Facebook has acquired an ICANN accredited registrar. According to a tweet from Pinky Brand (below) the news came via an update from ICANN to registry operators Weekly email report from #ICANN indicates that #FaceBook has acquired a registrar https://t.co/nF6qqUgri2 — Pinky Brand (@pinkybrand) April 14, 2016 On the GNSO Council call this evening Susan Kawaguchi… Continue reading Facebook Has Acquired A Registrar
RIPE Publish 2015 Law Enforcement Requests
RIPE NCC has published information related to law enforcement requests they got during 2015. In total they got: 8 requests None of the requests came with a court order (or similar) from a Dutch court. RIPE is a Dutch entity, so subject to Dutch law. What of the requests themselves? They fall into two categories:… Continue reading RIPE Publish 2015 Law Enforcement Requests
ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Senator Cruz and ICANN have been involved in a game of “swap the letter” for the last couple of months. Earlier this week Cruz and Co sent a letter to ICANN that displayed a couple of key things: they were very unhappy with how ICANN had been responding (They’re not alone in this one!) They… Continue reading ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
The preliminary agenda for Domaining Europe has been released. The event runs over 3 days, with day 1 (Sunday) being dedicated to networking and 1 to 1 meetings. Monday and Tuesday are themed, with Monday focussing on .com and “legacy” domains, while Tuesday’s focus will switch to new TLDs and future rounds. There will be a… Continue reading Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched
This year’s IGF is being held in Mexico in Guadalajara. While the official site for the IGF is maintained by the UN here and will probably be the main destination of any attendees, the local hosts usually put together a site with pertinent information. This year’s site is now live. At the moment the site provides… Continue reading IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched
Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) was created specifically to address concerns voiced by IP rights holders in relation to the new TLD program. It’s not the most popular or successful facet of the new TLD program in many people’s minds. According to the most recent statistics from the Trademark Clearinghouse less than 40 thousand marks have… Continue reading Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)
Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording… Continue reading Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
ISOC Hiring For Africa
ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa “Manager Chapter Development Africa”. Interested? Here’s the full spec: Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC… Continue reading ISOC Hiring For Africa
Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot
The Scottish parliament announced earlier today that it will be switching over to a .scot domain name in May. At the moment they use scottish.parliament.uk From May they will have moved entirely to parliament.scot This is a nice “win” for the .scot registry, which has been gaining popularity with Scottish individuals and businesses. According to nTLD Stats… Continue reading Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot
DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
The guys over at the .me registry have reason to celebrate – they’ve just announced that they’ve hit an important milestone. There are now over 1 million .me domain names registered. You can read about the .me 1 million names and how much it means to them over on their blog. In the meanwhile this… Continue reading DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names