ICANN Sydney is only a couple of weeks away… If you haven’t organised flights, hotels and visas by now you’d want to get a move on! So who is attending? If anyone would like to meet up for a beer or coffee and a chat please let me know (either via the comments or email… Continue reading See You In Sydney?
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ICANN 37 To Be Held In Kenya
ICANN’s 37th public meeting, which is to be held from March 7th to March 13th 2010, is to take place in Kenya. Kenya had previously been slated to act as host for a meeting in 2008, but due to security concerns the slot was re-allocated.
Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
Tucows is taking over the 33 thousand odd domains that were under the accreditation of Parava. The full announcement of the transfer on the ICANN site includes contact details and more. Unfortunately the deaccredited registrar did not transfer billing data, so registrants will need to contact Tucows (under their Hover.com brand) to renew their domains.… Continue reading Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
IRT Draft Report Comments Phase 1 Closes Today
If you want your comments to be considered in the final IRT report then you need to get them in today. More details here and previously submitted comments here
New TLDs Need Sanity
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… Continue reading New TLDs Need Sanity
EU Calling For Independent ICANN
As yesterday was a holiday in Ireland I didn’t get a chance to mention this … Yesterday morning Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, posted a video calling on ICANN to decouple itself from the US. You can see the full video here or download the text of the message (PDF). Further… Continue reading EU Calling For Independent ICANN
ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
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… Continue reading ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio
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… Continue reading BRS Media Makes a Play For dotRadio
Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN
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… Continue reading Olympics Want Special Treatment From ICANN
ICANN Sydney Hotel Rooms Going Fast
Either the ICANN meeting in Sydney is going to be very popular or the timing is bad, as the venue hotel has already sold out!