Category: policy

ICANN To Axe Add Grace Period – Domain Tasting On Its DeathBed

Domain tasting in its current form may soon become a thing of the past. The blogs and mailing lists have been buzzing for most of today following on from ICANN’s announcement that they were going to try and axe the AGP (Add Grace Period) which has been abused by registrars. While initially it wasn’t 100%… Continue reading ICANN To Axe Add Grace Period – Domain Tasting On Its DeathBed

IE Domain Registry Updates Policy on Personal Domains – Finally!

One of the more frustrating rules covering IE domains is that related to personal names. Under the current rules you can only register yourfullname.ie if you are a celebrity or trade under that name (there are workaounds, but they’re not nice!). I’ve been nagging the IE Domain Registry about this policy for quite some time… Continue reading IE Domain Registry Updates Policy on Personal Domains – Finally!

Nominet Considering Dropping Mailing Lists in Favour of Forums

Nominet currently has a number of mailing lists which are open to members. Some of the lists are for announcements, others for technical matters and others for policy. In the last couple of days Nominet members and list members have been asked to express a preference for future communication, as some people it would seem… Continue reading Nominet Considering Dropping Mailing Lists in Favour of Forums

Shaping a TLD – Policy and more

Caroline Greer’s latest article on the dotMobi blog caught my attention, as I was thinking about registry policies and development quite a bit over the last few days, especially in light of recent news concerning the IE namespace. Dotmobi, in common with a lot of other registries, has an advisory group that is able to… Continue reading Shaping a TLD – Policy and more

The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues

One of the sessions I attended at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon earlier this year centred on whois. It became abundantly clear to me that the various stakeholders had very different views and objectives on how to treat and publish registrant data. I wouldn’t care to get into the finer points of the arguments, as… Continue reading The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues

Kieren McCarthy on new and old TLDs

Kieren, who has been setting up new things with ICANN since he joined them, has an interesting post on the ICANN blog today discussing both new and old TLDs and ones that just didn’t happen. It’s well worth a read. Why wasn’t .nom approved? Why did they opt for .name?

Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

Whenever I meet up with colleagues in the domain industry from outside Ireland they are always amazed at the size of the IE namespace. While it’s not the smallest ccTLD in the world, it is one of the smallest in Europe, especially when compared to its neighbours. Of course one of the many reasons for… Continue reading Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

ICANN Accreditation Under Review

It was inevitable that ICANN would want to review the Registrar Accreditation Agreement following on the collapse of RegisterFly. At both the Lisbon and San Juan ICANN meetings the registrar agreement was a hot topic. So what is going on exactly? Paul Twomey’s announcement yesterday covers most of the salient points: The need for this… Continue reading ICANN Accreditation Under Review

Privacy – US vs EU Perspectives

A few days ago I posted about the state of the EU. This was prompted in part by the first part of John’s excellent study into the .eu namespace and activity therein and partially by Eurid’s latest promotional campaign. My post here may have gone unnoticed, but shortly after it appeared on CircleID Jay Westerdal… Continue reading Privacy – US vs EU Perspectives

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