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
Archives for March 2013
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
Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains
A couple of weeks back Domain Guardians announced they were brokering the sale of several Australian city domains. These weren't the domains associated with small little towns that nobody would have heard of, but a set of high value premium domains including Sydney.com.au, Brisbane.com.au and Melbourne.com.au.Australian media is now reporting that they've received an offer … [Read more...] about Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains
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
Nominet Launch Bullying and Trolling Education Campaign
Nominet, the UK domain name registry, has launched an educational campaign on the impact of cyber-bullying and trolling via its educational site "Know the 'net".According to research conducted on their behalf 2 out of 3 teenagers have been affected, but most would not go to their parents or teachers for advice or help.Full details of the survey as well as advice for … [Read more...] about Nominet Launch Bullying and Trolling Education Campaign
Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
Melbourne IT has sold off its corporate domains business to CSC domains. They'd previously acquired the division in 2008 when they bought Verisign's DBMS business for US$50 million.The sale netted the company AU$152.5 million (approximately US$157 million, EUR120 million).Here's the full release: MELBOURNE, Australia – 12 March 2013 – Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today … [Read more...] about Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
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
.TC, .GD and .VG Having “Issues”
Key Systems' subsidiary KSregistry GmbH runs the backend registry for .tc, .gd and .vg on behalf of Adams Names.However it looks like there's been some kind of issue with the management of the country codes and of Adams Names.The details at this juncture are not clear, but KS have issued a statement: Today, the KSregistry GmbH, a hundred percent subsidiary of the … [Read more...] about .TC, .GD and .VG Having “Issues”
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