the proceedings than most of the other applicants combined. DotConnectAfrica (DCA) … [Read more...] about More DotConnectAfrica Fun And Games
ICANN Beijing Schedule Published
The full schedule for the 46th ICANN public meeting in Beijing has been published. The schedule starts on the Thursday with GAC meetings and runs until Thursday's Public Forum. As is common with ICANN meetings the days are long, with many meetings scheduled to start before 8am local time. If you're not attending in person you'll be able to follow the meeting online, as … [Read more...] about ICANN Beijing Schedule Published
New Domain Association Site Launched
During the regional ICANN meeting in Amsterdam earlier this year there was a "side meeting" held by several companies in the domain name industry. The objective? To work on some form of strategy for marketing and education around the domain name industry and domains in general. The meeting was organised by Google's new TLD team, but there was a broad cross-section of both … [Read more...] about New Domain Association Site Launched
Registrar Negotiating Team Issues Statement On RAA
Last night ICANN published a version of the RAA and related documents for public comment. While the Registrar Stakeholder Group's negotiating team (RrSG NT) have been in talks on and off with ICANN staff for the last 18 months the publication of the documents at this time is felt to be premature by the RrSG NT. Here's the official statement: Registrar Stakeholder Group … [Read more...] about Registrar Negotiating Team Issues Statement On RAA
Google Bows To Pressure On Closed Generics
The debate surrounding "closed generics", which we've covered several times in the past, has attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks. At the centre of the debate were a number of new TLD applications from large companies including Google, Amazon and others. Google had stated that they planned to establish a number of domain extensions and operate them as "walled … [Read more...] about Google Bows To Pressure On Closed Generics
ICANN Terminates Two More Registrars
In the last couple of days ICANN has terminated two more registrars for breaching their contracts - CI Host (PDF) and Power Brand Center (PDF). CI Host seems to have vanished. Their listed website no longer works and the contact details that ICANN had for them are no longer valid - the offices are now occupied by another company! Using archive.org I was able to grab a … [Read more...] about ICANN Terminates Two More Registrars