The Danish (.dk) ccTLD registry has announced that they are increasing their prices from May 2021 onwards. The increase is from DKK 50 to DKK 60 per year (VAT included). In Euro the price increase equates to €6.72 going to €8.07. DK Hostmaster's rationale for the price increase is that their costs are increasing and they also want to do more with other initiatives in … [Read more...] about Danish Registry to Increase Prices
Fundraiser In Memory of Dietmar Stefitz
As most people who are in the domain space in Europe and further afield know Dietmar Stefitz sadly passed away back in December of last year. Dietmar was one of the nicest people you could ever have met. He was passionate about domains and always had an energy and optimism about him that was infectious. He loved domains and loved welcoming people to his events in his … [Read more...] about Fundraiser In Memory of Dietmar Stefitz
Nominet Under Fire (Again)
Nominet is coming under fire again. A group of Nominet critics, headed by Krystal hosting's Simon Blackler are mounting a campaign to oust members of Nominet's board including the CEO. The campaign purports to be focussed on the "public benefit" aspect of Nominet and is using the domain PublicBenefit.uk to lay out its goals and collect support from Nominet members for … [Read more...] about Nominet Under Fire (Again)
Spamcop Offline cos the Domain Expired!
SpamCop has been around since the late 1990s. It's been a DNS blacklist used by email providers of varying sizes for 20 years. Somebody in SpamCop or its parent company Cisco forgot to renew the domain name, so it's currently going to the registrar's parking page: Of course this also means that all DNS records for the domain name are now being routed to the domain … [Read more...] about Spamcop Offline cos the Domain Expired!
ICANN Seeking Applicants for Multiple Roles via NomCom
Every year a number of positions with ICANN's various committees, councils and boards become available, as people's terms end. This year is no different with the following posts being up for grabs: Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors.Three regional representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) – one each representing the Africa region, Asia, … [Read more...] about ICANN Seeking Applicants for Multiple Roles via NomCom
French Domain Registry Blocking UK Registrations due to Brexit
While the .eu ccTLD's handling of UK registrants post-Brexit has grabbed headlines, they aren't the only domain name registry that is impacted. Many of the European country code domain names have or had policies that link registration requirements to membership of the EU. Bear in mind that one of the core tenets of the EU treaties is to allow ease of commerce across the entire … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Blocking UK Registrations due to Brexit
Ethos Capital is Buying Donuts
Ethos Capital is buying a controlling stake in domain registry company Donuts. Donuts recently announced that it was buying Afilias and now it too is being bought. Ethos Capital is the entity that attempted to acquire PIR, the .org domain name registry. Ethos Capital described itself at the time of its attempted acquisition as being "firmly rooted in the belief that … [Read more...] about Ethos Capital is Buying Donuts
Tucows Puts Download Site Out to Pasture
In the mid 1990s the internet was a very different place. There was no Google. There was no Facebook and "app stores" did not exist. If you wanted to find software to do something you'd often end up on shareware download sites like TUCOWS - The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software. A lot of us who first went online in the 1990s probably spent a lot of time on the … [Read more...] about Tucows Puts Download Site Out to Pasture
Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
Parler has been offline for several days now and there have been thousands of articles written about how that happened and, more importantly, why. At time of writing Parler.com is showing a simple holding page: The text reads: Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and … [Read more...] about Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
Why is Leave EU’s Site and Domain Offline?
Back in October of last year I noted that one of the Brexit campaign's more visible groups had switched their leave.eu domain name over to an Irish entity. Under the .eu registration rules the registered holder of a .eu domain name has to be within the European Union or, in the case of private citizens, a citizen of a member state. Switching a domain name over to an entity in a … [Read more...] about Why is Leave EU’s Site and Domain Offline?