You’ll have to excuse me for the Shakespeare quote, but something is rotten in the state of Denmark. While talking to some of the people involved with the Danish domain industry it becomes evident that there is something something seriously wrong with how .dk handles disputes. A recent case revolved around the domain orango.dk The… Continue reading Something is rotten in the state of Denmark : Danish Dispute Policies Allow Reverse Hijacks?
Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs
In an interesting move several members of the ICANN community formed an “informal” Working Group to discuss the concept of “expressions of interest” in new TLDs. This all happened very quickly, which is more or less the opposite to how most ICANN related activities progress. Earlier this evening the group submitted its report / paper… Continue reading Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs
Enom Founder Moves On
Paul Stahura, who founded Enom, has announced that he will be leaving DemandMedia via his Facebook page: “After much thought, and 12 years after founding eNom, I’ve decided to join the ranks of eNom alumni. Demand Media, the company I sold eNom to nearly four years ago, is a great company and will be even… Continue reading Enom Founder Moves On
CENTR Seminar on Internet Governance and DNS
CENTR is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.The organisation brings together ccTLD managers from the four corners of the globe, though with a focus on Europe. On December 2, 2009, they are organising a seminar in Brussels entitled: Who should Govern the Internet? The event is being held to promote CENTR to EU officials as… Continue reading CENTR Seminar on Internet Governance and DNS
New TLDs – Progress? Or Just More Chaos?
During the ICANN meeting in Seoul it became very clear that new TLDs were not going to progress on schedule (which schedule doesn’t matter). It also became clear that: ICANN still wants them to go ahead ICANN wants to make everyone happy There’s an obvious flaw there. You cannot appease all interest groups AND move… Continue reading New TLDs – Progress? Or Just More Chaos?
Dutch Registry SIDN To Go EPP February 2010
SIDN, the registry operator for .nl, has announced a timetable for the rollout of EPP. A test environment will be available in January, with a “go live” scheduled for February 17 2010. Full details on their site
ICANN Registrars Switching to new RAA Update
ICANN staff informed the Registrar Stakeholder Group at the meeting in Seoul, Korea, that 638 registrars have either signed the new RAA or are in the process of signing it. While it may prove difficult to encourage all registrars to signup voluntarily ie. prior to contract expiry it’s encouraging to see that the bulk of… Continue reading ICANN Registrars Switching to new RAA Update
ICANN Site Revamp Unveiled
ICANN‘s website contains a LOT of information. Some of it is useful, some of it is fascinating, but it’s all valuable (to someone)The problem with the current site is that has grown so much over time that it is practically unusable. Unless you spend a silly amount of time using it (and I do!) it’s… Continue reading ICANN Site Revamp Unveiled
ICM Registry (.xxx) Independent Review Documents Available
The independent review of the ICM Registry bid for .xxx was held towards the end of September in Washington and the documents from this are now available online I’d love to summarise them, but there is a very large volume of information (hundreds of pages) If you have the time to read over them all… Continue reading ICM Registry (.xxx) Independent Review Documents Available
PIR (dotOrg) Call For Directors
PIR, which is behind the .org (dotOrg) registry, has issued a call for statements of interest from people interested in joining their board. According to the announcement on the ISOC site PIR is looking for two directors for the period covering July 2010 to July 2013. Full details of what they’re looking for and the… Continue reading PIR (dotOrg) Call For Directors