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Wolfgang Puck To Launch New Food TLD In Sydney

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Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will be catering the .food launch event in Sydney on Tuesday night.A VIP event to celebrate the launch of .food (dotfood),  which Puck is involved with will take place at a well known venue in downtown Sydney. The new TLD application will be presented in association with Minds and Machines.The ICANN meeting being held this week in Sydney will … [Read more...] about Wolfgang Puck To Launch New Food TLD In Sydney

DotPro Asks ICANN For Fee Reduction

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The DotPro (.pro) registry has asked ICANN to reduce the annual fees that they pay ICANN. In common with the other registry operators, .pro registry pays an annual fee to ICANN regardless of the number of domains that they manage. The full details of what each registry operator pays and how those fees are structured exactly (ie. if it's a flat fee or fee plus per domain or any … [Read more...] about DotPro Asks ICANN For Fee Reduction

gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs

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GTLD Revolution, which is a new company founded by Dean Shannon (Deep Blue Sea / Fabulous), has today announced their plans to launch 3 new TLDs.The new venture, which has chosen AusRegistry as their backend provider, is planning on applying for at least three new TLDs when the application process opens up early next year.The new TLDs they've announced so far … [Read more...] about gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs

AusRegistry CEO To Open New TLD Session In Sydney

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AusRegistry CEO, Adrian Kinderis, is set to open the session on new TLDs to be held during the ICANN meeting in Sydney next week.The session, which is being held on Monday afternoon from 1600 to 1800, in the Sydney Hilton, will cover many practical aspects of managing a domain registry and experts from a wide range variety of backgrounds will be there to share their … [Read more...] about AusRegistry CEO To Open New TLD Session In Sydney

New TLDs Need Sanity

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The much vaunted launch of the new TLDs as announced at the ICANN Paris meeting last year is probably a bit of a damp squid in many respects.Don't expect to see any actual progress there until next year at the earliest.In the meantime you can read all about the plans people have for launching their "solutions".The problem with some of the proposed "solutions" is simply that … [Read more...] about New TLDs Need Sanity

ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

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The Intellectual Property Constituency's draft report on trademark issues is now available for comment. The draft report was put together behind closed doors, which would appear to go against the normal policy development process at ICANN, which is quite worrying. Its contents, however, are even more disturbing. While reading the 48 page document, which is littered with … [Read more...] about ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe

BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

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BRS Media, which is the company behind the .am and .fm domain extensions, will be  announcing later today that it will be applying for the new TLD ".radio" domain extension with ICANN.BRS' George T Bundy is obviously excited by the move:"The future for Internet Radio is vibrant, with the largest growth in mobile listening. From cell phone streaming applications to new In … [Read more...] about BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio

Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN

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Whenever I hear the misinformed harping on about how "anyone will be able to get their own TLD" I sigh deeply.If only it was that simple.The most recent assault on the new gTLDs comes from the Olympics - the International Olympic Committee to be precise.You can read the full text of their nastygram over hereThe closing line of the letter is particularly unpleasant:The IOC … [Read more...] about Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN