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French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign

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Afnic, the French domain name registry, has launched a new video advertising campaign. The campaign is aimed at French SMEs and is 25 second 3D animation. Here it is: The script focusses on a few key points that should resonate with small business owners: Here's a rough translation of the script: Welcome to my domain! Uh, I'm not talking about this old … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign

French Registry Opens Consulations

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Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has opened two public consultations which are related to mitigating DNS abuse. Afnic is the domain registry for .fr, which is France’s country code top level domain (ccTLD). They also run the registry for several of Frances “overseas territories” (.re, .pm,, .wf and .yt).  The consultations are covering two separate, yet related … [Read more...] about French Registry Opens Consulations

French Domain Registry Blocking UK Registrations due to Brexit

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While the .eu ccTLD's handling of UK registrants post-Brexit has grabbed headlines, they aren't the only domain name registry that is impacted. Many of the European country code domain names have or had policies that link registration requirements to membership of the EU. Bear in mind that one of the core tenets of the EU treaties is to allow ease of commerce across the entire … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Blocking UK Registrations due to Brexit

Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate

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Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has released their annual report for 2018. The report covers the organisation's activities during 2018, which included hosting the IGF in Paris last November, as well as winning the contract to provide backend registry services to the .museum domain extension. They've also produced a nice simple graphic that highlights some of their … [Read more...] about Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate

How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup

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ICANN is a strange beast. Even the term "ICANN", which is itself an acronym, has more than one meaning. There are at least two "ICANNs", one is the "community", which is made up of everyone who engages with the ICANN "circus" and then there is ICANN the organisation itself - a California not-for-profit. While people outside the internet industry probably have never heard of … [Read more...] about How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup

Afnic Selects New Board Members

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Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, held it's General Assembly on June 10th. During the meeting they elected both a new chair to the Afnic board, as well as several new board members. Board members are drawn from a number of eligible groups. The new board members are: Two members for the “Registrars” college: Mr. Eric Lantonnet (NAMEBAY) for a 4-year mandate Mr. Tristan … [Read more...] about Afnic Selects New Board Members

French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie

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The French ccTLD registry, AFNIC, has, in common with many other French organisations, come out strong in the aftermath of the attack earlier this week on Charlie Hebdo. Their front page currently displays the current image: and on their English language site they've provided a translated version: But what's a lot more interesting for DNS geeks is that they've … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie

AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?

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Is AFNIC getting into social media and memes in a big way? They've already got a Facebook page, Twitter and are even pushing out infographics.. now it appears they're trying to harness memes. This appeared on some social media sites earlier this morning: Sure, it's not exactly "revolutionary", but it's a breath of fresh air to see an established ccTLD's marketing team … [Read more...] about AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?

Afnic Release Infographic On Domain Disputes

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Unless you're really fascinated by domain names and trademark law and disputes, domain name disputes aren't exactly an "exciting" topic. Afnic, the .fr registry, however, are trying to change that in their own little way. Earlier this morning they released an infographic that is packed with information, facts and figures about their new domain name dispute resolution … [Read more...] about Afnic Release Infographic On Domain Disputes