Nominet, the registry operator for co.uk, have published the summary and analysis report on their recently held consultation on the release of reserved short domains. The document, which runs to 25 pages, covers the background of the consultation process as well as providing an overview of the feedback received. The consultation was open from March… Continue reading Nominet Publish Summary and Analysis of Short Domain Consultation
Category: policy
.jobs Comment Period Attracts Negative Attention
Over the last couple of years several of the gTLD registry operators have requested contractual changes with ICANN. In many cases the change was small enough that it fit into what is called the Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP), which is the case of “new services” such as Verisign’s Registry Lock. In other cases, however,… Continue reading .jobs Comment Period Attracts Negative Attention
ICANN Lose More Staff – Head of Compliance Leaves
Several people have made comments about how ICANN has been losing staff over the last few months. The most recent departure is their head of compliance – David Giza. His interim replacement will be Pam Little. What makes this departure noteworthy is the level of activity in the compliance department over the past 18 months… Continue reading ICANN Lose More Staff – Head of Compliance Leaves
AFNIC Launch Public Consultation on Opening .FR to EU
AFNIC, which runs the .fr cctld, has opened a public consultation on the future of .fr from now until September 11th 2010. The consultation is in the form of a questionnaire covering various aspects of .fr domain name policy on the registration process and how this might be changed to deal with an opening up… Continue reading AFNIC Launch Public Consultation on Opening .FR to EU
Nominet To Release 1 and 2 Character Domain Names
Nominet, the registry operator that manages *.uk, is planning on releasing both single and two character domain names. In common with a lot of other ccTLD registry operators, Nominet had blocked single and two character domain names from being registered. However they are now planning on releasing them to the public in a phased plan.… Continue reading Nominet To Release 1 and 2 Character Domain Names
XXX Saga Continues
Image via Wikipedia Sex and the internet.Put the two together and you are bound to find an interesting story.While the saga surrounding sex.com took a new twist in the last couple of days, with the current owners going dotbomb, the .xxx story also took an interesting turn. ICM Registry LLC applied to ICANN to run… Continue reading XXX Saga Continues
Registry Registrar Separation Now Probably Going To Be A Policy Debate
Again on the subject of new TLDs …. One of the “issues” that concerned a number of people is the concept of “vertical separation”. The basic idea is that registries and registrars should be kept separate. While that is a wonderful Utopian ideal, the reality is that in the real world companies own other companies,… Continue reading Registry Registrar Separation Now Probably Going To Be A Policy Debate
Big Brands Shooting Themselves In The Foot?
One of the topics that keeps coming up in ICANN policy discussions and as part of the new TLD application process is “transparency”. ICANN, and the internet community in general, has had plenty of issues in the past with “bad actors” who have caused a lot of issues for everyone (think of many of the… Continue reading Big Brands Shooting Themselves In The Foot?
Digital Britain Uses Stone Age References
The Digital Britain report and the legislation which is now before the UK parliament (Digital Economy Bill) makes for very scary reading. The implications of the legislation are far reaching – and not just within the UK What about the sections of the legislation that refer to domain registries? Note the plural There is an… Continue reading Digital Britain Uses Stone Age References
AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?
AFNIC, which runs the .fr registry, has published its Action Plan for 2010. While the “old chestnut” of DNSSEC is on the agenda (no surprise there!), there’s also reference to a change in the registration rules. Under the current registration rules registrants need to supply an address in France. The proposed change is intended to… Continue reading AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?